President of Afghanistan

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The President of Afghanistan was the country's head of state and government, responsible for leading the executive branch and representing Afghanistan in domestic and international affairs.

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf head of government ⓘ
head of state ⓘ
political office ⓘ
appointedBy direct popular vote ⓘ
branch executive branch ⓘ
canAppointJudges yes ⓘ
canDeclareStateOfEmergency yes ⓘ
canIssuePardons yes ⓘ
canVetoLegislation yes ⓘ
constitutingInstrument Constitution of Afghanistan (2004) ⓘ
country Afghanistan ⓘ
electionSystem two-round system ⓘ
firstHolder Sardar Mohammad Daoud Khan ⓘ
firstHolderStartDate 1973-07-17 ⓘ
flagAssociated Flag of Afghanistan (2004–2021) ⓘ
linked to: Flag of Afghanistan
impeachmentPossible yes ⓘ
jurisdiction Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ⓘ
lastHolder Ashraf Ghani ⓘ
lastHolderEndDate 2021-08-15 ⓘ
lastHolderEndEvent Taliban offensive and fall of Kabul (2021) ⓘ
meetsWith foreign heads of state ⓘ
nativeName د افغانستان ولسمشر ⓘ
linked to: Afghanistan

رئیس‌جمهور افغانستان ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage fa ⓘ
ps ⓘ
oathRequired yes ⓘ
officeAbolishedDeFacto 2021 ⓘ
partOf Government of Afghanistan ⓘ
predecessorOffice Chairman of the Afghan Transitional Administration ⓘ
residence Arg (Presidential Palace, Kabul) ⓘ
responsibility appoint ministers ⓘ
conduct foreign policy ⓘ
ensure implementation of the constitution ⓘ
issue decrees ⓘ
lead the cabinet ⓘ
represent Afghanistan in domestic affairs ⓘ
represent Afghanistan in international affairs ⓘ
sign laws ⓘ
role commander-in-chief of the Afghan Armed Forces ⓘ
head of government of Afghanistan ⓘ
head of state of Afghanistan ⓘ
seat Kabul ⓘ
status office effectively dissolved after Taliban takeover in 2021 ⓘ
style His Excellency ⓘ
symbolAssociated Emblem of Afghanistan (Islamic Republic) ⓘ
linked to: Flag of Afghanistan
termLength 5 years ⓘ
termLimit two consecutive terms ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

2004 Afghan presidential election → officeContested → President of Afghanistan ⓘ
Hamid Karzai → positionHeld → President of Afghanistan ⓘ
Hamid Karzai → office → President of Afghanistan ⓘ
Ashraf Ghani → positionHeld → President of Afghanistan ⓘ
Mohammad Najibullah → positionHeld → President of Afghanistan ⓘ
Minister of Women's Affairs of Afghanistan → reportsTo → President of Afghanistan ⓘ
Yunus Qanuni → officeContested → President of Afghanistan ⓘ
2004 Constitution of Afghanistan → headOfState → President of Afghanistan ⓘ
2004 Constitution of Afghanistan → headOfGovernment → President of Afghanistan ⓘ
2009 Afghan presidential election → officeContested → President of Afghanistan ⓘ
Rula Ghani → spousePositionHeld → President of Afghanistan ⓘ
Abdullah Abdullah → ranForOffice → President of Afghanistan ⓘ
Sibghatullah Mojaddedi → positionHeld → President of Afghanistan ⓘ
Presidential Palace in Kabul → usedBy → President of Afghanistan ⓘ
Hafizullah Amin → positionHeld → President of Afghanistan ⓘ
Ministry of Defense of Afghanistan → subordinateTo → President of Afghanistan ⓘ
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan → executiveBranch → President of Afghanistan and Cabinet ⓘ
linked to: President of Afghanistan
House of Elders → appointmentAuthority → President of Afghanistan ⓘ
House of the People (Afghanistan) → relatedInstitution → President of Afghanistan ⓘ
subject linked to: House of the People
Sardar Mohammad Daoud Khan → positionHeld → President of Afghanistan ⓘ
Ramazan Bashardost → ranForOffice → President of Afghanistan ⓘ
Amrullah Saleh → officeContested → President of Afghanistan ⓘ
subject linked to: Amrullah
Burhanuddin Rabbani → positionHeld → President of Afghanistan ⓘ
subject linked to: Rabbani
National Security Council of Afghanistan → advises → President of Afghanistan ⓘ
National Security Council of Afghanistan → chairperson → President of Afghanistan ⓘ
National Security Council of Afghanistan → reportsTo → President of Afghanistan ⓘ
Vice President of Afghanistan → reportsTo → President of Afghanistan ⓘ
Vice President of Afghanistan → assists → President of Afghanistan ⓘ
Vice President of Afghanistan → appointedBy → President of Afghanistan ⓘ
2019 Afghan presidential election → officeContested → President of Afghanistan ⓘ
Chief Executive of Afghanistan → reportsTo → President of Afghanistan ⓘ
Chief Executive of Afghanistan → appointedBy → President of Afghanistan ⓘ
Amir of Afghanistan → successorTitle → President of Afghanistan ⓘ
Marshal of Afghanistan → grantingAuthority → President of Afghanistan ⓘ