President of Afghanistan

President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Standard of the President
Incumbent Hamid Karzai since December 7, 2004
Style	His Excellency
Residence	Presidential Palace, Kabul, Afghanistan
Appointer	Direct popular vote
Term length	Five years, renewable once
Inaugural holder	Mohammed Daoud Khan
Formation	July 17, 1973 (first republic)
Website	Office of the President

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Afghanistan has only been a republic between 1973 and 1992 and from 2001 onwards. Before 1973, it was a monarchy that was governed by a variety of kings, emirs or shahs. From 1992 to 2001, during the civil war, the country was recognized as the Islamic State of Afghanistan and the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.

Powers

The constitution of Afghanistan grants the president wide powers over military and legislative affairs, with a relatively weak national parliament. These were a subject of considerable controversy when debated by the country's loya jirga in December 2003. However, they were seen by the interim administration and its Western backers as being essential to securing the stability of Afghanistan.

Latest election

Main article: Afghan presidential election, 2009

 Summary of the 20 August 2009 Afghan presidential election results

Candidate	Votes	%
Hamid Karzai	2,283,907	49.67
Abdullah Abdullah	1,406,242	30.59
Ramazan Bashardost	481,072	10.46
Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai	135,106	2.94
Mirwais Yasini	47,511	1.03
Shahnawaz Tanai	29,648	0.64
Frozan Fana	21,512	0.47
Abdul Salam Rocketi	19,997	0.43
Habib Mangal	18,746	0.41
Motasim Billah Mazhabi	18,248	0.40
Abdul Latif Pedram	15,462	0.34
Mohammad Sarwar Ahmadzai	14,273	0.31
Sayed Jalal Karim	13,489	0.29
Shahla Atta	10,687	0.23
Mahbob-U-lah Koshani	10,255	0.22
Alhaj Abdul Ghafor Zori	9,286	0.20
Rahim Jan Shinzad	7,197	0.16
Zabih-U-llah Ghazi Noristani	6,284	0.14
Abdul Jabar Sabet	6,190	0.13
Mohammad Hashem Taufiqui	5,043	0.11
Bismillah Shir	4,550	0.10
Ghulam Faroq Nijrabi	4,528	0.10
Abdul Hasib Arian	4,472	0.10
Moin-ul-din Ulfati	3,518	0.08
Gul Ahmmad Yama	3,221	0.07
Ghulam Mohammad Rigi	3,180	0.07
Mohammad Akbar Oria	2,991	0.07
Bashir Ahmad Bizhan	2,457	0.05
Sangin Mohammad Rahmani	2,434	0.05
Hedayat Amin Arsala	2,346	0.05
Abdul Majid Samim	2,198	0.05
Zia-ul-haq Hafizi	1,679	0.04
Valid votes (turnout % and %)	4,597,727	100.00
Invalid votes	225,363	4.67
Total votes	4,823,090	100.00
Source: IEC

See also

• List of Presidents of Afghanistan
• List of monarchs of Afghanistan
• Prime Minister of Afghanistan

External links

• Presidency of Afghanistan - The official website of the Office of the President of Afghanistan.