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== Heads of State of Afghanistan == (Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Emirate of Afghanistan (1747 – 1823)

Durrani Dynasty (1747 – 1823)

Title Name Term
Emir Ahmad Shah Durrani July 174716 October 1772
Emir Timur Shah Durrani 16 October 177218 May 1793
Emir Zaman Shah Durrani 18 May 179325 July 1801
Emir Mahmud Shah Durrani 25 July 180113 July 1803
Emir Shuja Shah Durrani 13 July 180303 May 1809
Emir Mahmud Shah Durrani 03 May 18091818
Emir Ali Shah Durrani 18181819
Emir Ayub Shah Durrani 18191823

Emirate of Afghanistan (1823 - 1919)

Barakzai Dynasty (1823 – 1839)

Title Name Term
Emir Habibollah Shah 1823
Regent Soltan Mohammad Khan 18231826
Regent Dost Mohammad Khan 18261836
Emir Dost Mohammad Khan 183602 August 1839

Durrani Dynasty (1839 – 1842)

Title Name Term
Emir Shuja Shah Durrani 08 May 183905 April 1842
Emir Fath Jang Khan 29 June 1842 - 12 October 1842
Emir Shahpur Khan 12 October 1842 - December 1842

Barakzai Dynasty (1842 – 1919)

Title Name Term
Emir Dost Mohammad Khan December 1842 - 09 June 1863
Emir Sher Ali Khan 09 June 1863 - May 1866
Emir Mohammad Afzal Khan May 1866 - 07 October 1867
Emir Mohammad A`zam Khan 07 October 1867 - 08 September 1868
Emir Sher Ali Khan 08 September 1868 - 21 February 1879
Emir Mohammad Yaqub Khan 21 February 1879 - 12 October 1879
Regent Mohammad Jan 12 October 1879 - 31 May 1880
Emir Abdur Rahman Khan 31 May 1880 - 03 October 1901
Emir Habibullah Khan 03 October 1901 - 20 February 1919
Emir Nasrullah Khan 20 February 1919 - 28 February 1919

Kingdom of Afghanistan (1919 – 1973)

Barakzai Dynasty (1919 - 1929)

Title Name Term
King Amanullah Khan 28 February 191914 January 1929
King Inayatullah Khan 14 January 192917 January 1929

Tajik rule (1929)

Title Name Term
Emir Habibullah Kalakani 17 January 192913 October 1929

Mohammadzai Dynasty (1929 – 1973)

Title Name Term
King Mohammed Nadir Shah 13 October 192908 November 1933
King Mohammed Zahir Shah 08 November 193317 July 1973

Republic of Afghanistan (1973 – 1978)

Title Name Term
President Mohammed Daoud Khan 17 July 197327 April 1978

Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (1978 – 1987)

Title Name Term
Chairman of the Military Council Abdul Qadir 27 April 197830 April 1978
President of the Revolutionary Council Nur Muhammad Taraki 30 April 197816 September 1979
President of the Revolutionary Council Hafizullah Amin 16 September 197927 December 1979
President of the Revolutionary Council Babrak Karmal 27 December 197924 November 1986
President of the Revolutionary Council Haji Mohammad Chamkani 24 November 198630 September 1987
President of the Revolutionary Council Mohammad Najibullah 30 September 198730 November 1987
President Mohammad Najibullah 30 November 198716 April 1992
President Abdul Rahim Hatef1 16 April 199228 April 1992

Islamic State of Afghanistan (1992 – 1996)

Title Name Term
President Sibghatullah Mojaddedi2 28 April 199228 June 1992
President Burhanuddin Rabbani 28 June 199227 September 1996

Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (1996 – 2001)

Title Name Term
Head of the Supreme Council Mohammed Omar 27 September 199613 November 2001

Northern Alliance of Afghanistan (1996 – 2001)

Title Name Term
President Burhanuddin Rabbani 27 September 199613 November 2001

Islamic Transitional State of Afghanistan (2001 – 2004)

Title Name Term
President Burhanuddin Rabbani 13 November 200122 December 2001
Chairman of the Transitional Administration Hamid Karzai 22 December 2001 – 19 June 2002
President Hamid Karzai3 19 June 200207 December 2004

Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2004 – present)

Title Name Term
President Hamid Karzai 07 December 2004 – present

Prime Ministers of Afghanistan

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Kingdom of Afghanistan (1919 – 1973)

Name Term
Vacant 19 August 191909 June 1926
Vacant 09 June 192625 October 1927
Sardar Shir Ahmad 25 October 1927January 1929
Shir Giyan January 192901 November 1929
Mohammad Hashim Khan 01 November 1929May 1946
Shah Mahmud Khan May 194607 September 1953
Mohammed Daoud Khan 07 September 195310 March 1963
Mohammad Yusuf 10 March 196302 November 1965
Mohammad Hashim Maiwandwal 02 November 196511 October 1967
Abdullah Yaqta4 11 October 196701 November 1967
Mohammad Nur Ahmad Etemadi 01 November 196709 June 1971
Abdul Zahir 09 June 197112 December 1972
Mohammad Musa Shafiq 12 December 197217 July 1973

Republic of Afghanistan (1973 – 1978)

Name Term
Vacant 17 July 197301 May 1978

Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (1978 – 1987)

Name Term
Nur Muhammad Taraki 01 May 197827 March 1979
Hafizullah Amin 27 March 197927 December 1979
Babrak Karmal 27 December 197911 June 1981
Sultan Ali Keshtmand 11 June 198130 November 1987

Republic of Afghanistan (1987 – 1992)

Name Term
Sultan Ali Keshtmand 30 November 198726 May 1988
Mohammad Hasan Sharq 26 May 198821 February 1989
Sultan Ali Keshtmand 21 February 198908 May 1990
Fazal Haq Khaliqyar 08 May 199015 April 1992
Vacant 15 April 199228 April 1992

Islamic State of Afghanistan (1992 – 1996)

Name Term
Vacant 28 April 199206 July 1992
Abdul Sabur Farid Kuhestani 06 July 199215 August 1992
Vacant 15 August 199217 June 1993
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar 17 June 199328 June 1994
Arsala Rahmani5 28 June 19941995
Ahmad Shah Ahmadzai6 199526 June 1996
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar 26 June 199627 September 1996

Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (1996 – 2001)

Name Term
Mohammad Rabbani 27 September 199621 April 2001
Abdul Kabir7 21 April 200113 November 2001

Northern Alliance of Afghanistan (1996 – 2001)

Name Term
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar 27 September 199611 August 1997
Abdul Rahim Ghafoorzai 11 August 199721 August 1997
Abdul Ghafoor Rawan Farhadi 21 August 199713 November 2001

Islamic Transitional State of Afghanistan (2001 – 2004)

Name Term
Abdul Ghafoor Rawan Farhadi 13 November 200122 December 2001
Vacant 22 December 200107 December 2004

Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2004 – present)

Name Term
Vacant 07 December 2004 – present

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