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The President of Afghanistan is Afghanistan 's Head Of State , Head Of Government , and the Commander-in-chief of the armed forces. The current President of Afghanistan is Hamid Karzai , as of December 2004 . He is the first democratically elected holder of that post. Afghanistan has only intermittently been a Republic - between 1973 - 1992 and from 2001 onwards - at other times being governed by a variety of King s, Emir s and (under the Mujahideen and Taliban regimes in the 1990s ) Islamist rulers. The present 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 PRESIDENTS OF AFGHANISTAN Republic of Afghanistan ( 1973 - 1978 ) Democratic Republic of Afghanistan ( April 1978 - November 1987 ) Government was reconstructed in classical Leninist fashion. Until 1985 it was governed by a provisional constitution, The Fundamental Principles of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. Supreme sovereignty was vested in a '''Revolutionary Council''', originally a body of fifty-eight members whose number later varied. Its executive committee, the Presidium , exercised power when the council was not in formal session. The '''Revolutionary Council''' was presided over by the '''President of the Democratic Republic'''. Republic of Afghanistan ( November 1987 - April 1996 ) A new constitution took effect in November, 1987. The name of the country was reverted to the Republic of Afghanistan, the State Council was replaced by a '''National Assembly''' for which "progressive parties" could freely compete. Islamic State of Afghanistan ( April 1992 - September 1996 )
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ( 2004 - ) |
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