अफ़गानिस्तान के राष्ट्रपति

List of heads of state

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Royal heads of state

Name		Birth–Death	Reign start	Reign end	Dynasty
Hotak Empire (1709–1738)
Mirwais Hotak		1673–1715	1709	1715	Hotak
			Emir
Abdul Aziz Hotak		Died 1717	1715	1717	Hotak
			Emir; Brother of Mirwais Hotak
Mahmud Hotak		1697–1725	1717	22 April 1725	Hotak
			Emir; Son of Mirwais Hotak
Ashraf Hotak		Died 1730	22 April 1725	1730	Hotak
			Emir; Nephew of Mirwais Hotak
Hussain Hotak		Died 1738	1730	24 March 1738	Hotak
			Emir; Son of Mirwais Hotak
Durrani Empire (1747–1823)
Ahmad Shah Durrani		1722–1772	October 1747	16 October 1772	Durrani
			Emir
Timur Shah Durrani		1748–1793	16 October 1772	18 May 1793	Durrani
			Emir; Son of Ahmad Shah Durrani
Zaman Shah Durrani		1770–1844	18 May 1793	25 July 1801	Durrani
			Emir; Son of Timur Shah Durrani; Deposed
Mahmud Shah Durrani		1769–1829	25 July 1801	13 July 1803	Durrani
			Emir; Son of Timur Shah Durrani; First Reign; Deposed
Shuja Shah Durrani		1785–1842	13 July 1803	3 May 1809	Durrani
			Emir; Son of Timur Shah Durrani; First Reign; Deposed
Mahmud Shah Durrani		1769–1829	3 May 1809	1818	Durrani
			Emir; Son of Timur Shah Durrani; Second Reign; Deposed
Ali Shah Durrani			1818	1819	Durrani
			Emir; Son of Timur Shah Durrani; Deposed
Ayub Shah Durrani		Died 1837	1819	1823	Durrani
			Emir; Son of Timur Shah Durrani; Deposed
Emirate of Afghanistan (1823–1926)
Dost Mohammad Khan		1793–1863	1823	2 August 1839	Barakzai
			Emir; Son of Sardar Payendah Khan; First Reign; Exiled
Shuja Shah Durrani		1785–1842	7 August 1839	5 April 1842	Durrani
			Emir; Son of Timur Shah Durrani; Second Reign; Assassinated
Wazir Akbar Khan		1816–1845	5 April 1842	1845	Barakzai
			Emir; Son of Dost Mohammad Khan
Dost Mohammad Khan		1793–1863	1845	9 June 1863	Barakzai
			Emir; Son of Sardar Payendah Khan; Second Reign
Sher Ali Khan		1825–1879	9 June 1863	1865	Barakzai
			Emir; Son of Dost Mohammad Khan; First Reign; Deposed
Mohammad Afzal Khan		1811–1867	1865	7 October 1867	Barakzai
			Emir; Son of Dost Mohammad Khan
Mohammad Azam Khan		Died 1868	7 October 1867	21 February 1868	Barakzai
			Emir; Son of Dost Mohammad Khan
Sher Ali Khan		1825–1879	7 October 1868	21 February 1879	Barakzai
			Emir; Son of Dost Mohammad Khan; Second Reign
Ayub Khan		1857–1914	12 October 1879	31 May 1880	Barakzai
			Emir; Son of Sher Ali Khan; Deposed
Abdur Rahman Khan		1840/1844–1901	31 May 1880	1 October 1901	Barakzai
			Emir; Son of Mohammad Afzal Khan
Habibullah Khan		1872–1919	1 October 1901	20 February 1919	Barakzai
			Emir; Son of Abdur Rahman Khan; Assassinated
Nasrullah Khan		1874–1920	20 February 1919	28 February 1919	Barakzai
			Emir; Son of Abdur Rahman Khan; Deposed
Amanullah Khan		1892–1960	28 February 1919	9 June 1926	Barakzai
			Emir; Son of Habibullah Khan
Kingdom of Afghanistan (1926–1973)
Amanullah Khan		1892–1960	9 June 1926	14 January 1929	Barakzai
			King; Son of Habibullah Khan; Deposed
Inayatullah Khan		1888–1946	14 January 1929	17 January 1929	Barakzai
			King; Son of Habibullah Khan; Abdicated
Habibullāh Kalakāni		1891–1929	17 January 1929	16 October 1929	Non-Dynastic
			King; Deposed
Ali Ahmad Khan		1883–1929	17 January 1929	9 February 1929	Non-Dynastic
			King; Rose in opposition to Kalakani during the events of the Afghan civil war of 1928-29; captured.
Mohammed Nadir Shah		1883–1933	16 October 1929	8 November 1933	Barakzai
			King; Grandnephew of Dost Mohammed Khan; Assassinated
Mohammed Zahir Shah		1914–2007	8 November 1933	17 July 1973	Barakzai
			King; Son of Mohammed Nadir Shah; Deposed

Non-Royal heads of stateEdit

Name			Birth–Death	Took office	Left office	Political Affiliation
Republic of Afghanistan (1973–1978)
	Mohammed Daoud Khan		1909–1978	17 July 1973	28 April 1978	Independent (until 1976)
						National Revolutionary Party
				President; Member of the Barakzai dynasty (first cousin of Mohammed Zahir Shah);Assassinated
Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (1978–1987)
	Colonel Abdul Qadir		1944–2014	28 April 1978	30 April 1978	People's Democratic Party (Khalq faction)
				Chairman of the Presidium of the Military Revolutionary Council
	Nur Muhammad Taraki		1917–1979	30 April 1978	14 September 1979	People's Democratic Party (Khalq faction)
				Chairman of the Presidium of the Revolutionary Council; Assassinated
	Hafizullah Amin		1929–1979	14 September 1979	27 December 1979	People's Democratic Party (Khalq faction)
				Chairman of the Presidium of the Revolutionary Council; Assassinated
	Babrak Karmal		1929–1996	27 December 1979	24 November 1986	People's Democratic Party (Parcham faction)
				Chairman of the Presidium of the Revolutionary Council; Dismissed
	Haji Mohammad Chamkani		1947–2012	24 November 1986	30 September 1987	Independent
				Chairman of the Presidium of the Revolutionary Council
	Mohammad Najibullah		1947–1996	30 September 1987	30 November 1987	People's Democratic Party (Parcham faction)
				Chairman of the Presidium of the Revolutionary Council
Republic of Afghanistan (1987–1992)
	Mohammad Najibullah		1947–1996	30 November 1987	16 April 1992	People's Democratic Party (Parcham faction) (until 1990)
						Homeland Party
				President; Resigned
	Abdul Rahim Hatif		1926–2013	16 April 1992	28 April 1992	Homeland Party
				Acting President; Deposed
Islamic State of Afghanistan (1992–2002)
	Sibghatullah Mojaddedi		1925–2019	28 April 1992	28 June 1992	National Liberation Front
				Acting President; Resigned
	Burhanuddin Rabbani		1940–2011	28 June 1992	22 December 2001	Jamiat-e Islami
				President; Between 1996 and 2001, the Islamic State remained the internationally recognized government, despite only controlling about 10% of Afghan territory
	Hamid Karzai		1957–	22 December 2001	13 July 2002	Independent
				Acting President
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (1996–2001)
	Mullah Mohammed Omar		c. 1960–2013	27 September 1996	13 November 2001	Taliban
				Emir and Commander of the Faithful; The Islamic Emirate never attained widespread international recognition, despite controlling about 90% of Afghan territory; Deposed
	Mullah Mohammad Rabbani		1956–2001	27 September 1996	13 April 2001	Taliban
				Head of the Supreme Council; Deputy leader of the Taliban; Died in office
	Maulavi Abdul Kabir		1958/1963–	16 April 2001	13 November 2001	Taliban
				Acting Head of the Supreme Council; Deposed
Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan (2002–2004)
	Hamid Karzai		1957–	13 July 2002	7 December 2004	Independent
				Transitional President
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2004–present)
	Hamid Karzai		1957–	7 December 2004	29 September 2014	Independent
				President; First democratically elected head of state
	Ashraf Ghani		1949–	29 September 2014	Incumbent	Independent
				President; First peaceful transfer of power