Cabinet

The Cabinet of Ministers consists of the heads of all the government ministries.

The first cabinet following the Bonn Agreement was appointed by President Karzai upon formation of the transitional government in 2002. The transitional cabinet was dissolved after the parliamentary elections on September 18th, 2005.

The current cabinet has 25 ministers and one senior minister. Each was nominated by President Karzai, and approved by the Wolesi Jirga (House of People). The President also appointed two Vice Presidents upon announcing his candidacy for the president post.

First Vice President Ahmad Zia Massoud *Biography		Second Vice President Mohammad Karim Khalili *Biography
	Senior Minister in the Cabinet H.E. Hedayat Amin Arsala *Biography
Ministry of National Defense H.E. General Abdul Rahim Wardak *Biography	Ministry of Foregin Affairs H.E. Dr. Rangin Dadfar Spanta *Biography	Ministry of Education H.E. Dr. Mohamad Hanif Atmar *Biography
Ministry of Economy H.E. Dr. Mohammad Jalil Shams *Biography	Ministry of Finance Dr. Omar Zakhilwal *Biography	Ministry of Justice H.E. Sarwar Danish *Biography
Ministry of Culture and Youth Affairs H.E. Abdul Karim Khoram *Biography	Ministry of Education Ghulam Farooq Wardak *Biography	Ministry of Higher Education H.E. Dr. Ahzam Dadfar *Biography
Ministry of Commerce Wahidullah Shahrani *Biography	Ministry of Water & Energy H.E. Mohammad Ismail Khan *Biography	Ministry of and Aviation Hamidullah Farooqi *Biography
Ministry of Women Affairs H.E. Mrs. Hosn Bano Ghazanfar *Biography	Ministry of Hajj and Islamic Affairs H.E. Nehmattullah Shahrani *Biography	Ministry of Public Welfare H.E. Sohrab Ali Saffary *Biography
Ministry of Communications & Information Technology H.E. Eng. Amir Zai Sangin *Biography	Ministry of Agriculture Muhammad Asif Rahimi *Biography	Ministry of Public Health H.E. Dr. Mohammad Amin Fatimie *Biography
Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Developement H.E. Ehsan Zia *Biography	Ministry of Work, Social Affairs, Martyred, and Disabled H.E. Noor Mohammad Qarqeen *Biography	Ministry of Borders & Tribal Affairs H.E. Karim Barahowie *Biography
Ministry of Urban Developement H.E. Engineer Yousef Pashtun *Biography	Ministry of Refugees Sher Mohammad Etebari *Biography	Ministry of Mines H.E. Ibrahim Adel *Biography
Ministry of Anti-Narcotics To be announced *Biography	Ministry of National Security Advisor Dr. Zalmai Rassoul *Biography	Ministry of Counter Narcotics General Khodaidad Khodaidad *Biography