Deputy Prime Minister of Afghanistan

The deputy prime minister of Afghanistan is a senior political office in the Cabinet of Afghanistan. The deputy prime minister is the vice office to the prime minister of Afghanistan. Throughout history, several persons have held the office concurrently.

In the Kingdom of Afghanistan Gen. Abdul Rahim (Kohistani Safi) (b. ca. 1886), First Deputy Prime Minister, 1938-1940 Muhammad Naim, First Deputy Prime Minister, 1940-1948 Gen. Abdul Rahim (Kohistani Safi), Second Deputy Prime Minister, 1940-1947 Gen. Asadullah Siraj (b. 1910), First Deputy Prime Minister, 1948-1949 Ali Muhammad (b. ca. 1893), First Deputy Prime Minister, 1949-1963 Mohammed Naim Khan, Second Deputy Prime Minister, 1953-1963 Abdullah Malikyar (b. 1909), First Deputy Prime Minister, 1963 Dr. Ali Ahmad Popal (b. 1916), First Deputy Prime Minister, 1963-1965 Abdul Zahir (b. 1909), Second Deputy Prime Minister, 1964-1965 Sayyid Shamsuddin Majruh, Deputy Prime Minister 1965-1967 Dr. Ali Ahmad Popal (b. 1916), First Deputy Prime Minister, 1967-1969 Abdullah Yaftali (b. 1918), Second Deputy Prime Minister, 1967 Abdullah Yaftali (b. 1918), First Deputy Prime Minister, 1969-1971 Dr. Abdul Qayyum (b. 1919), Second Deputy Prime Minister, 1970-1973 Dr. Abdul Samad Hamed (b. 1929), First Deputy Prime Minister, 1971-1972

In the Republic of Afghanistan Mohammad Hasan Sharq, 1973-1975 Mohammad Hasan Sharq, First Deputy Prime Minister, 1975-1978 Sayyid Abdullah, Second Deputy Prime Minister, 1975-1978

In the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan Babrak Karmal, April 1978 - 1979 Hafizullah Amin, April 1978 - 1979 Mohammad Aslam Watanjar, April 1978 - 1979 Shah Wali, 1979 Asadullah Sarwari, 1979-1981 Sultan Ali Keshtmand, 1979-1981 Abdul Rashid Arian, 1980-1981 Saleh Mohammad Zeray, 1980-? Pohanmal Guldad, ?-1982-1984-? Abdul Majid Sarbuland, ?-1982-1984-? Sarwar Mangal, ?-1986-? Mohammed Rafie, ?-1986-? Abdul Majid Sarbuland, ?-1986-? Pohanmal Guldad, ?-1986-? Abdul Hamid Mohtat, 1988-1990 Mahmud Baryalai, First Deputy Prime Minister, 1990-? Abdul Wahid Sorabi, 1990-? Nematullah Pazhwak, 1990-? Abdul Qayyum Nurzai, 1990-? Sarwar Mangal, 1990-? Mahbubullah Kushani, 1990-?

In the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Hasan Akhund, 1996–2001 Abdul Ghani Baradar (for economic affairs), Since 2021 Abdul Salam Hanafi (for administrative affairs), Since 2021 Abdul Kabir (for political affairs), 2021–2025

See also Prime Minister of Afghanistan Cabinet of Afghanistan

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