HAMID KARZAI: The prime minister of the interim administration, is a Pashtun leader whose Popolzai tribe is one of the largest in southern Kandahar. Married to a doctor, he became tribal leader after his father's assassination in Pakistan. Fluent in English, his native Pashtu and Dari and other major languages of Afghanistan and neighboring countries

President: Hamid Karzai

Deputy Presidents:

Mohammed Fahim; Karim Khalili, Hazara; Abdul Qadir

Special Advisor on Security, Yunus Qanooni

Cabinet:

Defense Minister: Mohammed Fahim

Foreign Minister: Abdullah

Finance Minister: Ashraf Ghani

Interior Minister: Taj Mohammed Wardak

Planning Minister: Mohammed Mohaqik

Communications Minister: Masoom Stanakzai

Borders Minister: Arif Nurzai

Refugees Minister: Intayatullah Nazeri

Mines Minister: Juma M. Mahammadi

Light Industries Minister: Mohammed Alim Razm.

Public Health Minister: Dr. Sohaila Siddiqi

Commerce Minister: Sayed Mustafa Kasemi

Agriculture Minister: Sayed Hussain Anwari

Justice Minister: Abbas Karimi

Information and Culture Minister: Saeed Makhdoom Rahim

Reconstruction Minister: Mohammed Fahim Farhang

Haj and Mosques Minister: Mohammed Amin Naziryar

Urban Affairs Minister: Yusuf Pashtun

Public Works Minister: Abdul Qadir

Social Affairs Minister: Noor Mohammed Karkin, Turkman

Water and Power Minister: Ahmed Shakar Karkar

Irrigation and Environment Minister: Ahmed Yusuf Nuristani

Martyrs and Disabled Minister: Abdullah Wardak

Higher Education Minister: Sharif Faez

Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister: Mir Wais Saddiq

Transportation Minister: Saeed Mohammed Ali Jawad

Education Minister: Yunus Qanooni

Rural Development Minister: Hanif Asmar

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