Afghanistan Regierung Profil 2008

Hauptstadt

Name: Kabul
geographische Koordinaten: 34 31 N, 69 11 E
Zeitunterschied: UTC+4.5 (9.5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Unabhängigkeit

19 August 1919 (from UK control over Afghan foreign affairs)

Nationalfeiertag

Unabhängigkeit, 19 August (1919)

Konstitution

new constitution drafted 14 Dezember 2003-4 Januar 2004; signed 16 Januar 2004

Wahlrecht

18 Jahre; universal

Exekutive

Staatsoberhaupt: Staatspräsident of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Hamid KARZAI (seit dem 7 December 2004); Vice Staatspräsidents Ahmad Zia MASOOD and Abdul Karim KHALILI (seit dem 7 December 2004); note - the president is both the Staatsoberhaupt and Regierungschef; former King ZAHIR Shah held the honorific, "Father of the Country," and presided symbolically over certain occasions but lacked any governing authority; the honorific is not hereditary; King ZAHIR Shah died on 23 July 2007
Regierungschef: Staatspräsident of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Hamid KARZAI (seit dem 7 December 2004); Vice Staatspräsidents Ahmad Zia MASOOD and Abdul Karim KHALILI (seit dem 7 December 2004)
cabinet: 25 ministers; note - under the new constitution, ministers are appointed by the president and approved by the National Assembly
elections: the president and two vice presidents are elected by direct vote for a five-year term (eligible for a second term); if no candidate receives 50% or more of the vote in the first round of voting, the two candidates with the most votes will participate in a second round; a president can only be elected for two terms; election last held 9 October 2004 (next to be held in 2009)
election results: Hamid KARZAI elected president; percent of vote - Hamid KARZAI 55.4%, Yunus QANUNI 16.3%, Ustad Mohammad MOHAQQEQ 11.6%, Abdul Rashid DOSTAM 10.0%, Abdul Latif PEDRAM 1.4%, Masooda JALAL 1.2%