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Pouvoir exécutif: chef d'état (Président): Président of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Hamid KARZAI (depuis 7 December 2004); Vice Présidents Ahmad Zia MASOOD and Abdul Karim KHALILI (depuis 7 December 2004); note - the president is both the chef d'état (Président) and chef de gouvernement (1er ministre); 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
chef de gouvernement (1er ministre): Président of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Hamid KARZAI (depuis 7 December 2004); Vice Présidents Ahmad Zia MASOOD and Abdul Karim KHALILI (depuis 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%
Source: CIA World Factbook - Version du Mai 16, 2008
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