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The Afghan Transitional Administration was established in June and July 2002. It was replaced with the election of a permanent government in 2004.

President and chairman

Hamid Karzai

Vice presidents

Security advisors

Ministers

Sayed Hussein Anwari (Agriculture)
Mir Wais Saddiq (Son of Ismail Khan) (Air Transport/Tourism)
Arif Nurzai (Border Affairs)
Sayed Mustafa Kazemi (Commerce)
Masum Stanakzai (Communication)
Mohammad Qasim Fahim (Defense)
- Abdul Rashid Dostum (Deputy Defense)
Muhammad Yunus Qanuni (Education)
Yusuf Nooristani (Environment) (U.S. citizen)
Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai (Finance) (U.S. citizen)
Abdullah (Foreign Affairs)
Mohammad Amin Naziryar (Hajj and Waqf)
Dr. Soheila Siddiqi (Health)
Sharif Fayez (Higher Education) (U.S. citizen)
Sayed Makhdoom Raheen (Information/Culture) (Raheen is a U.S. citizen)
Ali Ahmad Jalali (Interior) (since Jan. 2003) (U.S. citizen)
Ahmed Yusuf Nuristani (Irrigation/Environment)
Abdul Rahim Karimi (Justice)
Noor Mohammad Qarqin (Labor/Social Affairs)
Mohammad Alim Razm (Light Industries)
Abdullah Wardak (Martyrs and Disabled)
Juma Muhammad Muhammadi (Mines and Industries) (died in plane crash, February 24, 2003)
Mohammad Mohaqeq (Planning)
Mohammad Amin Farhang (Reconstruction) (German citizen)
Inayatulah Nazeri (Refugees)
Hanif Atmar (Rural Development)
Said Mohammad Ali Jawid (Transportation)
Yusuf Pashtun until August 16, 2003 (Urban Planning)
Ahmed Shaker Kargar (Water and Electricity)
Habiba Sarobi (Women's Affairs)
Mahbooba Hoquqmal (State or Advisor-Minister for Women's Affairs)
Gul Agha Sherzai after August 16, 2003 (Urban Affairs)

Head of Supreme Court

Fazl Hadi Shinwari

Governors

Ghazni province: Qari Baba
Herat province: Ismail Khan until August 13, 2003
Kabul province: Taj Mohammad Mujaahid
Kandahar province: Gul Agha Sherzai until August 16, 2003; then Yusuf Pashtun
Khost province: Hakim Taniwal (appointed by Karzai in April 2002)
Kunar province: Sayyid Yusuf
Nangarhar province: Gul Agha Sherzai replacing Hajji Din Muhammad (brother of late Hajji Qadir)
Nimruz province: Abdul Karim Brahoui
Paktia province: Taj Mohammad Wardak (appointed by Karzai in mid-February 2002)
Zabul province: Hamidullah Tokhi until August, 2003; then Hafizullah Khan
Anwar ul-Haq Ahadi (governor of the Afghan Central Bank)