Deputy Prime Minister of Afghanistan

Last updated October 18, 2025

Deputy Prime Minister of Afghanistan is a senior political office in the Cabinet of Afghanistan. Throughout history, several persons have hold the office concurrently.

In the Kingdom of Afghanistan

Gen. Abdul Rahim (Kohistani Safi) (b. ca. 1886), First Deputy Prime Minister, 1938-1940^[1]
Muhammad Naim, First Deputy Prime Minister, 1940-1948^[1]
Gen. Abdul Rahim (Kohistani Safi), Second Deputy Prime Minister, 1940-1947^[1]
Gen. Asadullah Siraj (b. 1910), First Deputy Prime Minister, 1948-1949^[1]
Ali Muhammad (b. ca. 1893), First Deputy Prime Minister, 1949-1963^[1]
Mohammed Naim Khan, Second Deputy Prime Minister, 1953-1963^[1]
Abdullah Malikyar (b. 1909), First Deputy Prime Minister, 1963^[1]
Dr. Ali Ahmad Popal (b. 1916), First Deputy Prime Minister, 1963-1965^[1]
Abdul Zahir (b. 1909), Second Deputy Prime Minister, 1964-1965^[1]
Sayyid Shamsuddin Majruh, Deputy Prime Minister 1965-1967^[2]
Dr. Ali Ahmad Popal (b. 1916), First Deputy Prime Minister, 1967-1969^[2]
Abdullah Yaftali (b. 1918), Second Deputy Prime Minister, 1967^[2]
Abdullah Yaftali (b. 1918), First Deputy Prime Minister, 1969-1971^[1]
Dr. Abdul Qayyum (b. 1919), Second Deputy Prime Minister, 1970-1973^[1]
Dr. Abdul Samad Hamed (b. 1929), First Deputy Prime Minister, 1971-1972^[1]

In the Republic of Afghanistan

Mohammad Hasan Sharq, 1973^[1]-1975^[2]
Mohammad Hasan Sharq, First Deputy Prime Minister, 1975-1978^[2]
Sayyid Abdullah, Second Deputy Prime Minister, 1975-1978^[2]

In the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan

Babrak Karmal, April 1978^[3] - 1979
Hafizullah Amin, April 1978^[2] - 1979
Mohammad Aslam Watanjar, April 1978^[2] - 1979
Shah Wali, 1979^[3]^[2]
Asadullah Sarwari, 1979^[2]-1981
Sultan Ali Keshtmand, 1979^[2]-1981
Abdul Rashid Arian, 1980-1981^[2]
Saleh Mohammad Zeray, 1980-?
Pohanmal Guldad, ?-1982-1984-?^[2]
Abdul Majid Sarbuland, ?-1982-1984-?^[2]
Sarwar Mangal, ?-1986-?
Mohammed Rafie, ?-1986-?
Abdul Majid Sarbuland, ?-1986-?
Pohanmal Guldad, ?-1986-?
Abdul Hamid Mohtat, 1988-1990^[2]
Mahmud Baryalai, First Deputy Prime Minister, 1990-?^[2]
Abdul Wahid Sorabi, 1990-?^[2]
Nematullah Pazhwak, 1990-?^[2]
Abdul Qayyum Nurzai, 1990-?^[2]
Sarwar Mangal, 1990-?^[2]
Mahbubullah Kushani, 1990-?^[2]

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

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Adamec, Ludwig W. (1975). Historical and political who's who of Afghanistan. Graz: Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt. ISBN 3201009210.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Adamec, Ludwig W. (2012). Historical dictionary of Afghanistan (4th ed.). Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7815-0.
1 2 Adamec, Ludwig W. (1979). First supplement to the Who's who of Afghanistan: Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. Graz, Austria: Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt. ISBN 3201011134.

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[adamec1-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Adamec, Ludwig W. (1975). Historical and political who's who of Afghanistan. Graz: Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt. ISBN 3201009210.

[histdict-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Adamec, Ludwig W. (2012). Historical dictionary of Afghanistan (4th ed.). Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7815-0.

[adamec2-3] 1 2 Adamec, Ludwig W. (1979). First supplement to the Who's who of Afghanistan: Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. Graz, Austria: Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt. ISBN 3201011134.

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