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 Hedayat Arsala Mohammad Qasim Fahim Abdul Karim Khalili Nematullah Shahrani
Security advisors Yunus Qanuni Zalmay Rassoul
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)
Jawzjan Sayeed Ahmad Shah
Afghan ambassadors and envoys To Australia: Mahmoud Saikal To Canada: Omar Samad, was Jalil Jamili To People's Republic of China: Rahi Barlas To Egypt: Abdul Ghafar Karzai To France: Dr. Zalmai Haquani To Germany: Hamidullah Nasir Zia To India: Massoud Khalili To Iran: Dr. Ahmad Moshahed To Italy: Mostapha Zair To Japan: Anwar Akbari To Pakistan: Nangyalai Tarzi To Russia: Ahmad Zia Massoud (Brother of Ahmad Shah Massoud) To Saudi Arabia: Anwar Neko To Tajikistan: Mohammad Dawod Panjshiri To Turkmenistan: Mohammad Nazir Qasimi To United Arab Emirates: Mr. Rashuddin To United Kingdom: Ahmad Wali Massoud To United Nations New York City: Dr. Rawan Farhadi To United Nations Geneva: Shams Ul-Zakir Kazimi To United States: Ishaq Shahryar; Chargé d' Affaires: Haroun Amin To Uzbekistan: Abdul Samad
Foreign ambassadors and chargés d'affaires in Kabul People's Republic of China: Sun Yuxi European Union: Francesc Vendrell Germany: Rainer Eberle Pakistan: Rustam Shah Mohmand Saudi Arabia: Abdullah Fahd al-Kahlani Switzerland: Christian Dunant (in Islamabad) United Nations: Lakhdar Brahimi United States: Robert Finn