HAMID KARZAI: The prime minister of the interim administration, is a Pashtun leader whose Popolzai tribe is one of the largest in southern Kandahar. Married to a doctor, he became tribal leader after his father's assassination in Pakistan. Fluent in English, his native Pashtu and Dari and other major languages of Afghanistan and neighboring countries

President: Hamid Karzai, Pashtun.

Deputy Presidents:

Mohammed Fahim, Tajik; Karim Khalili, Hazara; Abdul Qadir (d.), Pashtun.

Special Advisor on Security, Yunus Qanooni, Tajik.

Cabinet:

Defense Minister: Mohammed Fahim, Tajik.

Foreign Minister: Abdullah, Tajik.

Finance Minister: Ashraf Ghani, Pashtun.

Interior Minister: Ali Ahmad Jalali, Pashtun.

Planning Minister: Mohammed Mohaqik, Hazara.

Communications Minister: Masoom Stanakzai, Pashtun.

Borders Minister: Arif Nurzai: Pashtun but from a Tajik-dominated party.

Refugees Minister: Intayatullah Nazeri, Tajik.

Mines Minister: Juma M. Mahammadi, Pashtun.

Light Industries Minister: Mohammed Alim Razm, Uzbek.

Public Health Minister: Dr. Sohaila Siddiqi, Pashtun.

Commerce Minister: Sayed Mustafa Kasemi, Shiite Muslim.

Agriculture Minister: Sayed Hussain Anwari, Hazara.

Justice Minister: Abbas Karimi, Uzbek

Information and Culture Minister: Saeed Makhdoom Rahim, Tajik.

Reconstruction Minister: Mohammed Fahim Farhang, Pashtun

Haj and Mosques Minister: Mohammed Amin Naziryar, Pashtun

Urban Affairs Minister: Yusuf Pashtun, Pashtun

Public Works Minister: Abdul Qadir, Pashtun

Social Affairs Minister: Noor Mohammed Karkin, Turkman

Water and Power Minister: Ahmed Shakar Karkar, Uzbek

Irrigation and Environment Minister: Ahmed Yusuf Nuristani, Pashtun

Martyrs and Disabled Minister: Abdullah Wardak, Pashtun

Higher Education Minister: Sharif Faez, Tajik

Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister: Mir Wais Saddiq, Tajik (d.2004)

Transportation Minister: Saeed Mohammed Ali Jawad, Shiite

Education Minister: Yunus Qanooni, Tajik

Rural Development Minister: Hanif Asmar, Pashtun

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