Vice President of Afghanistan

Vice President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Saleh
Danish
Final holders
  • Amrullah Saleh (First VP)
    19 February 2020 – 15 August 2021 (2020-02-19 – 2021-08-15)
  • Sarwar Danish (Second VP)
    29 September 2014 – 15 August 2021 (2014-09-29 – 2021-08-15)
StatusOffice abolished
Member ofCabinet
Reports toPresident
SeatKabul
AppointerDirect election
Term lengthFive years, renewable once
Formation
  • 19 February 1978 (1978-02-19) (original)
  • 7 December 2004 (2004-12-07) (latest form)
First holderSayyid Abdullah
Final holder
Abolished15 August 2021 (2021-08-15)
Superseded byDeputy Leader

The vice president of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan was the second highest political position attainable in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. The vice presidents were elected on the same ticket as the president. A presidential candidate was responsible for nominating two candidates for vice president before the election.

Although Sardar Mohammad Dawood Khan was the founder of the Republic in Afghanistan and the first president of Afghanistan;[1] however, the position of Vice president was, for the first time, created in Afghanistan by King Amanullah Khan when he declared a constitutional monarchy in 1926 and established the position of "Yawar" (later " Deputy") and appointed Mahmoud Khan Shaghasi as the "First Deputy Assistant" (later "Vice president") as the first appointee of this position.[2]

Title Name Took office Left office Notes
First Deputy Assistan Mahmoud Khan Shaghasi June 1926 January 1929 Amanullah Khan declared a constitutional monarchy in 1926 and created the position of "First Deputy Assistant" (later "Vice president"), and appointed Mahmoud Khan Shaghasi to that position.[3]
  1. ^ "غنی دستور داد برای سردار محمد داوود آرامگاه ساخته شود". BBC News فارسی (in Persian). 2016-02-29. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  2. ^ ۸صبح (2019-08-21). "امان‌الله خان و اصلاحات". روزنامه ۸صبح (in Persian). Retrieved 2023-02-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ ۸صبح (2019-08-21). "امان‌الله خان و اصلاحات". روزنامه ۸صبح (in Persian). Retrieved 2023-02-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)