The deputy prime minister of Afghanistan is a senior political office in the Cabinet of Afghanistan. The deputy prime minister is the vice office to the prime minister of Afghanistan. Throughout history, several persons have held the office concurrently.
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In the Kingdom of Afghanistan
Gen. Abdul Rahim (Kohistani Safi) (b. ca. 1886), First Deputy Prime Minister, 1938-1940
Muhammad Naim, First Deputy Prime Minister, 1940-1948
Gen. Abdul Rahim (Kohistani Safi), Second Deputy Prime Minister, 1940-1947
Gen. Asadullah Siraj (b. 1910), First Deputy Prime Minister, 1948-1949
Ali Muhammad (b. ca. 1893), First Deputy Prime Minister, 1949-1963
Mohammed Naim Khan, Second Deputy Prime Minister, 1953-1963
Abdullah Malikyar (b. 1909), First Deputy Prime Minister, 1963
Dr. Ali Ahmad Popal (b. 1916), First Deputy Prime Minister, 1963-1965
Abdul Zahir (b. 1909), Second Deputy Prime Minister, 1964-1965
Sayyid Shamsuddin Majruh, Deputy Prime Minister 1965-1967
Dr. Ali Ahmad Popal (b. 1916), First Deputy Prime Minister, 1967-1969
Abdullah Yaftali (b. 1918), Second Deputy Prime Minister, 1967
Abdullah Yaftali (b. 1918), First Deputy Prime Minister, 1969-1971
Dr. Abdul Qayyum (b. 1919), Second Deputy Prime Minister, 1970-1973
Dr. Abdul Samad Hamed (b. 1929), First Deputy Prime Minister, 1971-1972
In the Republic of Afghanistan
Mohammad Hasan Sharq, 1973-1975
Mohammad Hasan Sharq, First Deputy Prime Minister, 1975-1978
Sayyid Abdullah, Second Deputy Prime Minister, 1975-1978
In the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
Babrak Karmal, April 1978 - 1979
Hafizullah Amin, April 1978 - 1979
Mohammad Aslam Watanjar, April 1978 - 1979
Shah Wali, 1979
Asadullah Sarwari, 1979-1981
Sultan Ali Keshtmand, 1979-1981
Abdul Rashid Arian, 1980-1981
Saleh Mohammad Zeray, 1980-?
Pohanmal Guldad, ?-1982-1984-?
Abdul Majid Sarbuland, ?-1982-1984-?
Sarwar Mangal, ?-1986-?
Mohammed Rafie, ?-1986-?
Abdul Majid Sarbuland, ?-1986-?
Pohanmal Guldad, ?-1986-?
Abdul Hamid Mohtat, 1988-1990
Mahmud Baryalai, First Deputy Prime Minister, 1990-?
Abdul Wahid Sorabi, 1990-?
Nematullah Pazhwak, 1990-?
Abdul Qayyum Nurzai, 1990-?
Sarwar Mangal, 1990-?
Mahbubullah Kushani, 1990-?
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