Who is the president of Afghanistan?

The current President is Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, who took office on September 29th, 2004.

Ashraf Ghani, a Pashtun, 1949 was born in Logar province. Ghani studied politics and international relations at American University in Beirut, and then he went to Columbia University, where he completed his master's and doctor's degrees. He also participated in the leadership training programs for the World Bank set up by Harvard University, European Business School and stanford graduate school of business.

He has taught at Kabul University (1973- 1977), Aarhus University in Denmark (1977), University of California at Berkeley (1983), Johns Hopkins University (1983-/kloc-).

From 65438 to 0985, as a clever scholar, he made a one-year field trip to religious schools in Pakistan. At the same time, he also studied the comparative study of religions. 199 1 year, Ghani joined the World Bank and worked on some projects in East and South Asia until the mid-1990s. From 65438 to 0996, he initiated the macro-process of applying systematic and organizational analysis methods to reform, played a direct role in the Russian coal industry adjustment plan, and conducted a global review of the World Bank's national aid strategy and structural adjustment plan.

He spent five years managing some large-scale development and system transformation projects in China, Indian and Russian. During the first Gulf War, he often expressed his views on some major TV and radio programs and was interviewed by newspapers.

After the 911incident, Ghani left the World Bank without receiving his salary and devoted himself to more contact with the media. He frequently appears in the news hours of TV programs such as PBS, BBC and CNN, and in public radio broadcasts such as BBC. He also writes articles for mainstream newspapers. On June 5438+065438+ 10, 2002, Ghani accepted the work of the United Nations Special Adviser to assist the Special Representative of the Secretary-General Lakhdar Brahimi to travel to Afghanistan to prepare for the signing of the Bonn Agreement, which involves the process and documents that still empower the Afghan people.

In February 2006, Ghani returned to Afghanistan after a 24-year absence. He resigned from the United Nations and the World Bank and joined the Afghan government in February 2002 1 as the chief adviser to President Hamid Karzai. He has been committed to public welfare and was one of the first government officials to announce his property. As the chief adviser, he initiated the preparations for the Loya Jirga, confirmed Hamid Karzai's presidency through elections, and adopted the Afghan Constitution. In June 5438 +2004 10, after Karzai became the elected president, Ghani rejected the proposal to join the cabinet and applied to be the president of Kabul University. During his tenure as president of the university, Ghani developed a management model in which teachers, students and other staff participated together, thus creating a new atmosphere in the university: any capable and dedicated men and women can get training opportunities here, thus leading their country to the era of globalization.

After leaving the university, Ghani helped to establish the government effectiveness agency and served as its chairman. The agency put forward a framework and advocated that the government should perform ten functions to better serve the people. In 2005, the leaders of the post-war transitional government discussed this framework with managers at a meeting co-sponsored by the United Nations and the World Bank at Green Tree Manor. The plan also puts forward that the national construction means or sovereignty strategy based on the double contract between the international community, the government and the nationals can be used as the basis of institutional assistance or other intervention methods, and the effectiveness of the government can be measured by an annual sovereignty index.

At the end of 2006, it was revealed that Ghani would become the next UN Secretary-General after Kofi Annan. His name appeared on the front page of the Financial Times (65438+February 2006 18), and he also quoted a sentence he once said, "I hope to succeed through ideas". Two famous experts in international relations also told the newspaper that "the United Nations should really be happy to attract him", and they also praised him for his "great wisdom, talent and ability". A few months later, in April 2007, when his name appeared on the list of suitable candidates to run the World Bank, people's doubts about his intentions seemed to bother him.

Ghani has always been committed to becoming a public speaker. In 2005, he delivered keynote speeches at a series of conferences, including the international symposium on the rule of law sponsored by the American Bar Association, the transatlantic policy network, the annual meeting of Norwegian government developers, the symposium on United Nations reform organized by the Center for International Strategic Studies (CSIS), the symposium on weak countries organized by the United Nations-OECD-World Bank and the ted Global Conference on Science, Technology, Entertainment and Design.

Personal realization

In 2003, Ashraf Ghani was named the best finance minister in Asia by emerging market newspapers. During his tenure as Afghan Finance Minister, Ghani carried out a series of extensive and profound reforms. He completed the issuance of new Afghan currency in a short time, and he also realized the computerized management of the national treasury and implemented a single account of the national treasury. He adopted a fiscal policy without deficit, took the budget as a central policy tool, implemented centralized collection and payment, reformed the tariff system and thoroughly reorganized the customs. He established a system of regular reports to the Cabinet, the Afghan people and international stakeholders as a transparent and clear tool.

On March 3rd, 2004, KLOC-0, Ghani attended an international conference in Berlin, Germany. The theme of the meeting was a seven-year public investment plan to protect Afghanistan's future, and 65 financial and diplomatic officials attended the meeting. Protecting the future of Afghanistan is described as the most comprehensive plan put forward by a poor country to the international community. A team of 65,438+000 experts raised funds and completed the project under the supervision of a committee chaired by Ghani. The double contracts between donors and the Afghan government and between the government and the Afghan people laid the foundation for this investment plan to protect Afghanistan's future. At the meeting, donors promised to provide $8.2 billion in the first three years of the plan (exactly the amount requested by the government), and they also agreed that it is reasonable for the Afghan government to request a total of $27.5 billion in seven years.

Focusing on creating wealth and establishing civil rights to eliminate poverty has always been the core of Ghani's development model. He designed a project called National Unified Planning in Afghanistan, which allowed elected village committees to decide their own priorities and implementation mechanisms. At present, the project has covered about 13000 villages. In addition, Ghani also cooperates with the communication department to ensure that the examination and approval of telecom business licenses can be carried out on a completely transparent basis. By the end of 2005, the number of mobile phones in Afghanistan has increased from 100 in July 2002 to 100. Private investment in communications has exceeded $200 million, and the telecommunications sector has become one of the main sources of government revenue.

2065438+On April 5th, 2004, voting began in the presidential election in Afghanistan. In this presidential election, there are eight candidates running for office.

20 14 on may 5th, the voting results showed that opposition leader abdullah abdullah got 45% of the votes, former finance minister Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai got 3 1.6%, and rasul got 1 1.4%. According to the current constitution of Afghanistan, in the case that no voter won more than half of the votes in the first round of elections, the top two candidates with the most votes will hold another round of voting to elect a new president.

20 14 the second round of voting was held on June 14. The primary election results are expected to be announced on July 2, and the final results are expected to be announced on July 22.

20 14 Preliminary results of the second round of voting on July 7th: Ashraf Ghani leads with 56.4% of the votes, and another candidate, abdullah abdullah, gets 43.6% of the votes.

The Afghan Independent Election Commission announced the results of the presidential election on 2 1 and 20 14 September, and the candidate Ashraf Ghani won.

20 14 On September 29th, Ashraf Ghani was sworn in as the new president of Afghanistan.

Form a government

On 20 14, 2 1, Afghan presidential candidates Ashraf Ghani and abdullah abdullah held a ceremony to sign an agreement to form a "unity government", and the two sides signed an agreement to form a "unity government" and its ruling framework. The two sides agreed to establish the post of "Chief Executive" as the chairman of the inter-ministerial meeting of the government, while the cabinet will still be led by the President. After Ghani was elected president, another candidate, Abdullah, will be the "CEO" of the new government position.