Afghanistan's New Government
Sworn into office 6/24/02
President: Hamid Karzai - Pashtun (sworn into office 6/19/02)
Deputy Presidents: Mohammed Fahim - Tajik;
Karim Khalili - Hazara;
___________ (open position after Qadir's assissination)
Haji Abdul Qadir - Pashtun (assassinated 7/6/02)
Special Advisor on Security: Yunus Qanooni - Tajik
CABINET
Defense Minister: Mohammed Fahim - Tajik
Foreign Minister: Abdullah - Tajik
Finance Minister: Ashraf Ghani - Pashtun
Interior Minister: Taj Mohammed Wardak - 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: Abdulla Ali - (replaced Qadir 7/18/02)
Haji Abdul Qadir - Pashtun (assassinated 7/6/02)
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
Transportation Minister: Saeed Mohammed Ali Jawad - Shiite
Education Minister: Yunus Qanooni - Tajik
Rural Development Minister: Hanif Asmar - Pashtun
COURTS
Supreme Court Chief Justice: Sheikh Hadi Shinwari