KEY POSTS IN NEW AFGHAN CABINET

President: Hamid Karzai.

Vice Presidents:
General Mohammad Fahim (Tajik), Karim Khalili (Hazara Shia), Haji Abdul Qadeer (Pashtun). All three warlords belonged to the former Northern Alliance.

Special Advisers:
Younis Qanooni. Adviser on Internal Security to the President and Education Minister. (Tajik)

Main Cabinet Posts:
General Mohammed Fahim. Minister of Defence. Tajik. (no change). Also Vice President.
Taj Mohammad Khan Wardak. Minister of Interior. Pashtun . (replaces Yunus Qanooni).
Abdullah Abdullah. Minister of Foreign Affairs. Tajik. (no change)
Ashraf Ghani. Minister of Economy and Finance. Pashtun technocrat. Ex-World Bank. (replaces Hedayat Arsala).
Haji Mohammad Mohaqiq. Minister of Planning. Hazara Shia. (no change)
Masoum Stanakzai. Minister of Communications. Pashtun technocrat. (replaces Abdul Rahim).
Suheila Siddiq. Minister of Health. Pashtun woman. (no change)
Younis Qanooni. Minister for Education. Tajik (as above) Also Special Adviser.
Mohammed Amin Farhang. Minister of Reconstruction. Pashtun supporter of ex-King Zahir Shah. (no change)
Abdul Qadir. Minister of Public Works. Pashtun. Also Vice President.
Sayed Hussain Anwari. Minister of Agriculture. Tajik Shia. (no change)
Raihalla Sarabi. Minister for Womens Affairs. Hazara.

Other Cabinet Posts:
Arif Noorzai. Minister of Frontier Areas. Pashtun. (replaces Amanullah Zadran)
Syed Mustafa Kasemi. Minister of Trade. Tajik Shia. (no change)
Mir Wais Sadeq. Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism. Herati Tajik (son of warlord Ismael Khan)
Alim Razim. Minister of Light Industry. Uzbek. (replaces Mohammad Khan Noorzai)
Enyatullah Naziri. Minister of Refugees. Tajik. (no change)
Juma Mohammad Mohammedi. Mines and Heavy Industry. Pashtun technocrat. Ex-World Bank. (replaces Alim Razim)
Abbas Karimi. Minister of Justice. Uzbek.
Sayed Makhdoom Rahin. Minister for Information and Culture. Tajik. (no change)
Mohammed Amin Nasiryar. Minister for Haj and Mosques. Pashtun
Mohammed Yousuf Pashtun. Minister for Urban Affairs. Pashtun.
Noor Ahmed Qarqeen. Minister for Labour and Social Affairs. Turkmen.
Ahmed Shakar Kargar. Minister for Water and Power. Uzbek.
Yousuf Nuristani. Minister for Irrigation and Environment. Nuristani technocrat.
Abdullah Wardak. Minister of Martyrs and Disabled. Pashtun.
Sharif Faez. Minister of Higher Education. Tajik. (no change)
Syed Ali Jawed. Minister for Transport. Shia Tajik.
Hanif Atmar. Minister for Rural Development. Pashtun.