The Afghan Transitional Administration (alternately the Afghan Transitional Authority) was the name of a temporary administration of Afghanistan put in place by the Bonn Conference of 2001.^[1]

Following the ouster of the Taliban approximately two dozen leading Afghans met in Bonn to choose a leadership and set in place a timeline for the adoption of a new constitution for a new permanent Afghan state, and the timeline for choosing an executive and legislature by democratic election.^[1]

Interim and Transitional Afghan Authority Administrators/Ministers^[1]

Interim Authority Position	Name	Ethnicity	Transitional Authority Position	Name	Ethnicity
Chairman	Hamid Karzai	Pashtun	President	Hamid Karzai	Pashtun
Vice-Chair	Mohammed Fahim	Tajik	Deputy President	Mohammed Fahim	Tajik
Vice–Chair and Women’s Affairs	Dr. Sima Samar	Hazara	Deputy President	Karim Khalili	Hazara
Vice-Chair	Haji Mohammed Mohaqqeq	Hazara	Deputy President	Abdul Qadir	Pashtun
Vice-Chair	Ahmed Shakar Karkar	Uzbek
Vice-Chair	Hedayat Amin Arsala	Pashtun
			Special Advisor on Security	Yunus Qanooni	Tajik
Defense Minister	Mohammed Fahim	Tajik	Defense Minister	Mohammed Fahim	Tajik
Foreign Minister	Abdullah Abdullah	Tajik	Foreign Minister	Abdullah Abdullah	Tajik
Finance Minister	Hedayat Amin Arsala	Pashtun	Finance Minister	Ashraf Ghani	Pashtun
Interior Minister	Yunus Qanooni	Tajik	Interior Minister	Taj Mohammed Wardak	Pashtun
Planning Minister	Haji Mohammed Mohaqqeqk	Hazara	Planning Minister	Haji Mohammed Mohaqqeqk	Hazara
Communications Minister	Engineer Abdul Rahim	Tajik	Communications Minister	Masoom Stanakzai	Pashtun
Borders Minister	Amanullah Zadran		Borders Minister	Arif Nurzai	Pashtun
Refugees Minister	Intayatullah Nazeri	Tajik	Refugees Minister	Intayatullah Nazeri	Tajik
Small Industries Minister	Aref Noozari	Pashtun	Mines Minister	Juma M. Mahammadi	Pashtun
Mines and Industry Minister	Mohammed Alim Razm	Uzbek	Light Industries Minister	Mohammed Alim Razm	Uzbek
Health Minister	Dr. Sohaila Siddiqi	Pashtun	Health Minister	Dr. Sohaila Siddiqi	Pashtun
Commerce Minister	Sayed Mustafa Kasemi	Shiite Muslim	Commerce Minister	Sayed Mustafa Kasemi	Shiite Muslim
Agriculture Minister	Sayed Hussain Anwari	Hazara	Agriculture Minister	Sayed Hussain Anwari	Hazara
Justice Minister	Abbas Karimi	Uzbek	Justice Minister	Abbas Karimi	Uzbek
Information and Culture Minister	Saeed Makhdoom Rahim	Tajik	Information and Culture Minister	Saeed Makhdoom Rahim	Tajik
Reconstruction Minister	Mohammed Fahim Farhang	Pashtun	Reconstruction Minister	Mohammed Fahim Farhang	Pashtun
Haj and Mosques Minister	Mohammad Hanif Balkhi	Tajik	Haj and Mosques Minister	Mohammed Amin Naziryar	Pashtun
Urban Affairs Minister	Abdul Qadir	Pashtun	Urban Affairs Minister	Yusuf Pashtun	[[[Pashtun]]
Public Works Minister	Abdul Khalig Fazal	Pashtun	Public Works Minister	Abdul Qadir	Pashtun
Social Affairs Minister	Noor Mohammed Karkin	Turkman
Water and Power Minister	Ahmed Shakar Karkar	Uzbek	Water and Power Minister	Ahmed Shakar Karkar	Uzbek
Irrigation Minister	Haji Mangal Hussein	Pashtun	Irrigation & Environment Minister	Ahmed Yusuf Nuristani	Pashtun
Martyrs and Disabled Minister	Abdullah Wardak	Pashtun	Martyrs and Disabled Minister	Abdullah Wardak	Pashtun
Higher Education Minister	Sharif Faez	Tajik	Higher Education Minister	Sharif Faez	Tajik
Civil Aviation & Tourism Minister	Abdul Rahman		Civil Aviation & Tourism Minister	Mir Wais Saddiq	Tajik
Labor and Social Affairs	Mir Wais Saddiq	Tajik
Transportation Minister	Sultan Hamid Hamid	Hazara	Transportation Minister	Saeed Mohammed Ali Jawad	Shiite Muslim
Education Minister	Abdul Rassoul Amin		Education Minister	Yunus Qanooni	Tajik
Rural Development Minister	Abdul Mailk Anwar	Tajik	Rural Development Minister	Hanif Asmar	Pashtun
			Supreme Court Chief Justice	Sheikh Hadi Shinwari	Pashtun

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Thomas H. Johnson (February 2006). "The Prospects for Post-Conflict Afghanistan: A Call of the Sirens to the Country’s Troubled Past". V. Strategic Insights. http://www.ccc.nps.navy.mil/si/2006/Feb/johnsonFeb06.asp. Retrieved 2009-06-29.