2019 Presidential Elections
On 2019, April 5th, the new president of Afghanistan was announced as Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai. Dr. Ahmadzai had previously run for president in the presidential elections of 2014 and in 2009. In 2009, he ranked fourth and in 2014 he ranked as second most popular and participated in a run-off election with the president - Abdullah Abdullah. Though Abdullah Abdullah did run, he received only 29.6 percent of votes, while Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai received 52.1 percent of votes. As Afghanistan constitution requires absolute majority ruling, any singular candidate must receive over 50 percent of all total votes and Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai just received over the cut.
On 2019, April 5th, the new president of Afghanistan was announced as Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai. Dr. Ahmadzai had previously run for president in the presidential elections of 2014 and in 2009. In 2009, he ranked fourth and in 2014 he ranked as second most popular and participated in a run-off election with the president - Abdullah Abdullah. Though Abdullah Abdullah did run, he received only 29.6 percent of votes, while Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai received 52.1 percent of votes. As Afghanistan constitution requires absolute majority ruling, any singular candidate must receive over 50 percent of all total votes and Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai just received over the cut.