 Hamid Karzai

Hamid Karzai (Pashto/; born 24 December 1957) is an Afghan politician who was the President of Afghanistan from 22 December 2001 to 29 September 2014, originally as an interim leader and then as President for almost ten years, from 7 December 2004 to 2014.He comes from a politically active family; Karzai's father, uncle and grandfather were all active in Afghan politics and government.