In 2002, he was appointed the interim holder of the position he now holds electively, and which was previously held by Burhanuddin Rabbani before the latter was forced out of office in 1996 when the Taliban took over his country.  
He was almost killed in 2004 when a rocket was launched at his helicopter when he took a trip to open a school in Gardez.  After that near-death experience, he left much of his campaign for re-election to his running mates, Karim Khalili and Ahmed Zia Massoud.  Two years earlier, he had almost been killed by a gunman while visiting Governor Gul Agha Sherzai.  This man is a member of the Popalzay clan, which is part of the Pashtun people.  In 2002, he was appointed the interim holder of the position he now holds electively, and which was previously held by Burhanuddin Rabbani before the latter was forced out of office in 1996 when the Taliban took over his country.  FTP, name this man who is now president of Afghanistan.
He was almost killed in 2004 when a rocket was launched at his helicopter when he took a trip to open a school in Gardez.  
Hamid Karzai