Who became the first democratically elected president of Afghanistan?

The first democratically elected president of Afghanistan is Hamid Karzai. He came to power following the Bonn Agreement in 2001, which established a framework for a new government after the fall of the Taliban regime. In 2004, he ran for president in Afghanistan’s first direct presidential election and won, marking a significant step toward establishing a democratic governance structure in the country. Under his leadership, Afghanistan took initial steps toward rebuilding its political institutions and infrastructure in the aftermath of decades of conflict.

The other individuals mentioned are notable figures but did not serve as democratically elected presidents of Afghanistan. Saddam Hussein was the president of Iraq; Osama bin Laden was the leader of al-Qaeda and not involved in any governance of Afghanistan, and Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, while a later president, was not the first to be elected democratically in the context of Afghanistan’s political history.