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Cabinet of Jamshid Amouzegar
Cabinet of Imperial State of Iran
Amoozgar in the 1970s
Date formed	7 August 1977 (1977-08-07)
Date dissolved	27 August 1978 (1978-08-27)
People and organisations
Head of state	Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Head of government	Jamshid Amouzegar
Total no. of members	23
Member party	Rastakhiz Party
History
Predecessor	Cabinet of Amir-Abbas Hoveyda
Successor	Cabinet of Jafar Sharif-Emami

The cabinet led by Jamshid Amouzegar was announced on 7 August 1977. It succeeded the last cabinet of Amir-Abbas Hoveyda who submitted his resignation on 6 August. Major goal of Amouzegar's cabinet was to implement a new liberal economic program to stop inflation. The cabinet significantly decreased the annual financial aid given to mosques and religious organizations which had very negative effects on the relations between the state and religious establishment.

The cabinet lasted only for one year until 27 August 1978 when Jamshid Amouzegar resigned from office. The reason for his resignation was the increased demonstrations of religious establishment and the fire occurred in Cinema Rex in Abadan on 19 August. The next cabinet was formed by Jafar Sharif-Emami.

List of ministers

Most of the ministers who had served in the previous cabinet led by Amir-Abbas Hoveyda retained their posts. Nearly all of the cabinet members and Prime Minister were from the Rastakhiz Party.

The cabinet was consisted of the following twenty-three members:

References

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3. ^ "Chronology May 16, 1977-August 15, 1977". The Middle East Journal. 31 (4): 474. 1977. JSTOR 4325678.
4. George Lenczowski (1979). "The Arc of Crisis: Its Central Sector". Foreign Affairs. 57 (4): 806. doi:10.2307/20040202. JSTOR 20040202.
5. William Branigin (27 August 1978). "Iran's Cabinet To Resign to Pacify Critics". The Washington Post. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
6. "Shah Names New Cabinet with Jamshid Amouzegar as PM (1977)". Iranian.com. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
7. ^ Amir Poursadigh (2003). The Determinants of the Revolutionary Disintegration of the State in Iran (Ph.D. thesis). Tampere University. pp. 73, 78. ISBN 9789514456404.
8. Mohsen Sazegara; Maria J. Stephan (2009). "Iran's Islamic Revolution and Nonviolent Struggle". In Maria J. Stephan (ed.). Civilian Jihad. Nonviolent Struggle, Democratization, and Governance in the Middle East. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 193. doi:10.1057/9780230101753_14. ISBN 978-0-230-10175-3.

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