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Coalition government of Ahmad Qavam

cabinet of Iran
Date formed1 August 1946 (1946-08-01)
Date dissolved16 October 1946 (1946-10-16)
People and organisations
Head of stateMohammad Reza Shah
Head of governmentAhmad Qavam
No. of ministers13
Member parties
History
PredecessorQavam VI

Prime Minister Ahmad Qavam formed a short-lived coalition government on 1 August 1946 with his Democrat Party of Iran and the left-wing Tudeh Party and Iran Party. He offered three portfolios (Health, culture, and trade and industry) to the communists and gave the ministries of finance and communications to two royalists; while maintained his own control over interior and foreign ministries.

According to Ervand Abrahamian, Qavam did not consult the Shah before forming his cabinet. Shah ordered Qavam to resign on 16 October 1946. Following the resignation, Qavam formed another cabinet without Tudeh and Iran parties.

Cabinet

Portfolio Minister Took office Left office Party
Prime MinisterAhmad Qavam1 August 194616 October 1946 Democrat Party
Foreign MinisterAhmad Qavam1 August 194616 October 1946 Democrat Party
Interior MinisterAhmad Qavam1 August 194616 October 1946 Democrat Party
Agriculture MinisterShamseddin Amir-Alaei1 August 194616 October 1946 Iran Party
Culture MinisterFereydoun Keshavarz1 August 194616 October 1946 Tudeh Party
Finance MinisterAbdolhossein Hazhir1 August 194616 October 1946 Royalist
Justice MinisterAllahyar Saleh1 August 194616 October 1946 Iran Party
Labor MinisterMozaffar Firouz1 August 194616 October 1946 Democrat Party
Post & Telegraph MinisterManouchehr Eghbal1 August 194616 October 1946 Royalist
Public Health MinisterMorteza Yazdi1 August 194616 October 1946 Tudeh Party
Roads MinisterHossein Firouz1 August 194616 October 1946 Military
Trade and Industry MinisterIraj Eskandari1 August 194616 October 1946 Tudeh Party
War MinisterAhmad Amir-Ahmadi1 August 194616 October 1946 Military
Minister without portfolioAnoushirvan Sepahbodi1 August 194616 October 1946 Nonpartisan

References

  1. Hasanli, Jamil (2013). At the Dawn of the Cold War: The Soviet-American Crisis over Iranian Azerbaijan, 1941-1946. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 332. ISBN 9780742570900.
  2. ^ Abrahamian, Ervand (1982). Iran Between Two Revolutions. Princeton University Press. pp. 234−237. ISBN 0-691-10134-5.
  3. Ladjevardi, Habib (1985). Labor unions and autocracy in Iran. Syracuse University Press. p. 69. ISBN 978-0-8156-2343-4.
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