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Habibolah Bitaraf (Persian: حبیب‌الله بی‌طرف) is an Iranian reformist politician. He was Energy Minister for 8 years during Mohammad Khatami presidency. He also served as provincial governor of Yazd.

He was nominated as the energy minister by President Hassan Rouhani on 8 August 2017 but he was the only nominee who did not gain a vote of confidence from the parliament on 20 August 2017, with 133 yeas, 132 nays, 17 abstentions and 6 invalid votes.

Bitaraf is a founding member of the Islamic Iran Participation Front.

References

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2. Reza Haghighatnejad (8 August 2017), "Rouhani Announces New Cabinet: Few Reformists, No Women", Iran Wire, retrieved 17 August 2017
3. Moslem, Mehdi (2002). Factional politics in post-Khomeini Iran. Syracuse University Press. p. 325. ISBN 978-0-8156-2978-8.
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5. "Almost All Ministers Proposed by Rouhani Receive Vote of Confidence", Iran Front Page, 20 August 2017, retrieved 20 August 2017
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Cabinet Minister of Foreign Affairs Kamal Kharrazi (1997–2005) Minister of Agriculture** Isa Kalantari (1997–2001) Minister of Jihad of Construction** Mohammad Saeedikia (1997–2001) Ministry of Jihad of Agriculture** Mahmoud Hojjati (2001–2005) Minister of Post, Telegraph and Telephone Mohammad Reza Aref (1997–2000) Nasrollah Jahangard* (2000) Abdollah Mirtaheri* (2000–2001) Ahmad Motamedi (2001–2005) Minister of Labour and Social Affairs Hossein Kamali (1997–2001) Safdar Hosseini (2001–2004) Nasser Khaleghi (2004–2005) Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Attaollah Mohajerani (1997–2000) Ahmad Masjed-Jamei* (2000–2001) Ahmad Masjed-Jamei (2001–2005) Minister of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics Ali Shamkhani (1997–2005) Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance Hossein Namazi (1997–2001) Tahmasb Mazaheri (2001–2004) Safdar Hosseini (2004–2005) Minister of Education Hossein Mozaffar (1997–2001) Morteza Haji (2001–2005) Minister of Energy Habibolah Bitaraf (1997–2005) Minister of Health and Medical Education Mohammad Farhadi (1997–2001) Masoud Pezeshkian (2001–2005) Minister of Mines and Metals*** Eshaq Jahangiri (1997–2001) Minister of Industries*** Gholamreza Shafeei (1997–2001) Minister of Industries and Mines*** Eshaq Jahangiri (2001–2005) Minister of Intelligence Ghorbanali Dorri Najafabadi (1997–1998) Ali Younesi (1998–2005) Minister of Interior Abdollah Nouri (1997–1998) Abdolvahed Mousavi Lari (1998–2005) Minister of Justice Mohammad Ismaeil Shooshtari (1997–2005) Minister of Petroleum Bijan Namdar Zanganeh (1997–2005) Minister of Roads and Transportation Mahmoud Hojatti (1997–2001) Rahman Dadman (2001) Ahmad Khorram (2001–2004) Mohammad Rahmati (2004–2005) Commerce Mohammad Shariatmadar (1997–2005) Minister of Science, Research and Technology Mostafa Moeen (1997–2003) Jafar Towfighi (2003–2005) Minister of Welfare and Social Security**** Mohammad Hossein Sharifzadegan (2004–2005) Ministry of Cooperatives Morteza Haji (1997–2001) Ali Soufi (2001–2005) Ministry of Housing and Urban Development Ali Abdolalizadeh (1997–2005)
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