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List of female members of the Cabinet of Iran

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This is a list of women who have served as members of the Cabinet of Iran.

List

No. Portrait Name Office Term in office Affiliation Head of government
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1 Farrokhroo Parsa Minister of Education 1968 1971 New Iran Party Amir Abbas Hoveida
2 Mahnaz Afkhami Minister without portfolio
for Women's Affairs 		1976 1978 Resurgence Party
Jamshid Amouzegar
3 Masoumeh Ebtekar Head of Department of Environment 1997 2005 Islamic Iran Participation Front Mohammad Khatami
2013 2017 Hassan Rouhani
Vice President
for Women's and Family Affairs 		2017 2021
4 Fatemeh Javadi Head of Department of Environment 2005 2009 — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
5 Marzieh Vahid-Dastjerdi Minister of Health 2009 2013 Zeynab Society
6 Nasrin Soltankhah Head of National Elites Foundation 2009 2013 —
7 Fatemeh Bodaghi Vice President
for Legal Affairs 		2009 2013 —
8 Maryam Mojtahedzadeh Vice President
for Women's and Family Affairs 		2013 —
9 Elham Aminzadeh Vice President
for Legal Affairs 		2013 2016 — Hassan Rouhani
10 Shahindokht Molaverdi Vice President
for Women's and Family Affairs 		2013 2019 Islamic Iran Participation Front
11 Zahra Ahmadipour Head of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization 2016 2017 Islamic Association of University Instructors
12 Laya Joneydi Vice President
for Legal Affairs 		2017 2021 —
13 Ensieh Khazali Vice President
for Women's and Family Affairs 		2021 2024 — Ebrahim Raisi
14 Zahra Behrouz Azar Vice President
for Women's and Family Affairs 		2024 Incumbent — Masoud Pezeshkian
15 Shina Ansari Head of Department of Environment 2024 Incumbent —

See also

References

  • Jamileh Kadivar (2016), "Chapter 8: Women and Executive Power", in Tara Povey (ed.), Women, Power and Politics in 21st Century Iran, Routledge, ISBN 9781134779895
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