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This is a list of cabinet of Iran:
2009 Cabinet Appointments
Ahmadinejad announced controversial ministerial appointments for his second term. Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei was briefly appointed as first vice president, but opposed by a number of Majlis members and by the intelligence minister, Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i. Mashaei followed orders to resign. Ahmadinejad then appointed Mashaei as chief of staff, and fired Mohseni-Eje'i.
On July 26 2009, Ahmadinejad's government faced a legal problem after he sacked four ministers. Iran's constitution (Article 136) stipulates that, if more than half of its members are replaced, the cabinet may not meet or act before the Majlis approves the revised membership. The Vice Chairman of the Majlis announced that no cabinet meetings or decisions would be legal, pending such a reapproval.
The main list of 21 cabinet appointments was announced on August 19, 2009. On September 4, Majlis approved 18 of the 21 candidates and rejected three of them, including two women. Sousan Keshavarz, Mohammad Aliabadi, and Fatemeh Ajorlou were not approved by Majlis for the Ministries of Education, Energy, and Welfare and Social Security respectively. Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi is the first woman approved by Majlis as a minister in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
| Ministry | Minister |
|---|---|
| President | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
| Vice president | Mohammad Reza Rahimi |
| Agricultural | Sadeq Khalilian |
| Commerce | Mehdi Ghazanfari |
| Communication and Information Technology | Reza Taqipour |
| Cooperatives | Mohammad Abbasi |
| Culture and Islamic Guidance | Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini |
| Defense and Armed Forces Logistics | Ahmad Vahidi |
| Economy and Financial Affairs | Hossein Samsami |
| Education | Sousan Keshavarz (not confirmed) |
| Energy | Mohammad Aliabadi (not confirmed) |
| Foreign Affairs | Manouchehr Mottaki |
| Health and Medical Education | Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi |
| Housing and Urban Development | Abdolreza Sheikholeslami |
| Industries and Mines | Aliakbar Mehrabian |
| Intelligence | Heyder Moslehi |
| Interior | Mostafa Mohammad Najjar |
| Justice | Morteza Bakhtiari |
| Labour and Social Affairs | Ali Nikzad |
| Petroleum | Masoud Mir Kazemi |
| Roads and Transportation | Hamid Behbahani |
| Science, Research, and Technology | Kamran Daneshjoo |
| Welfare and Social Security | Fatemeh Ajorlou (not confirmed) |
See also
References
- Iran president clashes with conservatives
- http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=104018§ionid=351020101 Ahmadinejad unveils new cabinet
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8235264.stm