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2009 Cabinet Appointments

President 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, Parliament of Iran 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 Parliament for the Ministries of Education, Energy, and Welfare and Social Security respectively. Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi is the first woman approved by Parliament as a minister in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

This is a list of cabinet of Iran:

CoA Ministry Minister Since
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad August 3, 2005
First Vice President Mohammad-Reza Rahimi September 13, 2009
Agricultural Sadeq Khalilian August 9, 2009
Commerce Mehdi Ghazanfari August 9, 2009
File:Ertebatat.jpg Communication and Information Technology Reza Taqipour August 9, 2009
Cooperatives Mohammad Abbasi August 24, 2005
Culture and Islamic Guidance Mohammad Hosseini August 9, 2009
File:Artesh Logo.png Defense and Armed Forces Logistics Ahmad Vahidi August 9, 2009
Economy and Financial Affairs Shamsoldin Hosseini August 24, 2005
Education Hamid-Reza Haji Babaee November 19, 2009
Energy Majid Namjoo November 19, 2009
Foreign Affairs Manouchehr Mottaki August 24, 2005
File:Behdasht.jpg Health and Medical Education Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi August 9, 2009
Housing and Urban Development Ali Nikzad August 9, 2009
Industries and Mines Aliakbar Mehrabian August 24, 2005
File:Etellat.jpg Intelligence Heyder Moslehi August 9, 2009
Interior Mostafa Mohammad Najjar August 9, 2009
File:Dadgostari.jpg Justice Morteza Bakhtiari August 9, 2009
Labour and Social Affairs Abdolreza Sheikholeslami August 9, 2009
File:Naft.jpg Petroleum Masoud Mir Kazemi August 9, 2009
Roads and Transportation Hamid Behbahani August 24, 2005
Science, Research, and Technology Kamran Daneshjoo August 9, 2009
Welfare and Social Security Sadeq Mahsouli November 19, 2009

See also

References

  1. Iran president clashes with conservatives
  4. http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=104018&sectionid=351020101 Ahmadinejad unveils new cabinet
  5. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8235264.stm

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