First Hassan Rouhani Cabinet

11th Cabinet of Islamic Republic of Iran
President of Iran
Commemorative photo of the end of the 11th government, 2017
Date formed3 August 2013
Date dissolved3 August 2017
People and organisations
Head of stateAli Khamenei
Head of governmentHassan Rouhani
Head of government's history
List
Deputy head of governmentEshaq Jahangiri
No. of ministers18
Ministers removed4
Total no. of members22
History
Election(s)2013 Iranian presidential election
Legislature term(s)9th term
10th term
Incoming formationConfirmation of Hassan Rouhani's cabinet (2013)
PredecessorAhmadinejad II
SuccessorRouhani II

The President of Iran is the second formal position after the Supreme leader. The president has the authority to introduce members of his cabinet to the Iranian Parliament for confirmation under the Constitution of Iran.[1]

Rouhani is the seventh president of Iran which governed within the eleventh government of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Cabinet members

Vice presidents

Rouhani appointed Jahangiri as the first vice president. Elham Aminzadeh is another Vice President, who was appointed by Rouhani as his vice president for legal affairs on 11 August.[2] Mohammad Bagher Nobakht is the other vice president in the cabinet and he is in charge of planning and strategic supervision.[3]

Ministers

See also: Confirmations of Hassan Rouhani's Cabinet

Rouhani announced his designated cabinet on 4 August 2013. Then, parliament voted to his cabinet. The voting process was begun on 12 August and was ended on 15 August.[4] The voting was held on 15 August and three of the eighteen nominees were not approved by the Majlis, those proposed to head the ministries of education, science, research and technology; and sports and youth.[5]

Cabinet members

Portfolio Minister Took office Left office Party
Presidential Administration
President3 August 20133 August 2017 MDP
First Vice President4 August 20138 August 2017 ECP
Chief of Staff4 August 201320 August 2017 Independent
Ministers
Agriculture Minister15 August 201320 August 2017 Independent
Communications Minister15 August 201320 August 2017 MDP
Labour and Social Welfare Minister15 August 201320 August 2017 ILP
Culture Minister15 August 201319 October 2016 MDP
*19 October 20161 November 2016 Independent
1 November 201620 August 2017 MDP
Defence Minister15 August 201320 August 2017 Military
Finance Minister15 August 201320 August 2017 Independent
Education Minister17 August 201319 October 2016 Independent
*1 November 201619 October 2016 Independent
19 October 201620 August 2017 Independent
Energy Minister15 August 201320 August 2017 Independent
Foreign Minister15 August 201320 August 2017 Independent
Health Minister15 August 201320 August 2017 Independent
Industries and Business Minister15 August 201320 August 2017 MDP
Intelligence Minister15 August 201320 August 2017 RFII
Interior Minister15 August 201320 August 2017 Independent
Justice Minister15 August 201320 August 2017 CCA
Petroleum Minister15 August 201320 August 2017 ECP
Science Minister*17 August 201327 October 2013 Independent
27 October 201320 August 2014 Independent
*20 August 201426 November 2014 ECP
26 November 201420 August 2017 AIMSI
Roads and Housing Minister15 August 201320 August 2017 Independent
Sports and Youth Minister*17 August 201328 October 2013 MDP
*28 October 201317 November 2013 Independent
17 November 201319 October 2016 Independent
*19 October 20161 November 2016 Independent
1 November 201620 August 2017 MDP
Vice Presidents
Atomic Energy Vice President16 August 201310 August 2017 Independent
Cultural Heritage Vice President17 August 201330 January 2014 ECP
1 February 20141 November 2016 MDP
6 November 201613 August 2017 IAUI
Environment Vice President10 September 201313 August 2017 Independent
Executive Vice President8 October 201316 March 2017 Independent
24 May 201720 August 2017 Independent
Legal Vice President11 August 201312 July 2016 Independent
12 July 20169 August 2017 ACC
Martyrs Vice President5 September 201316 August 2017 Independent
Parliamentary Vice President1 September 201312 July 2016 ACC
12 July 201620 August 2017 Independent
Elites Vice President5 October 201316 August 2017 Independent
Planning Vice President1 September 201320 August 2017 MDP
Women's Vice President8 October 20139 August 2017 Independent
Administrative Vice President2 August 201620 August 2017 Independent
Aides
Special Aide28 August 201320 August 2017 MDP
Ethnic and Religious Minorities22 August 201320 August 2017 Independent
Citizenship Rights12 July 20169 August 2017 Independent
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y Reformist
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Conservative
* Acting

Reception

The list of cabinet members received mixed reactions from the Iranian press.[6] Reformist dailies mostly expressed positive statements about the nominated cabinet members whereas Shargh, another reformist paper, regarded the list both satisfactory and unsatisfactory, claiming that it includes a "non-partisan and moderate government" featuring figures from all political parties.[6] Kayhan, on the other hand, criticized the nomination of oil minister, Bijan Namdar Zanganeh.[6]

On 8 August 2013, three international organizations, namely Reporters Without Borders, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, and Human Rights Watch, requested the withdrawal of Mostafa Pourmohammadi's nomination for the post of justice minister due to his controversial past tenure.[7] Revolutionary Guards Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari criticised Rouhani's administration in December 2013: "The military, systems and procedures governing the administrative system of the country are the same as before, [but it] has been slightly modified and unfortunately infected by Western doctrine, and a fundamental change must occur. The main threat to the revolution is in the political arena and the Guards cannot remain silent in the face of that."[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ Text of Constitution of Iran Archived 19 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine Iran Online
  2. ^ "Iran's Rouhani Appoints Female Vice-President in New Cabinet". Fars News Agency. 12 August 2013. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
  3. ^ "New Vice Presidents Appointed in Iran". Haberler (News). 12 August 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
  4. ^ "Iran MPs to vote for Rouhani's cabinet on August 12". Nasim Online. 6 August 2013. Archived from the original on 6 December 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  5. ^ Kamali Dehghan, Saeed (15 August 2013). "Iran's parliament approves 15 of Hassan Rouhani's 18 cabinet ministers". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
  6. ^ a b c "Iran's press split on all-male cabinet". Gulf News. AFP. 5 August 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
  7. ^ "Iran: Withdraw Cabinet Nominee Implicated in Abuses". Human Rights Watch. 8 August 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
  8. ^ Iranian general criticises Rouhani government Al Jazeera. 11 December 2013. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
Cabinet of Iran
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