Cabinet of Iran

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The Cabinet of Iran (officially: Persian: دولت ايران, Government of Iran) is a formal body composed of government officials, ministers, chosen and led by a President. Its composition must be approved by a vote in the Parliament. According to the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the President may dismiss members of the cabinet, but must do so in writing, and new appointees must again be approved by the Parliament. Before 1989, under the former Iranian constitution, a Prime Minister had to be elected by the parliament, but this office has been removed by the current constitution. The cabinet meets weekly on Saturdays in Tehran. There may be additional meetings if circumstances require it. The president chairs the meetings.

2009 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.

2011 merges and dismissals

On 9 May, Ahmedinejad announced Ministries of Petroleum and Energy would merge, as would Industries and Mines with Commerce, and Welfare with Labour. On 13 May, he dismissed Masoud Mir Kazemi (Minister of Petroleum), Aliakbar Mehrabian (Minister Industry and Mines) and Sadeq Mahsouli (Minister of Welfare). On 15 May, he was announced he will be caretaker minister of the Petroleum Ministry.

Officials

CoA	Office	Incumbent	Since
Presidency
	President	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad	2005
	First Vice President	Mohammad-Reza Rahimi	2009
	Chief of Staff	Rahim Mashaei	2009
	Head of Presidential Center	Hamid Baqai	2011
Ministers
	Agricultural	Sadeq Khalilian	2009
	Communication	Reza Taqipour	2009
	Cooperatives, Labour and Social Welfare	Reza Sheykholeslam	2011
	Culture	Mohammad Sasani	2009
	Defense	Ahmad Vahidi	2009
	Finance	Shamseddin Hosseini	2008
	Education	Hamid-Reza Haji Babaee	2009
	Energy	Majid Namjoo	2009
	Foreign Affairs	Ali Akbar Salehi	2010
	Health	Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi	2009
	Industries and Business	Mehdi Ghazanfari	2011
	Intelligence	Heyder Moslehi	2009
	Interior	Mostafa Mohammad Najjar	2009
	Justice	Morteza Bakhtiari	2009
	Petroleum	Rostam Ghasemi	2011
	Science	Kamran Daneshjoo	2009
	Transportation and Housing	Ali Nikzad	2011
	Youth Affairs andn Sports	Mohammad Abbasi	2011
Heads of Organisations
	Atomic Energy	Fereydoon Abbasi	2011
	National Elites	Nasrin Soltankhah	2009
	National Strategic	Parviz Davoodi	2009
	IRIB	Ezzatollah Zarghami	2004
	Environmental Protection	Mohammad-Javad Mohammadizadeh	2009
	Women and Family	Maryam Mojtahed Zadeh	2008
	Martyrs and Veterans Affairs	Hossein Dehghan	2009
	Cultural Heritage and Tourism	Hassan Mousavi	2012
	Parliamentary Affairs	Mohammad-Reza Taj-oldini	2009

See also

• Ministers of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (2005-2009)
• President of Iran
• Parliament of Iran

External links

• Memorandum of the foreign trade regime of Iran - 145-page official PDF document describing all Ministries and institutes affiliated to the Government of Iran and their functions.