Government of Ali Amini

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Government of Ali Amini
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cabinet of Iran
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Date formed5 May 1961 (1961-05-05)
Date dissolved19 July 1962 (1962-07-19)
People and organisations
Head of state Mohammad Reza Shah
Head of government Ali Amini
Total no. of members19
Status in legislatureParliament Dissolved
History
Predecessor Sharif-Emami
Successor Alam

Ali Amini was appointed to rule by decree as the Prime Minister of Iran on 5 May 1961, succeeding Jafar Sharif-Emami. [1] His cabinet was approved on 9 May 1961. [2]

Contents

Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was not enthusiastic about appointing Ali Amini as prime minister. [3] In addition, the Kennedy administration established a task force, the Iran Task Force, to support the cabinet of Amini which was regarded by the Shah as a move to reduce his power and authority. [3]

Composition

Though Amini was considered a "maverick aristocrat" [4] and "too independent of the personal control of the monarch", [5] appointment of ministers of foreign affairs, war, the interior was made at the behest of the Shah. [6] All of the three portfolios, plus agriculture ministry were left unchanged in the next administration under Asadollah Alam. [7]

Most controversially, Amini gave three ministries to "middle-class reformers who had in the past criticized the political influence of the shah as well as the corrupt practices of the landed families". [4] The three portfolios were justice, agriculture and education ministries. Noureddin Alamouti, an ex-member of the Tudeh Party who later entered the inner circle of Ahmad Qavam was appointed as the justice minister while agriculture ministry went to Hassan Arsanjani who was a radical and another protege of Qavam. Muhammad Derekhshesh who was as a leader of teacher's trade union drew support from both the Tudeh and the National Front, became the education minister. [4] [6] Moreover, he included Gholam-Ali Farivar as the industry minister in his cabinet, who was a former leader of the Iran Party (a party affiliated with the National Front). [8]

Cabinet

Members of Amini's cabinet were as follows: [9]

PortfolioMinisterTook officeLeft officePartyRef
Prime Minister 5 May 196119 July 1962  Nonpartisan [2]
Foreign Minister 9 May 19611 April 1962  Nonpartisan [2]
1 April 196219 July 1962  Nonpartisan
Interior Minister 9 May 196119 July 1962  Military [2]
Agriculture Minister 9 May 196119 July 1962  Nonpartisan [2]
Culture Minister 9 May 196119 July 1962  Nonpartisan [2]
Commerce Minister *9 May 19611 July 1961  People's Party [10]
1 July 196128 May 1962  Nonpartisan [2]
Finance Minister 9 May 196117 February 1962  Nonpartisan [2]
*17 February 196228 May 1962  Nonpartisan [11]
28 May 196219 July 1962  Nonpartisan [12]
Justice Minister 9 May 196119 July 1962  People's Party [2]
Labor Minister 9 May 196119 July 1962  Nonpartisan [2]
Post & Telegraph Minister 9 May 196119 July 1962  Nationalists [2]
Public Health Minister 3 June 196119 July 1962  Military [2]
Roads Minister 9 May 196119 July 1962  People's Party [2]
Mine & Industry Minister 9 May 196131 December 1961  Nonpartisan [10]
31 December 196119 July 1962  Nonpartisan [2]
War Minister 9 May 196119 July 1962  Military [2]
Minister without portfolio 9 May 196119 July 1962  Nonpartisan [2]
Minister without portfolio 9 May 196119 July 1962  People's Party [2]
Minister without portfolio 28 May 196219 July 1962  Nonpartisan [12]

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