Government of Hassan Rouhani (2013–2017)

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First Hassan Rouhani Cabinet
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11th Cabinet of Islamic Republic of Iran
President of Iran
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Commemorative photo of the end of the 11th government, 2017
Date formed 3 August 2013
Date dissolved 3 August 2017
People and organisations
Head of state Ali Khamenei
Head of government Hassan Rouhani
Head of government's history
List
Deputy head of government Eshaq 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 formation Confirmation of Hassan Rouhani's cabinet (2013)
Predecessor Ahmadinejad II
Successor Rouhani 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]

Contents

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

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

PortfolioMinisterTook officeLeft officeParty
Presidential Administration
President 3 August 20133 August 2017  MDP
First Vice President 4 August 20138 August 2017  ECP
Chief of Staff 4 August 201320 August 2017  Independent
Ministers
Agriculture Minister 15 August 201320 August 2017  Independent
Communications Minister 15 August 201320 August 2017  MDP
Labour and Social Welfare Minister 15 August 201320 August 2017  ILP
Culture Minister 15 August 201319 October 2016  MDP
Abbas Salehi
*		19 October 20161 November 2016  Independent
1 November 201620 August 2017  MDP
Defence Minister 15 August 201320 August 2017  Military
Finance Minister 15 August 201320 August 2017  Independent
Education Minister 17 August 201319 October 2016  Independent
*1 November 201619 October 2016  Independent
19 October 201620 August 2017  Independent
Energy Minister 15 August 201320 August 2017  Independent
Foreign Minister 15 August 201320 August 2017  Independent
Health Minister 15 August 201320 August 2017  Independent
Industries and Business Minister 15 August 201320 August 2017  MDP
Intelligence Minister 15 August 201320 August 2017  RFII
Interior Minister 15 August 201320 August 2017  Independent
Justice Minister 15 August 201320 August 2017  CCA
Petroleum Minister 15 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 Minister 15 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 President 16 August 201310 August 2017  Independent
Cultural Heritage Vice President 17 August 201330 January 2014  ECP
1 February 20141 November 2016  MDP
6 November 201613 August 2017  IAUI
Environment Vice President 10 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 President 5 September 201316 August 2017  Independent
Parliamentary Vice President1 September 201312 July 2016  ACC
12 July 201620 August 2017  Independent
Elites Vice President 5 October 201316 August 2017  Independent
Planning Vice President 1 September 201320 August 2017  MDP
Women's Vice President 8 October 20139 August 2017  Independent
Administrative Vice President 2 August 201620 August 2017  Independent
Aides
Special Aide 28 August 201320 August 2017  MDP
Ethnic and Religious Minorities22 August 201320 August 2017  Independent
Citizenship Rights12 July 20169 August 2017  Independent
* 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]

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  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.
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