Government of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (2009–2013)

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Second Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Cabinet
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10th Cabinet of Islamic Republic of Iran
President
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Last meeting of cabinet, 31 July 2013
Date formed3 August 2009
Date dissolved3 August 2013
People and organisations
Head of state Ali Khamenei
Head of government Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Head of government's history
List
Deputy head of government Mohammad Reza Rahimi
No. of ministers21
Ministers removed11
Total no. of members32
History
Election(s) Iranian presidential election, 2009
Legislature term(s) 8th term
Predecessor Ahmadinejad I
Successor Rouhani I

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was the sixth President of Iran which governed during his second term within the tenth Government of Islamic Republic of Iran.

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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. [1]

On 26 July 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. [2] The Vice Chairman of the Majlis announced that no cabinet meetings or decisions would be legal, pending such a reapproval. [3]

The main list of 21 cabinet appointments was announced on 19 August 2009.[ citation needed ] On 4 September, 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. [4] Marzieh Vahid-Dastjerdi won approval as health minister, making her Iran's first woman minister since the Islamic revolution. [5]

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), Ali Akbar Mehrabian (Minister Industry and Mines) and Sadegh Mahsouli (Minister of Welfare). On 15 May, he was announced he would be caretaker minister of the Petroleum Ministry. [6]

From August 2009 to February 2013, a total of nine ministers in the cabinet was dismissed by the Majlis, the last of who was labor minister, Reza Sheykholeslam at the beginning of February 2013. [7]

Cabinet

The cabinet included the following members:

PortfolioMinisterTook officeLeft officePartyRef
Presidential Administration
President of Iran 3 August 20093 August 2013  ABII
First Vice President 13 September 20093 August 2013  Nonpartisan
Head of President's Office 25 July 20091 December 2012  CPSS [8]
Mir-Hassan Mousavi
1 December 20123 August 2013  Nonpartisan [9]
Chief of Staff 19 September 20099 April 2011  CPSS
9 April 20113 August 2013  CPSS
Economic Affairs Spokesperson 10 January 20103 August 2013  Nonpartisan [10]
Political Affairs Spokesperson 10 January 201030 November 2012  Nonpartisan [10]
Spokesperson 11 December 20123 August 2013  FIRS [11]
Secretary
Majid Doust-Ali
3 August 200922 September 2010  Nonpartisan [12]
Ali Sadoughi
22 September 20102 September 2013  Nonpartisan [13]
Ministers
Minister of Education
Ramezan Mohsenpour
*		6 September 200915 November 2009  Nonpartisan [14]
15 November 200915 August 2013  Nonpartisan
Minister of Communications 3 September 20092 December 2012  ABII
*2 December 20122 February 2013  Nonpartisan
2 February 201315 August 2013  Military
Minister of Intelligence 3 September 200915 August 2013  CPSS
Minister of Finance 3 September 200915 August 2013  Nonpartisan
Minister of Foreign Affairs 3 September 200913 December 2010  FFLIL
13 December 201015 August 2013  Nonpartisan
Minister of Commerce 3 September 20093 August 2011  Nonpartisan
Minister of Health 3 September 200927 December 2012  FFLIL
27 December 201215 August 2013  SDIR
Minister of Cooperatives 3 September 20093 August 2011  Nonpartisan
Minister of Cooperatives, Labour,
and Social Welfare 		3 August 20113 February 2013  CPSS
4 February 201315 August 2013  Nonpartisan
Minister of Agriculture 3 September 200915 August 2013  Nonpartisan
Minister of Justice 3 September 200915 August 2013  Nonpartisan
Minister of Defence 3 September 200915 August 2013  Military
Minister of Roads 3 September 20091 February 2011  Nonpartisan
*7 February 201126 June 2011  Nonpartisan
Minister of Roads & Urban Development 26 June 201115 August 2013  Nonpartisan
Minister of Welfare *6 September 200915 November 2009  Nonpartisan [14]
15 November 20093 August 2011  CPSS
Minister of Industries 3 September 200915 May 2011  Nonpartisan
*15 May 20113 August 2011  Nonpartisan
Minister of Industries, Mines and Business 3 August 201115 August 2013  Nonpartisan
Minister of Science 3 September 200915 August 2013  FPP
Minister of Culture 3 September 200915 August 2013 Center for Islamic Iran Academics
Minister of Labour 3 September 20093 August 2011  CPSS
Minister of Interior 3 September 200915 August 2013  Military
Minister of Housing 3 September 200926 June 2011  Nonpartisan
Minister of Petroleum 3 September 200916 May 2011  Military
*16 May 20112 June 2011  ABII
*2 June 20113 August 2011  ABII
3 August 201115 August 2013  Military
Minister of Energy 6 September 200915 August 2013  Military [14]
Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports 26 June 201115 August 2013  Nonpartisan
Vice President
Enforcing the Constitution Vice President27 May 20123 August 2013  Nonpartisan
Executive Vice President9 April 20113 August 2013  CPSS
Foreign Affairs Vice President9 August 20113 August 2013  ABII
Women and Family Affairs Vice President 27 July 20138 October 2013  Nonpartisan
Planning and Strategic Supervision
Vice President 		17 July 200927 May 2012  Nonpartisan
Behrouz Moradi
27 May 20123 August 2013  Nonpartisan
Parliamentary Affairs Vice President13 September 200927 May 2012  Nonpartisan
27 May 20121 September 2013  SDIR
Management Development and
Human Resources Vice President 		25 October 200927 May 2012  SDIR [15]
27 May 201226 December 2012  Nonpartisan
26 December 20123 August 2013  FIRS
Legal Affairs Vice President30 November 200911 August 2013  Nonpartisan [16]
Martyrs Vice President 17 July 200915 September 2013  SDIR [17]
Elites Vice President 21 September 20095 October 2013  ABII [18]
Atomic Energy Vice President 17 July 200913 December 2010  Nonpartisan [17]
*13 December 201013 February 2011  Nonpartisan
13 February 201115 August 2013  AIRL
Physical Education Vice President 25 August 200926 June 2011  ABII [19]
Environment Vice President 2 September 20093 August 2013  ABII
National Youth Vice President 24 July 200928 November 2010  CPSS [17]
Homayoun Hamidi
*		15 February 201126 June 2011  Nonpartisan [20]
Cultural Heritage Vice President 19 July 200919 May 2011  CPSS [17]
19 May 20114 January 2012  Nonpartisan
Mir-Hassan Mousavi
4 January 20127 December 2012  Nonpartisan
7 December 20123 August 2013  CPSS
Aides
Senior Aide17 July 20093 August 2013  ABII [17]
Special Aide26 December 20113 August 2013  Nonpartisan [21]
  1. ↑ Acting from 2 February to 26 February 2013
  2. ↑ Acting from 13 December 2010 to 30 January 2011
  3. ↑ Acting from 27 December 2012 to 17 March 2013
  4. ↑ Acting from 4 February to 5 May 2013
  5. ↑ Acting from 6 September to 15 November 2009
  6. ↑ Acting from 26 June to 3 August 2011
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