Second Hassan Rouhani Cabinet | |
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12th Cabinet of Islamic Republic of Iran | |
President of Iran | |
Date formed | 3 August 2017 |
Date dissolved | 3 August 2021 |
People and organisations | |
Head of state | Ali Khamenei |
Head of government | Hassan Rouhani |
Head of government's history | List
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Deputy head of government | Eshaq Jahangiri |
No. of ministers | 19 |
Ministers removed | 6 |
Total no. of members | 25 |
History | |
Election | 2017 Iranian presidential election |
Legislature term | 10th term |
Incoming formation | Confirmation of Hassan Rouhani's cabinet (2017) |
Predecessor | Rouhani I |
Successor | Raisi |
Hassan Rouhani was the seventh President of Iran which governs during his second term within the twelfth government of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party | Ref | ||||
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Presidential Administration | |||||||||
President | 3 August 2017 | 3 August 2021 | MDP | [1] | |||||
First Vice President | 8 August 2017 | 3 August 2021 | ECP | [2] | |||||
Chief of Staff | 20 August 2017 | 3 August 2021 | MDP | [3] | |||||
Presidential Administration Head | 20 August 2017 | 3 August 2021 | MDP | [3] | |||||
Ministers | |||||||||
Agriculture Minister | 20 August 2017 | 25 November 2019 | Nonpartisan | [1] | |||||
(head of ministry) | 25 November 2019 | 8 April 2020 | Nonpartisan | ||||||
8 April 2020 | 3 August 2021 | Nonpartisan | |||||||
Communications Minister | 20 August 2017 | 3 August 2021 | Nonpartisan | [1] | |||||
Labour and Social Welfare Minister | 20 August 2017 | 8 August 2018 | ILP | [1] | |||||
(head of ministry) | 11 August 2018 | 27 October 2018 | Nonpartisan | ||||||
27 October 2018 | 3 August 2021 | Nonpartisan | |||||||
Culture Minister | 20 August 2017 | 3 August 2021 | Nonpartisan | [1] | |||||
Defence Minister | 20 August 2017 | 3 August 2021 | Military | [1] | |||||
Finance Minister | 20 August 2017 | 26 August 2018 | Nonpartisan | [1] | |||||
(head of ministry) | 27 August 2018 | 27 October 2018 | Nonpartisan | ||||||
27 October 2018 | 3 August 2021 | Nonpartisan | |||||||
Education Minister | 20 August 2017 | 6 June 2019 | Nonpartisan | [1] | |||||
(head of ministry) | 6 June 2019 | 3 September 2019 | Nonpartisan | ||||||
3 September 2019 | 3 August 2021 | Nonpartisan | |||||||
Energy Minister | (head of ministry) | 20 August 2017 | 29 October 2017 | Nonpartisan | [3] | ||||
29 October 2017 | 3 August 2021 | Nonpartisan | [4] | ||||||
Foreign Minister | 20 August 2017 | 3 August 2021 | Nonpartisan | [1] | |||||
Health Minister | 20 August 2017 | 3 January 2019 | Nonpartisan | [5] | |||||
3 January 2019 | 3 August 2021 | Nonpartisan | [5] | ||||||
Industries and Business Minister | 20 August 2017 | 20 October 2018 | Nonpartisan | [1] | |||||
20 October 2018 | 11 May 2020 | MDP | |||||||
(head of ministry) | 11 May 2020 | 12 August 2020 | Nonpartisan | ||||||
(head of ministry) | 15 August 2020 | 29 September 2020 | Nonpartisan | ||||||
29 September 2020 | 3 August 2021 | Nonpartisan | |||||||
Intelligence Minister | 20 August 2017 | 3 August 2021 | RFII | [1] | |||||
Interior Minister | 20 August 2017 | 3 August 2021 | Nonpartisan | [1] | |||||
Justice Minister | 20 August 2017 | 3 August 2021 | Nonpartisan | [1] | |||||
Petroleum Minister | 20 August 2017 | 3 August 2021 | ECP | [1] | |||||
Science Minister | (head of ministry) | 20 August 2017 | 29 October 2017 | Nonpartisan | [3] | ||||
29 October 2017 | 3 August 2021 | IAUI | [4] | ||||||
Roads and Housing Minister | 20 August 2017 | 20 October 2018 | Nonpartisan | [1] | |||||
20 October 2018 | 3 August 2021 | Nonpartisan | |||||||
Sports and Youth Minister | 20 August 2017 | 3 August 2021 | MDP | [1] | |||||
Cultural Heritage Minister | 21 August 2019 | 3 August 2021 | Nonpartisan | [6] | |||||
Vice Presidents | |||||||||
Atomic Energy Vice President | 10 August 2017 | 3 August 2021 | Nonpartisan | [7] | |||||
Cultural Heritage Vice President | 13 August 2017 | 21 August 2019 | Nonpartisan | [6] | |||||
Environment Vice President | 13 August 2017 | 3 August 2021 | ECP | [6] | |||||
Economic Vice President | 20 August 2017 | 3 August 2021 | Nonpartisan | [3] | |||||
Legal Vice President | 9 August 2017 | 3 August 2021 | Nonpartisan | [8] | |||||
Martyrs Vice President | 16 August 2017 | 6 June 2020 | Nonpartisan | [5] | |||||
7 June 2020 | 3 August 2021 | Nonpartisan | |||||||
Parliamentary Vice President | 25 December 2017 | 3 August 2021 | Nonpartisan | [9] | |||||
Elites Vice President | 16 August 2017 | 3 August 2021 | Nonpartisan | [5] | |||||
Planning Vice President | 20 August 2017 | 3 August 2021 | MDP | [3] | |||||
Women's Vice President | 9 August 2017 | 3 August 2021 | Nonpartisan | [8] | |||||
Administrative Vice President | 20 August 2017 | 3 August 2021 | Nonpartisan | [3] | |||||
Aides | |||||||||
Citizenship Rights | 9 August 2017 | 24 November 2018 | Nonpartisan | [8] | |||||
Economic Affairs | 16 August 2017 | 15 November 2018 | Nonpartisan | [5] | |||||
Social Communications | 30 May 2019 | 3 August 2021 | ILP | ||||||
* Acting |
Despite the pressure coming from his supporters and women's rights activists to appoint female ministers, [10] [11] Rouhani did not name any woman as minister, however he appointed three women in his second administration, Masoumeh Ebtekar and Laya Joneydi as vice presidents and Shahindokht Molaverdi as his aide for citizenship rights. [8]
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