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Second Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Cabinet | |
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![]() 10th Cabinet of Islamic Republic of Iran | |
President | |
![]() Last meeting of cabinet, 31 July 2013 | |
Date formed | 3 August 2009 |
Date dissolved | 3 August 2013 |
People and organisations | |
Head of state | Ali Khamenei |
Head of government | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
Head of government's history | List
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Deputy head of government | Mohammad Reza Rahimi |
No. of ministers | 21 |
Ministers removed | 11 |
Total no. of members | 32 |
History | |
Election | Iranian presidential election, 2009 |
Legislature term | 8th term 9th 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.
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]
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]
The cabinet included the following members:
Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party | Ref | ||||
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Presidential Administration | |||||||||
President of Iran | 3 August 2009 | 3 August 2013 | ABII | ||||||
First Vice President | 13 September 2009 | 3 August 2013 | Nonpartisan | ||||||
Head of President's Office | 25 July 2009 | 1 December 2012 | CPSS | [8] | |||||
Mir-Hassan Mousavi | 1 December 2012 | 3 August 2013 | Nonpartisan | [9] | |||||
Chief of Staff | 19 September 2009 | 9 April 2011 | CPSS | ||||||
9 April 2011 | 3 August 2013 | CPSS | |||||||
Economic Affairs Spokesperson | 10 January 2010 | 3 August 2013 | Nonpartisan | [10] | |||||
Political Affairs Spokesperson | 10 January 2010 | 30 November 2012 | Nonpartisan | [10] | |||||
Spokesperson | 11 December 2012 | 3 August 2013 | FIRS | [11] | |||||
Secretary | Majid Doust-Ali | 3 August 2009 | 22 September 2010 | Nonpartisan | [12] | ||||
Ali Sadoughi | 22 September 2010 | 2 September 2013 | Nonpartisan | [13] | |||||
Ministers | |||||||||
Minister of Education | (head of ministry) | 6 September 2009 | 15 November 2009 | Nonpartisan | [14] | ||||
15 November 2009 | 15 August 2013 | Nonpartisan | |||||||
Minister of Communications | 3 September 2009 | 2 December 2012 | ABII | ||||||
(head of ministry) | 2 December 2012 | 2 February 2013 | Nonpartisan | ||||||
2 February 2013 | 15 August 2013 | Military | |||||||
Minister of Intelligence | 3 September 2009 | 15 August 2013 | CPSS | ||||||
Minister of Finance | 3 September 2009 | 15 August 2013 | Nonpartisan | ||||||
Minister of Foreign Affairs | 3 September 2009 | 13 December 2010 | FFLIL | ||||||
13 December 2010 | 15 August 2013 | Nonpartisan | |||||||
Minister of Commerce | 3 September 2009 | 3 August 2011 | Nonpartisan | ||||||
Minister of Health | 3 September 2009 | 27 December 2012 | FFLIL | ||||||
27 December 2012 | 15 August 2013 | SDIR | |||||||
Minister of Cooperatives | 3 September 2009 | 3 August 2011 | Nonpartisan | ||||||
Minister of Cooperatives, Labour, and Social Welfare | 3 August 2011 | 3 February 2013 | CPSS | ||||||
4 February 2013 | 15 August 2013 | Nonpartisan | |||||||
Minister of Agriculture | 3 September 2009 | 15 August 2013 | Nonpartisan | ||||||
Minister of Justice | 3 September 2009 | 15 August 2013 | Nonpartisan | ||||||
Minister of Defence | 3 September 2009 | 15 August 2013 | Military | ||||||
Minister of Roads | 3 September 2009 | 1 February 2011 | Nonpartisan | ||||||
(head of ministry) | 7 February 2011 | 26 June 2011 | Nonpartisan | ||||||
Minister of Roads & Urban Development | 26 June 2011 | 15 August 2013 | Nonpartisan | ||||||
Minister of Welfare | (head of ministry) | 6 September 2009 | 15 November 2009 | Nonpartisan | [14] | ||||
15 November 2009 | 3 August 2011 | CPSS | |||||||
Minister of Industries | 3 September 2009 | 15 May 2011 | Nonpartisan | ||||||
(head of ministry) | 15 May 2011 | 3 August 2011 | Nonpartisan | ||||||
Minister of Industries, Mines and Business | 3 August 2011 | 15 August 2013 | Nonpartisan | ||||||
Minister of Science | 3 September 2009 | 15 August 2013 | FPP | ||||||
Minister of Culture | 3 September 2009 | 15 August 2013 | Center for Islamic Iran Academics | ||||||
Minister of Labour | 3 September 2009 | 3 August 2011 | CPSS | ||||||
Minister of Interior | 3 September 2009 | 15 August 2013 | Military | ||||||
Minister of Housing | 3 September 2009 | 26 June 2011 | Nonpartisan | ||||||
Minister of Petroleum | 3 September 2009 | 16 May 2011 | Military | ||||||
(head of ministry) | 16 May 2011 | 2 June 2011 | ABII | ||||||
(head of ministry) | 2 June 2011 | 3 August 2011 | ABII | ||||||
3 August 2011 | 15 August 2013 | Military | |||||||
Minister of Energy | 6 September 2009 | 15 August 2013 | Military | [14] | |||||
Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports | 26 June 2011 | 15 August 2013 | Nonpartisan | ||||||
Vice President | |||||||||
Enforcing the Constitution Vice President | 27 May 2012 | 3 August 2013 | Nonpartisan | ||||||
Executive Vice President | 9 April 2011 | 3 August 2013 | CPSS | ||||||
Foreign Affairs Vice President | 9 August 2011 | 3 August 2013 | ABII | ||||||
Women and Family Affairs Vice President | 27 July 2013 | 8 October 2013 | Nonpartisan | ||||||
Planning and Strategic Supervision Vice President | 17 July 2009 | 27 May 2012 | Nonpartisan | ||||||
Behrouz Moradi | 27 May 2012 | 3 August 2013 | Nonpartisan | ||||||
Parliamentary Affairs Vice President | 13 September 2009 | 27 May 2012 | Nonpartisan | ||||||
27 May 2012 | 1 September 2013 | SDIR | |||||||
Management Development and Human Resources Vice President | 25 October 2009 | 27 May 2012 | SDIR | [15] | |||||
27 May 2012 | 26 December 2012 | Nonpartisan | |||||||
26 December 2012 | 3 August 2013 | FIRS | |||||||
Legal Affairs Vice President | 30 November 2009 | 11 August 2013 | Nonpartisan | [16] | |||||
Martyrs Vice President | 17 July 2009 | 15 September 2013 | SDIR | [17] | |||||
Elites Vice President | 21 September 2009 | 5 October 2013 | ABII | [18] | |||||
Atomic Energy Vice President | 17 July 2009 | 13 December 2010 | Nonpartisan | [17] | |||||
(head of ministry) | 13 December 2010 | 13 February 2011 | Nonpartisan | ||||||
13 February 2011 | 15 August 2013 | AIRL | |||||||
Physical Education Vice President | 25 August 2009 | 26 June 2011 | ABII | [19] | |||||
Environment Vice President | 2 September 2009 | 3 August 2013 | ABII | ||||||
National Youth Vice President | 24 July 2009 | 28 November 2010 | CPSS | [17] | |||||
Homayoun Hamidi (head of ministry) | 15 February 2011 | 26 June 2011 | Nonpartisan | [20] | |||||
Cultural Heritage Vice President | 19 July 2009 | 19 May 2011 | CPSS | [17] | |||||
19 May 2011 | 4 January 2012 | Nonpartisan | |||||||
Mir-Hassan Mousavi | 4 January 2012 | 7 December 2012 | Nonpartisan | ||||||
7 December 2012 | 3 August 2013 | CPSS | |||||||
Aides | |||||||||
Senior Aide | 17 July 2009 | 3 August 2013 | ABII | [17] | |||||
Special Aide | 26 December 2011 | 3 August 2013 | Nonpartisan | [21] | |||||
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