Confirmations of Hassan Rouhani's Cabinet

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This article mentions the introduction and confirmation process for any successful or unsuccessful cabinet nominees of Rouhani Administration.

Confirmation process

The voting process began on 12 August 2013 and was continued until 15 August.^[1] On 15 August 2013, Parliament members confirmed 15 ministers and rejected three of them, namely those proposed to head the ministries of education, science, research and technology; and sports and youth.^[2][3] 284 out of 290 members of the Parliament were present at the session.

Ministry of Culture

Ali Jannati announced his nomination for minister of culture.^[4][5] Ali Jannati, son of the prominent Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, is seen as is politically closer to Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani.^[6]

Ministry of Petroleum

Hassan Rouhani nominated Bijan Zanganeh to return to the post of petroleum minister, which he held under Iran's reformist government from 1997 to 2005.^[9]

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

There were many candidates for ministry of foreign affairs: Ali Akbar Salehi, Kamal Kharazi, Sadegh Kharazi, Mohammad Javad Zarif and Mahmoud Vaezi.^[10]

Ministry of Agricultural

Ministry of Communication

Ministry of Defense

Ministry of Finance

Ministry of Education

Ministry of Energy

Ministry of Health

Ministry of Industry, Mines and Trade

Ministry of Intelligence

Ministry of Interior

Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Labour

Ministry of Science

Ministry of Transportation

Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs

References

Hassan Rouhani
7th President of Iran (since 2013) President of the Center for Strategic Research (1992–2013) Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council (1989–2005) First Deputy Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly (1992–2000) Member of the Iranian Parliament from Tehran (1984–2000) Member of the Iranian Parliament from Semnan (1980–1984) Born (1948-11-12)November 12, 1948
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Cabinet of President Hassan Rouhani (since 2013)
Cabinet Minister of Foreign Affairs Javad Zarif (2013–present) Minister of Agriculture Mahmoud Hojjati (2013–present) Minister of Communications and IT Mahmoud Vaezi (2013–present) Minister of Cooperatives, Labour, and Social Welfare Ali Rabiei (2013–present) Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Ali Jannati (2013–2016) Abbas Salehi* (2016) Reza Salehi Amiri (2016–present) Minister of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics Hossein Dehghan (2013–present) Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance Ali Tayebnia (2013–present) Minister of Education Ali-Asghar Fani (2013–2016) Mohammad Bathaei* (2016) Fakhruddin Ahmadi Danesh-Ashtiani (2016–present) Minister of Energy Hamid Chitchian (2013–present) Minister of Health and Medical Education Hassan Hashemi (2013–present) Minister of Industries, Mones and Business Mohammadreza Nematzadeh (2013–present) Minister of Intelligence Mahmoud Alavi (2013–present) Minister of Interior Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli (2013–present) Minister of Justice Mostafa Pourmohammadi (2013–present) Minister of Petroleum Bijan Namdar Zanganeh (2013–present) Minister of Transportation and Housing Abbas Ahmad Akhondi (2013–present) Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Reza Salehi Amiri* (2013) Mohammad Shariatmadari* (2013) Mahmoud Goudarzi (2013–2016) Nasrollah Sajjadi* (2016) Masoud Soltanifar (2016–present) Minister of Science, Research and Technology Jafar Towfighi* (2013) Reza Farajidana (2013–2014) Mohammad-Ali Najafi* (2014) Mohammad Farhadi (2014–present)
Cabinet-level First Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri (2013–present) Chief of Staff Mohammad Nahavandian (2013–present) Vice President and Head of Atomic Energy Organization Ali Akbar Salehi (2013–present) Vice President and Head of Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts and Tourism Organization Mohammad-Ali Najafi (2013–2014) Masoud Soltanifar (2014–2016) Zahra Ahmadipour (2016–present) Vice President and Head of Environmental Protection Organization Masoumeh Ebtekar (2013–present) Vice President and Head of Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs Mohammad-Ali Shahidi (2013–present) Vice President and Head of National Elites Foundation Sorena Sattari (2013–present) Vice President for Parliamentary Affairs Majid Ansari (2013–2016) Hossein Ali Amiri (2016–present) Vice President for Women and Family Affairs Shahindokht Molaverdi (2013–present) Vice President for Legal Affairs Elham Aminzadeh (2013–2016) Majid Ansari (2016–present) Vice President for Supervision and Strategic Affairs Mohammad Bagher Nobakht (2013–present) Vice President for Executive Affairs Mohammad Shariatmadari (2013–present) Vice President and Head of Administrative and Employment Affairs Organization Jamshid Ansari (2016–present)
* Acting See also: Confirmations of Hassan Rouhani's Cabinet