Government of Hassan Rouhani (2013–present)
| Rouhani cabinet | |
|---|---|
 91st cabinet of Iran | |
| Incumbent | |
 | |
| Date formed | 3 August 2013 |
| People and organisations | |
| Head of government | Hassan Rouhani |
| Deputy head of government | Eshaq Jahangiri |
| Head of state | Ali Khamenei |
| Number of ministers | 18 |
| Ministers removed (Death/resignation/dismissal) | 4 |
| Total number of ministers | 22 |
| Member party |
Out of 31 Ministers and Vice Presidnets
By affiliation:
By Party membership: Moderation and Development Party (5)Islamic Iran Participation Front (5) Executives of Construction Party (3) National Trust Party (1) Islamic Coalition Party (1) Resistance Front of Islamic Iran (1) Combatant Clergy Association (1) Association of Combatant Clerics (1) Islamic Labour Party (1) Islamic Association of Iranian Medical Society (1) |
| History | |
| Election(s) | Iranian presidential election, 2013 |
| Legislature term(s) |
2012–2016 2016– |
| Incoming formation | Confirmation of Hassan Rouhani's cabinet (2013) |
| Predecessor | Second Ahmadinejad cabinet |
| Successor | Incumbent |
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]
Rouhani is the seventh president of Iran which governs 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 began 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][6]
Cabinet members
Reception
The list of cabinet members received mixed reactions from the Iranian press.[7] 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.[7] Kayhan, on the other hand, criticized the nomination of oil minister, Bijan Namdar Zanganeh.[7]
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.[8] 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."[9]
See also
References
- ↑ Text of Constitution of Iran Iran Online
- ↑ "Iran's Rouhani Appoints Female Vice-President in New Cabinet". Fars News. 12 August 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
- ↑ "New Vice Presidents Appointed In Iran". Haberler (News). 12 August 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
- ↑ "Iran MPs to vote for Rouhani's cabinet on August 12". Nasim Online. 6 August 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
- ↑ "Three ministerial nominees fail to win Iran Majlis confidence vote". PressTV. 15 August 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
- ↑ Kamali Dehghan, Saeed (15 August 2013). "Iran's parliament approves 15 of Hassan Rouhani's 18 cabinet ministers". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
- 1 2 3 "Iran's press split on all-male cabinet". Gulf News. AFP. 5 August 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
- ↑ "Iran: Withdraw Cabinet Nominee Implicated in Abuses". Human Rights Watch. 8 August 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
- ↑ Iranian general criticises Rouhani government Al Jazeera. 11 December 2013. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
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| Preceded by Government of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
Government of Iran 2013–present |
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