Government of Hassan Rouhani (2013–2017)
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]
First Hassan Rouhani Cabinet | |
|---|---|
11th Cabinet of Islamic Republic of Iran | |
| President of Iran | |
President Rouhani and his Cabinet, 2017 | |
| Date formed | 3 August 2013 |
| Date dissolved | 3 August 2017 |
| 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 | 18 |
| Ministers removed | 4 |
| Total no. of members | 22 |
| History | |
| Election(s) | 2013 Iranian presidential election |
| Legislature term(s) | 9th term 10th term |
| Incoming formation | Confirmation of Hassan Rouhani's cabinet (2013) |
| Predecessor | Ahmadinejad II |
| Successor | Rouhani II |
Rouhani is the seventh president of Iran which governed 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 begun 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]
Cabinet members
| Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Presidential Administration | |||||||||
| President | 3 August 2013 | 3 August 2017 | MDP | ||||||
| First Vice President | 4 August 2013 | 8 August 2017 | ECP | ||||||
| Chief of Staff | 4 August 2013 | 20 August 2017 | Independent | ||||||
| Ministers | |||||||||
| Agriculture Minister | 15 August 2013 | 20 August 2017 | Independent | ||||||
| Communications Minister | 15 August 2013 | 20 August 2017 | MDP | ||||||
| Labour and Social Welfare Minister | 15 August 2013 | 20 August 2017 | ILP | ||||||
| Culture Minister | 15 August 2013 | 19 October 2016 | MDP | ||||||
| * | 19 October 2016 | 1 November 2016 | Independent | ||||||
| 1 November 2016 | 20 August 2017 | MDP | |||||||
| Defence Minister | 15 August 2013 | 20 August 2017 | Military | ||||||
| Finance Minister | 15 August 2013 | 20 August 2017 | Independent | ||||||
| Education Minister | 17 August 2013 | 19 October 2016 | Independent | ||||||
| * | 1 November 2016 | 19 October 2016 | Independent | ||||||
| 19 October 2016 | 20 August 2017 | Independent | |||||||
| Energy Minister | 15 August 2013 | 20 August 2017 | Independent | ||||||
| Foreign Minister | 15 August 2013 | 20 August 2017 | Independent | ||||||
| Health Minister | 15 August 2013 | 20 August 2017 | Independent | ||||||
| Industries and Business Minister | 15 August 2013 | 20 August 2017 | MDP | ||||||
| Intelligence Minister | 15 August 2013 | 20 August 2017 | RFII | ||||||
| Interior Minister | 15 August 2013 | 20 August 2017 | Independent | ||||||
| Justice Minister | 15 August 2013 | 20 August 2017 | CCA | ||||||
| Petroleum Minister | 15 August 2013 | 20 August 2017 | ECP | ||||||
| Science Minister | * | 17 August 2013 | 27 October 2013 | Independent | |||||
| 27 October 2013 | 20 August 2014 | Independent | |||||||
| * | 20 August 2014 | 26 November 2014 | ECP | ||||||
| 26 November 2014 | 20 August 2017 | AIMSI | |||||||
| Roads and Housing Minister | 15 August 2013 | 20 August 2017 | Independent | ||||||
| Sports and Youth Minister | * | 17 August 2013 | 28 October 2013 | MDP | |||||
| * | 28 October 2013 | 17 November 2013 | Independent | ||||||
| 17 November 2013 | 19 October 2016 | Independent | |||||||
| * | 19 October 2016 | 1 November 2016 | Independent | ||||||
| 1 November 2016 | 20 August 2017 | MDP | |||||||
| Vice Presidents | |||||||||
| Atomic Energy Vice President | 16 August 2013 | 10 August 2017 | Independent | ||||||
| Cultural Heritage Vice President | 17 August 2013 | 30 January 2014 | ECP | ||||||
| 1 February 2014 | 1 November 2016 | MDP | |||||||
| 6 November 2016 | 13 August 2017 | IAUI | |||||||
| Environment Vice President | 10 September 2013 | 13 August 2017 | Independent | ||||||
| Executive Vice President | 8 October 2013 | 16 March 2017 | Independent | ||||||
| 24 May 2017 | 20 August 2017 | Independent | |||||||
| Legal Vice President | 11 August 2013 | 12 July 2016 | Independent | ||||||
| 12 July 2016 | 9 August 2017 | ACC | |||||||
| Martyrs Vice President | 5 September 2013 | 16 August 2017 | Independent | ||||||
| Parliamentary Vice President | 1 September 2013 | 12 July 2016 | ACC | ||||||
| 12 July 2016 | 20 August 2017 | Independent | |||||||
| Elites Vice President | 5 October 2013 | 16 August 2017 | Independent | ||||||
| Planning Vice President | 1 September 2013 | 20 August 2017 | MDP | ||||||
| Women's Vice President | 8 October 2013 | 9 August 2017 | Independent | ||||||
| Administrative Vice President | 2 August 2016 | 20 August 2017 | Independent | ||||||
| Aides | |||||||||
| Special Aide | 28 August 2013 | 20 August 2017 | MDP | ||||||
| Ethnic and Religious Minorities | 22 August 2013 | 20 August 2017 | Independent | ||||||
| Citizenship Rights | 12 July 2016 | 9 August 2017 | Independent | ||||||
Reception
The list of cabinet members received mixed reactions from the Iranian press.[6] 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.[6] Kayhan, on the other hand, criticized the nomination of oil minister, Bijan Namdar Zanganeh.[6]
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.[7] 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."[8]
See also
References
- ^ Text of Constitution of Iran 19 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine 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.
- ^ . Nasim Online. 6 August 2013. Archived from the original on 6 December 2013. Retrieved 11 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.
- ^ a b c "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.