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)	1
Member party	Moderation and Development Party Executives of Construction Party
History
Election(s)	Iranian presidential election, 2013
Legislature term(s)	2012–
Incoming formation	Confirmation of Hassan Rouhani's cabinet (2013)
Predecessor	Second Ahmadinejad cabinet
Successor	Incumbent

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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]

List of Cabinet members

Office	Incumbent (Coa)	Since
Presidency
President	Hassan Rouhani (M)	3 August 2013
First Vice President	Eshaq Jahangiri (R)	4 August 2013
Chief of Staff	Mohammad Nahavandian (P)	4 August 2013
Ministers
Agricultural	Mahmoud Hojjati (R)	15 August 2013
Communication	Mahmoud Vaezi (M)	15 August 2013
Labour	Ali Rabei (R)	15 August 2013
Culture	Ali Jannati (M)	15 August 2013
Defense	Hossein Dehghan (R)	15 August 2013
Finance	Ali Tayebnia (R)	15 August 2013
Education	Ali Asghar Fani (M)	17 August 2013
Energy	Hamid Chitchian (M)	15 August 2013
Foreign Affairs	Mohammad Javad Zarif (R)	15 August 2013
Health	Hassan Hashemi (M)	15 August 2013
Business	Mohammadreza Nematzadeh (R)	15 August 2013
Intelligence	Mahmoud Alavi (P)	15 August 2013
Interior	Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli (P)	15 August 2013
Justice	Mostafa Pourmohammadi (P)	15 August 2013
Petroleum	Bijan Namdar Zanganeh (R)	15 August 2013
Science	Mohammad Farhadi (R)	26 November 2014
Transportation	Abbas Ahmad Akhondi (M)	15 August 2013
Sports	Mahmoud Goudarzi (R)	17 November 2013
Ministers of State
Atomic Energy	Ali Akbar Salehi (M)	16 August 2013
Cultural Heritage and Tourism	Masoud Soltanifar (R)	1 February 2014
Economic	Masoud Nili (R)	4 September 2013
Environmental Protection	Masoumeh Ebtekar (R)	10 September 2013
Executive Affairs	Mohammad Shariatmadari (R)	8 October 2013
International	Akbar Torkan (R)	1 September 2013
Legal	Elham Aminzadeh (R)	11 August 2013
Martyrs and Veterans	Mohammad-Ali Shahidi (M)	5 September 2013
Parliamentary	Majead Ansari (R)	1 September 2013
National Elites	Sorena Sattari (R)	5 October 2013
Supervision and Strategic	Mohammad Bagher Nobakht (R)	1 September 2013
Women and Family Affairs	Shahindokht Molaverdi (R)	8 October 2013
Others
Central Bank of Iran	Valiollah Seif (R)	1 September 2013
Government's spokesperson	Mohammad Bagher Nobakht (R)	1 September 2013
Secretary of the Security Council	Ali Shamkhani (R)	11 September 2013

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]

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.

Government offices
Preceded by Government of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad	Government of Iran 2013–present	Succeeded by Incumbent

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

Life and politics	Inauguration Government (confirmation) Electoral history 2013 presidential election (campaign) 1980 legislative election 1984 legislative election 1988 legislative election 1992 legislative election 1996 legislative election 2000 legislative election

Political parties	Islamic Republican Party (1979–1987) Combatant Clergy Association (1987–present) Moderation and Development Party (1999–present)

Books	National Security and Economic System of Iran National Security and Nuclear Diplomacy Narration of Foresight and Hope National Security and Foreign Policy National Security and Environment

Related articles	List of presidential trips made by Hassan Rouhani Nuclear program of Iran

Family	Sahebeh Rouhani (spouse) Hossein Fereydoun (brother)

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Category
Commons

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 Rabei (2013–present)

Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance	Ali Jannati (2013–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–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–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–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–present)

Vice President for Women and Family Affairs	Shahindokht Molaverdi (2013–present)

Vice President for Legal Affairs	Elham Aminzadeh (2013–present)

Vice President for Supervision and Strategic Affairs	Mohammad Bagher Nobakht (2013–present)

Vice President for Executive Affairs	Mohammad Shariatmadari (2013–present)

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