Coalition government of Ahmad Qavam

Prime Minister Ahmad Qavam formed a short-lived coalition government on 1 August 1946[1] with his Democrat Party of Iran and the left-wing Tudeh Party and Iran Party. He offered three portfolios (Health, culture, and trade and industry) to the communists and gave the ministries of finance and communications to two royalists; while maintained his own control over interior and foreign ministries.[2]

Coalition government of Ahmad Qavam

cabinet of Iran
Date formed1 August 1946 (1946-08-01)
Date dissolved16 October 1946 (1946-10-16)
People and organisations
Head of stateMohammad Reza Shah
Head of governmentAhmad Qavam
No. of ministers13
Member parties
History
PredecessorQavam VI

According to Ervand Abrahamian, Qavam did not consult the Shah before forming his cabinet.[2] Shah ordered Qavam to resign on 16 October 1946.[3] Following the resignation, Qavam formed another cabinet without Tudeh and Iran parties.[2]

Cabinet
PortfolioMinisterTook officeLeft officeParty
Prime Minister Ahmad Qavam1 August 194616 October 1946Democrat Party
Foreign Minister Ahmad Qavam1 August 194616 October 1946Democrat Party
Interior Minister Ahmad Qavam1 August 194616 October 1946Democrat Party
Agriculture Minister Shamseddin Amir-Alaei1 August 194616 October 1946Iran Party
Culture Minister Fereydoun Keshavarz1 August 194616 October 1946Tudeh Party
Finance Minister Abdolhossein Hazhir1 August 194616 October 1946Royalist
Justice Minister Allahyar Saleh1 August 194616 October 1946Iran Party
Labor Minister Mozaffar Firouz1 August 194616 October 1946Democrat Party
Post & Telegraph Minister Manouchehr Eghbal1 August 194616 October 1946Royalist
Public Health Minister Morteza Yazdi1 August 194616 October 1946Tudeh Party
Roads Minister Hossein Firouz1 August 194616 October 1946Military
Trade and Industry Minister Iraj Eskandari1 August 194616 October 1946Tudeh Party
War Minister Ahmad Amir-Ahmadi1 August 194616 October 1946Military
Minister without portfolio Anoushiravan Sepahbodi1 August 194616 October 1946Nonpartisan

References
  1. Hasanli, Jamil (2013). At the Dawn of the Cold War: The Soviet-American Crisis over Iranian Azerbaijan, 1941-1946. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 332. ISBN 9780742570900.
  2. Abrahamian, Ervand (1982). Iran Between Two Revolutions. Princeton University Press. pp. 234−237. ISBN 0-691-10134-5.
  3. Ladjevardi, Habib (1985). Labor unions and autocracy in Iran. Syracuse University Press. p. 69. ISBN 978-0-8156-2343-4.
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