Government of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (2009–13)

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was the sixth President of Iran which governed during his second term within the tenth Government of Islamic Republic of Iran.

Second Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Cabinet

10th Cabinet of Islamic Republic of Iran
President
Last meeting of cabinet, 31 July 2013
Date formed3 August 2009
Date dissolved3 August 2013
People and organisations
Head of stateAli Khamenei
Head of governmentMahmoud Ahmadinejad
Head of government's history
Deputy head of governmentMohammad Reza Rahimi
No. of ministers21
Total no. of members32
History
Election(s)Iranian presidential election, 2009
Legislature term(s)8th term
9th term
PredecessorAhmadinejad I
SuccessorRouhani I

2009 appointments

President Ahmadinejad announced controversial ministerial appointments for his second term. Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei was briefly appointed as first vice president, but opposed by a number of Majlis members and by the intelligence minister, Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i. Mashaei followed orders to resign. Ahmadinejad then appointed Mashaei as chief of staff, and fired Mohseni-Eje'i.[1]

On 26 July 2009, Ahmadinejad's government faced a legal problem after he sacked four ministers. Iran's constitution (Article 136) stipulates that, if more than half of its members are replaced, the cabinet may not meet or act before the Majlis approves the revised membership.[2] The Vice Chairman of the Majlis announced that no cabinet meetings or decisions would be legal, pending such a reapproval.[3]

The main list of 21 cabinet appointments was announced on 19 August 2009.[4] On 4 September, Parliament of Iran approved 18 of the 21 candidates and rejected three of them, including two women. Sousan Keshavarz, Mohammad Aliabadi, and Fatemeh Ajorlou were not approved by Parliament for the Ministries of Education, Energy, and Welfare and Social Security respectively.[5] Marzieh Vahid-Dastjerdi won approval as health minister, making her Iran's first woman minister since the Islamic revolution.[6]

2011 merges and dismissals

On 9 May, Ahmedinejad announced Ministries of Petroleum and Energy would merge, as would Industries and Mines with Commerce, and Welfare with Labour. On 13 May, he dismissed Masoud Mir-Kazemi (Minister of Petroleum), Ali Akbar Mehrabian (Minister Industry and Mines) and Sadegh Mahsouli (Minister of Welfare). On 15 May, he was announced he would be caretaker minister of the Petroleum Ministry.[7]

From August 2009 to February 2013, a total of nine ministers in the cabinet was dismissed by the Majlis, the last of who was labor minister, Reza Sheykholeslam at the beginning of February 2013.[8]

Cabinet

The cabinet included the following members:

PortfolioMinisterTook officeLeft officePartyRef
Presidential Administration
President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad3 August 20093 August 2013ABII
First Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi13 September 20093 August 2013Nonpartisan
Head of President's Office Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei25 July 20091 December 2012CPSS[9]
 Mir-Hassan Mousavi1 December 20123 August 2013Nonpartisan[10]
Chief of Staff Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei19 September 20099 April 2011CPSS
 Hamid Baghaei9 April 20113 August 2013CPSS
Economic Affairs Spokesperson Shamseddin Hosseini10 January 20103 August 2013Nonpartisan[11]
Political Affairs Spokesperson Mohammad Reza Rahimi10 January 201030 November 2012Nonpartisan[11]
Spokesperson Gholam-Hossein Elham11 December 20123 August 2013FIRS[12]
Secretary Majid Doust-Ali3 August 200922 September 2010Nonpartisan[13]
 Ali Sadoughi22 September 20102 September 2013Nonpartisan[14]
Ministers
Minister of Education Ramezan Mohsenpour*6 September 200915 November 2009Nonpartisan[15]
 Hamid-Reza Haji Babaee15 November 200915 August 2013Nonpartisan
Minister of Communications Reza Taghipour3 September 20092 December 2012ABII
 Ali Nikzad*2 December 20122 February 2013Nonpartisan
 Mohammad-Hassan Nami[upper-alpha 1]2 February 201315 August 2013Military
Minister of Intelligence Heydar Moslehi3 September 200915 August 2013CPSS
Minister of Finance Shamseddin Hosseini3 September 200915 August 2013Nonpartisan
Minister of Foreign Affairs Manouchehr Mottaki3 September 200913 December 2010FFLIL
 Ali Akbar Salehi[upper-alpha 2]13 December 201015 August 2013Nonpartisan
Minister of Commerce Mehdi Ghazanfari3 September 20093 August 2011Nonpartisan
Minister of Health Marzieh Vahid-Dastjerdi3 September 200927 December 2012FFLIL
 Hassan Tarighat Monfared[upper-alpha 3]27 December 201215 August 2013SDIR
Minister of Cooperatives Mohammad Abbasi3 September 20093 August 2011Nonpartisan
Minister of Cooperatives, Labour,
and Social Welfare		 Reza Sheykholeslam3 August 20113 February 2013CPSS
 Asadollah Abbasi[upper-alpha 4]4 February 201315 August 2013Nonpartisan
Minister of Agriculture Sadeq Khalilian3 September 200915 August 2013Nonpartisan
Minister of Justice Morteza Bakhtiari3 September 200915 August 2013Nonpartisan
Minister of Defence Ahmad Vahidi3 September 200915 August 2013Military
Minister of Roads Hamid Behbahani3 September 20091 February 2011Nonpartisan
 Ali Nikzad*7 February 201126 June 2011Nonpartisan
Minister of Roads & Urban Development Ali Nikzad26 June 201115 August 2013Nonpartisan
Minister of Welfare Nad-Ali Olfatpour*6 September 200915 November 2009Nonpartisan[15]
 Sadegh Mahsouli15 November 20093 August 2011CPSS
Minister of Industries Ali Akbar Mehrabian3 September 200915 May 2011Nonpartisan
 Mehdi Ghazanfari*15 May 20113 August 2011Nonpartisan
Minister of Industries, Mines and Business Mehdi Ghazanfari3 August 201115 August 2013Nonpartisan
Minister of Science Kamran Daneshjoo3 September 200915 August 2013FPP
Minister of Culture Mohammad Hosseini3 September 200915 August 2013CIIA
Minister of Labour Reza Sheykholeslam3 September 20093 August 2011CPSS
Minister of Interior Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar3 September 200915 August 2013Military
Minister of Housing Ali Nikzad3 September 200926 June 2011Nonpartisan
Minister of Petroleum Masoud Mir-Kazemi3 September 200916 May 2011Military
 Mahmoud Ahmadinejad*16 May 20112 June 2011ABII
 Mohammad Aliabadi*2 June 20113 August 2011ABII
 Rostam Ghasemi3 August 201115 August 2013Military
Minister of Energy Majid Namjoo[upper-alpha 5]6 September 200915 August 2013Military[15]
Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Mohammad Abbasi[upper-alpha 6]26 June 201115 August 2013Nonpartisan
Vice President
Enforcing the Constitution Vice President Mohammad Reza Mirtajodini27 May 20123 August 2013Nonpartisan
Executive Vice President Hamid Baghaei9 April 20113 August 2013CPSS
Foreign Affairs Vice President Ali Saeedlou9 August 20113 August 2013ABII
Women and Family Affairs Vice President Maryam Mojtahedzadeh27 July 20138 October 2013Nonpartisan
Planning and Strategic Supervision
Vice President		 Ebrahim Azizi17 July 200927 May 2012Nonpartisan
 Behrouz Moradi27 May 20123 August 2013Nonpartisan
Parliamentary Affairs Vice President Mohammad Reza Mirtajodini13 September 200927 May 2012Nonpartisan
 Lotfollah Forouzandeh27 May 20121 September 2013SDIR
Management Development and
Human Resources Vice President		 Lotfollah Forouzandeh25 October 200927 May 2012SDIR[16]
 Ebrahim Azizi27 May 201226 December 2012Nonpartisan
 Gholam-Hossein Elham26 December 20123 August 2013FIRS
Legal Affairs Vice President Fatemeh Bodaghi30 November 200911 August 2013Nonpartisan[17]
Martyrs Vice President Masoud Zaribafan17 July 200915 September 2013SDIR[18]
Elites Vice President Nasrin Soltankhah21 September 20095 October 2013ABII[19]
Atomic Energy Vice President Ali Akbar Salehi17 July 200913 December 2010Nonpartisan[18]
 Mohammad Ahmadian*13 December 201013 February 2011Nonpartisan
 Fereydoon Abbasi13 February 201115 August 2013AIRL
Physical Education Vice President Ali Saeedlou25 August 200926 June 2011ABII[20]
Environment Vice President Mohammad-Javad Mohammadizadeh2 September 20093 August 2013ABII
National Youth Vice President Mehrdad Bazrpash24 July 200928 November 2010CPSS[18]
 Homayoun Hamidi*15 February 201126 June 2011Nonpartisan[21]
Cultural Heritage Vice President Hamid Baghaei19 July 200919 May 2011CPSS[18]
 Ruhollah Ahmadzadeh19 May 20114 January 2012Nonpartisan
 Mir-Hassan Mousavi4 January 20127 December 2012Nonpartisan
 Mohammed Sharif Malekzadeh7 December 20123 August 2013CPSS
Aides
Senior Aide Mojtaba Samareh Hashemi17 July 20093 August 2013ABII[18]
Special Aide Ali Akbar Mehrabian26 December 20113 August 2013Nonpartisan[22]
  1. Acting from 2 February to 26 February 2013
  2. Acting from 13 December 2010 to 30 January 2011
  3. Acting from 27 December 2012 to 17 March 2013
  4. Acting from 4 February to 5 May 2013
  5. Acting from 6 September to 15 November 2009
  6. Acting from 26 June to 3 August 2011
* Acting

See also

References
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  18. "7 New Appointments" (in Persian). Hamshahri Online. 24 July 2009. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  19. "Nasrin Soltankhah became Vice President for science and technology" (in Persian). Hamshahri Online. 21 September 2009. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  20. "Saeedlou became head of the Physical Education Organization" (in Persian). Hamshahri Online. 25 August 2009. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  21. "Homayoun Hamidi appointed as head of the National Youth Organization" (in Persian). Government of Iran. 15 February 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
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Cabinet of Iran
Preceded by
First Government of Ahmadinejad		 Second Government of Ahmadinejad Succeeded by
First Government of Rouhani
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