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The Cabinet of Iran (officially: Persian: دولت ايران, English: Government of Iran) is a formal body composed of government officials, ministers, chosen and led by a President. Its composition must be approved by a vote in the Parliament. Under Iranian law, the President may remove members of the Cabinet, but must do so in writing, and new appointees must again be approved by the Parliament.Before 1989 and under Iranian last law, the Prime minister must be approved by a vote in the Parliament but afrer Iranian new law prime minister removed. The cabinet meets weekly on Saturdays in Tehran. There may be additional meetings if circumstances require it. The president chairs the meetings.

[edit] 2009 Cabinet Appointments

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 July 26 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 August 19, 2009.^[4] On September 4, 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. Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi is the first woman approved by Parliament as a minister in the Islamic Republic of Iran.^[5]

This is a list of cabinet of Iran:

Office	Incumbent	in Office since
Agricultural	Sadeq Khalilian	August 9, 2009
Commerce	Mehdi Ghazanfari	August 9, 2009
Communication and Information Technology	Reza Taqipour	August 9, 2009
Cooperatives	Mohammad Abbasi	August 24, 2005
Culture and Islamic Guidance	Mohammad Hosseini	August 9, 2009
Defense and Armed Forces Logistics	Ahmad Vahidi	August 9, 2009
Economy and Financial Affairs	Shamsoldin Hosseini	August 24, 2005
Education	Hamid-Reza Haji Babaee	November 19, 2009
Energy	Majid Namjoo	November 19, 2009
Foreign Affairs	Manouchehr Mottaki	August 24, 2005
Health and Medical Education	Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi	August 9, 2009
Housing and Urban Development	Ali Nikzad	August 9, 2009
Industries and Mines	Aliakbar Mehrabian	August 24, 2005
Intelligence	Heyder Moslehi	August 9, 2009
Interior	Mostafa Mohammad Najjar	August 9, 2009
Justice	Morteza Bakhtiari	August 9, 2009
Labour and Social Affairs	Abdolreza Sheikholeslami	August 9, 2009
Petroleum	Masoud Mir Kazemi	August 9, 2009
Roads and Transportation	Hamid Behbahani	August 24, 2005
Science, Research, and Technology	Kamran Daneshjoo	August 9, 2009
Welfare and Social Security	Sadeq Mahsouli	November 19, 2009

[edit] See also

• Ministers of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (2005-2009)
• Ministers of Mir-Hossein Mousavi (1981-1985)
• Ministers of Mir-Hossein Mousavi (1985-1989)
• President of Iran
• Parliament of Iran

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