Iran MPs approve all Raisi’s cabinet picks but one

Iran’s Parliament confirms all of President Ebrahim Raisi’s picks for cabinet posts but the proposed Minister of Education, Hossein Baghgoli.

The president himself defended the proposed ministers for two and a half hours before the final voting.

The table below shows the names of all ministers along with the votes lawmakers cast for them.

Number	Name and Surname	Ministry of	Yes	No	Abstention	Void and Blank
1	Hossein Baghgoli	Education	76	193	18
2	Issa Zarepour	Communications and IT	256	17	10
3	Seyyed Esmaeil Khatib	Intelligence	222	48	17
4	Seyyed Ehsan Khandouzi	Economic Affairs and Finance	254	25	8
5	Hossein Amir Abdollahian	Foreign Affairs	270	10	6
6	Bahram Einollahi	Health	214	55	15
7	Hojatollah Abdolmaleki	Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare	191	77	13	5
8	Seyyed Javad Sadatinejad	Agricultural Jihad	253	27	4
9	Amin Hossein Rahimi	Justice	277	5	3
10	Mohammad Reza Ashtiani	Defense and Armed Forces Logistics	274	4	4	2
11	Rostam Ghassemi	Roads and urban Development	267	14	4
12	Seyyed Reza Fatemi Amin	Industry, Mines and Trade	205	60	14	6
13	Mohammad Mehdi Esmaeili	Culture and Islamic Guidance	181	77	28
14	Ahmad Vahidi	Interior	266	16	3
15	Mohammad Ali Zolfi Gol	Science, Research and Technology	210	56	19
16	Seyyed Ezatollah Zarghami	Cultural Heritage, Handicraft and Tourism	262	13	6	5
17	Javad Owji	Oil	198	70	18
18	Ali Akbar Mehrabian	Energy	220	47	15	3
19	Seyyed Hamid Sajjadi	Sports and Youth	165	108	13

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