Iran president presents proposed cabinet to parliament

Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian presented his proposed cabinet members for the 19 ministries to the parliament on Sunday for votes of confidence.

Former Central Bank governor Abdolnasser Hemmati has been proposed as the economic minister and former deputy foreign minister and top nuclear negotiator Abbas Araqchi is expected to take the helm of the foreign ministry.

Esmaeil Khatib will be reinstated as intelligence minister and former culture minister Abbas Salehi will be designated for the post once again, in case of getting the parliament’s approval.

Mohsen Paknejad, with a history of developing gas fields as a senior advisor for the oil industry, is Pezeshkian’s pick for the oil ministry.

Brigadier General Aziz Nasirzadeh, a former Deputy Chief of Staff for the Armed Forces and a veteran pilot has been introduced as the defense minister.

The only female candidate on the proposed list is Farzaneh Sadegh for the ministry of roads and urban development.

The other picks for the ministries are as follows:

Ministry of Education, Alireza Kazemi
Ministry of Communications Technology, Sattar Hashemi
Ministry of Health, Mohammadreza Zafarghandi
Ministry of Labor, Ahmad Meidari
Ministry of Agriculture, Gholamreza Nouri
Ministry of Justice, Amin Hossein Rahimi
Ministry of Industry, Mine, and Trade: Mohammad Atabak
Ministry of Science, Hossein Simaei
Ministry of Interior, Eskandar Momeni
Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Mohammadreza Salehi Amiri
Ministry of Energy, Abbas Aliabadi
Ministry of Sports, Ahmad Donyamali

The parliament has a week to study the proposed cabinet members and will hold the public vote of confidence sessions from Saturday next week.

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