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Iran President Submits List of Ministerial Candidates

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has proposed the list of his nominees for 17 ministerial posts to the Parliament.

The Iranian president has not yet proposed his nominee for the post of Minister of Science, Research, and Technology. However, based on media speculations, he will definitely change the incumbent minister Mohammad Farhadi.

Taking that into account, the full list of ministerial candidates proposed by Rouhani shows a fifty-percent change in his cabinet line-up.

The lawmakers will soon start reviewing and voting for or against the nominated ministers.

The 17 ministers proposed so far is as follows:

Minister of Petroleum: Bijan Namdar Zanganeh


Minister of Interior: Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli


Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance: Massoud Karbasian


Minister of Intelligence: Seyyed Mahmoud Alavi


Minister of Energy: Habibollah Bitaraf


Minister of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics: Amir Hatami


Minister of Industry, Mine, and Trade: Mohammad Shariatmadari


Minister of Agricultural Jihad: Mahmoud Hojjati


Minister of Labor, Cooperatives, and Welfare: Ali Rabi’ee

 

Minister of Roads and Urban Development: Abbas Akhoundi


Minister of Education: Seyyed Mohammad Bat’haei


Minister of Health, Treatment, and Medical Education:

Seyyed Hassan Qazizadeh Hashemi


Minister of Sports and Youth: Massoud Soltanifar

 


Minister of Foreign Affairs: Mohammad Javad Zarif


Minister of Justice: Seyyed Alireza Avaei


Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance: Seyyed Abbas Salehi


Minister of Communication and Information Technology:Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi

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