President Presents List of Ministerial Picks to Majlis
President Presents List of Ministerial Picks to Majlis
President Ebrahim Raisi has presented the names of his ministerial picks to the country’s parliament for a vote of confidence.

TEHRAN (Iran News) – President Presents List of Ministerial Picks to Majlis. President Ebrahim Raisi has presented the names of his ministerial picks to the country’s parliament for a vote of confidence.

Raisi on Wednesday introduced Hossein Amir-Abdollahian as his pick for foreign minister. Amir Abdollahian was the former deputy foreign minister who was sacked by Mohammad Javad Zarif and later on joined the ex-pop parliament as an advisor to the speaker on the international affairs.

Raisi has also chosen Javad Owji as his oil minister. Owji was a deputy oil minister and the managing director of the state-run National Iranian Gas Company.

Rostam Qassemi who ran for president himself in 2021 is Raisi’s pick for the Roads and Urban Development ministry. Qassemi earlier served as oil minister under Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

The former President of Iran’s Radio and TV Organization known as IRIB, Ezzatollah Zarghami, has also been named as Ebrahim’s Raisi’s pick for Tourism ministry.

Here is the full list of Raisi’s proposed cabinet:

*Agriculture Ministry: Javad Sadatinejad

*Economy and Finance Ministry: Ehsan Khandouzi

*Defense Ministry: Mohammad-Reza Ashtiani

*Education Ministry:  Hossein Baghgoli

*Energy Ministry: Ali Akbar Mehrabian

*Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts, and Tourism Ministry: Ezzatollah Zarqami

*Foreign Ministry: Hossein Amir Abdollahian

*Health Ministry: Bahram Einollahi

*Culture and Islamic Guidance Ministry: Mohammad Mehdi Esmaeili

*Justice Ministry: Amin Hossein Rahimi

*Intelligence Ministry: Esmaeil Khatib

*Science, Research and Technology Ministery: Mohammad-Ali Zolfigol

*Sports and Youth Ministry: Hamidreza Sajjadi

*Roads and Urban Development Ministry: Rostam Qassemi

Interior Ministry: Ahmad Vahidi

 

Labour and Social Welfare Ministry: Hojjat Abdolmaleki

Petrochemical Ministry: Javad Owji

Communications and Information Technology Ministry: Issa Zarepour

Industry, Mine and Trade Ministry: Reza Fatemi-Amin

During the last week, Raisi also appointed Mohammad Mokhber as First Vice President and Gholam-Hossein Esmaeili as his Chief of Staff.

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