Iranian President Introduces Prospective Ministers to Parliament
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Sunday submitted the list of his proposed ministerial picks to the Parliament for a vote of confidence, 12 days after his swearing-in ceremony.
The list of the proposed ministers was submitted to the Parliament’s presiding board on Sunday morning.
Pezeshkian took the oath of office on July 30. He had two weeks to submit his new cabinet to the parliament.
The proposed ministers on the list are as follows:
Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance: Abdolnaser Hemmati
Minister of Intelligence: Esmaeil Khatib
Minister of Foreign Affairs: Abbas Araqchi
Minister of Communication and Information Technology: Sattar Hashemi
Minister of Education: Alireza Kazemi
Minister of Health, Treatment, and Medical Education: Mohammad Reza Zafarqandi
Minister of Labor, Cooperatives, and Welfare: Ahmad Maydari
Minister of Agricultural Jihad: Gholamreza Nouri Qezelje
Minister of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics: Aziz Nasirzadeh
Minister of Justice: Amir Hossein Rahimi
Minister of Roads and Urban Development: Farzaneh Sadeq
Minister of Industry, Mine, and Trade: Mohammad Atabak
Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance: Abbas Salehi
Interior Minister: Eskandar Mo’meni
Oil Minister: Mohsen Paknejad
Minister of Energy: Abbas Aliabadi
Minister of Sports and Youth: Ahmad Donyamali
Minister of Sciences, Research, and Technology: Hossein Simayi Sarraf
The only female pick has been proposed to run the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development.
The lawmakers are now going to assess the programs of the proposed ministerial picks for a week, before an open session for the vote of confidence.
