This article mentions the introduction and confirmation process for any successful or unsuccessful cabinet nominees of Hassan Rouhani First and Second Administrations.
First cabinet Confirmation process The voting process began on 12 August 2013 and was continued until 15 August. On 15 August 2013, Parliament members confirmed 15 ministers and rejected three of them, namely those proposed to head the ministries of education, science, research and technology; and sports and youth. 284 out of 290 members of the Parliament were present at the session.
Ministry of Culture Ali Jannati announced his nomination for minister of culture.Ali Jannati promises open cultural space for artists BBC Persian Ali Jannati, son of the prominent Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, is seen as is politically closer to Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani.Eight possible new ministers Alsharq Alawsat
Minister of Culture For Against Abstentions Confirmation Ali Jannati 234 36 12 Minister of Culture For Against Abstentions Confirmation Reza Salehi Amiri 180 89 6
Ministry of Petroleum Hassan Rouhani nominated Bijan Zanganeh to return to the post of petroleum minister, which he held under Iran's reformist government from 1997 to 2005.Iran to reappoint ex-oil minister to job
Minister of Petroleum For Against Abstentions Confirmation Bijan Namdar Zanganeh 166 104 13
Ministry of Foreign Affairs There were many candidates for ministry of foreign affairs: Ali Akbar Salehi, Kamal Kharazi, Sadegh Kharazi, Mohammad Javad Zarif and Mahmoud Vaezi.
Minister of Foreign Affairs For Against Abstentions Confirmation Mohammad Javad Zarif 232 36 13
Ministry of Agricultural Minister of Agricultural For Against Abstentions Confirmation Mahmoud Hojjati 177 81 26
Ministry of Communication Minister of Communication For Against Abstentions Confirmation Mahmoud Vaezi 218 45 20
Ministry of Defense Minister of Defense For Against Abstentions Confirmation Hossein Dehghan 269 10 50
Ministry of Finance Minister of Finance For Against Abstentions Confirmation Ali Tayebnia 274 7 4
Ministry of Education Minister of Education For Against Abstentions Confirmation Mohammad Ali Najafi 142 133 9 Ali Asghar Fani 185 57 24 Minister of Education For Against Abstentions Confirmation Fakhruddin Ahmadi Danesh-Ashtiani 157 111 6
Ministry of Energy Minister of Energy For Against Abstentions Confirmation Hamid Chitchian 272 7 5
Ministry of Health Minister of Health For Against Abstentions Confirmation Hassan Hashemi 260 18 6
Ministry of Industry, Mines and Trade Minister of Industries For Against Abstentions Confirmation Mohammadreza Nematzadeh 199 60 24
Ministry of Intelligence Minister of Intelligence For Against Abstentions Confirmation Mahmoud Alavi 227 38 18
Ministry of Interior Minister of Interior For Against Abstentions Confirmation Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli 256 19 9
Ministry of Justice Minister of Justice For Against Abstentions Confirmation Mostafa Pourmohammadi 201 64 19
Ministry of Labour Minister of Labour For Against Abstentions Confirmation Ali Rabei 163 100 21
Ministry of Science Minister of Science For Against Abstentions Confirmation Jafar Meyli Monfared 105 162 15 Reza Farajidana 159 70 32 Impeachment of Minister of Science For Against Abstentions Confirmation Reza Farajidana 110 145 15 Minister of Science For Against Abstentions Confirmation Mahmoud Nili 79 160 7 Fakhruddin Danesh-Ashtiani 70 171 16 Mohammad Farhadi 197 28 10
Ministry of Transportation Minister of Transportation For Against Abstentions Confirmation Abbas Ahmad Akhondi 159 107 18
Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs For Against Abstentions Confirmation Masoud Soltanifar 117 148 18 Reza Salehi Amiri 107 141 13 Nasrollah SajjadiSajjadi did not confirmed by parliament in Persian 124 107 22 Mahmoud GoudarziGoudarzi became minister of Sports and Youth Affairs in Persian 199 44 24 Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs For Against Abstentions Confirmation Masoud Soltanifar 193 72 9
Second cabinet
Confirmation process
Ministry of Culture Minister of Culture For Against Abstentions Confirmation Abbas Salehi 242 25 21
Ministry of Petroleum Minister of Petroleum For Against Abstentions Confirmation Bijan Namdar Zanganeh 241 25 20
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Minister of Foreign Affairs For Against Abstentions Confirmation Mohammad Javad Zarif 236 26 26
Ministry of Agricultural Minister of Agricultural For Against Abstentions Confirmation Mahmoud Hojjati 164 94 23
Ministry of Communication Minister of Communication For Against Abstentions Confirmation Mohammad Javad Jahromi 152 120 7
Ministry of Defense Minister of Defense For Against Abstentions Confirmation Amir Hatami 261 10 13
Ministry of Finance Minister of Finance For Against Abstentions Confirmation Masoud Karbasian 240 31 15 Impeachment of Minister of Science For Against Abstentions Confirmation Masoud Karbasian 121 137 32
Ministry of Education Minister of Education For Against Abstentions Confirmation Mohammad Bathaei 238 35 13
Ministry of Energy Minister of Energy For Against Abstentions Confirmation Habibollah Bitaraf 132 133 17 Reza Ardakanian 225 38 13
Ministry of Health Minister of Health For Against Abstentions Confirmation Hassan Ghazizadeh Hashemi 253 18 14
Ministry of Industry, Mines and Trade Minister of Industries For Against Abstentions Confirmation Mohammad Shariatmadari 241 25 20
Ministry of Intelligence Minister of Intelligence For Against Abstentions Confirmation Mahmoud Alavi 252 22 13
Ministry of Interior Minister of Interior For Against Abstentions Confirmation Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli 250 25 13
Ministry of Justice Minister of Justice For Against Abstentions Confirmation Alireza Avayi 244 18 23
Ministry of Labour Minister of Labour For Against Abstentions Confirmation Ali Rabei 191 79 15 Impeachment of Minister of Labour For Against Abstentions Confirmation Ali Rabei 111 129 50
Ministry of Science Minister of Science For Against Abstentions Confirmation Mansour Gholami 180 82 14
Ministry of Transportation Minister of Transportation For Against Abstentions Confirmation Abbas Akhoundi 188 75 14
Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs For Against Abstentions Confirmation Masoud Soltanifar 225 39 20
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