# Abolished administration of Mohammad-Javad Bahonar (1981)

The Government of Mohammad-Javad Bahonar was the second government of Iran after the Iranian Revolution. During that time, Mohammad-Ali Rajai was president and Mohammad-Javad Bahonar was prime minister.

## Rajai's Presidency

On August 15, 1981, Rajai was elected as second president of Iran. He introduced Mohammad-Javad Bahonar as prime minister to parliament and parliament voted him. Rajai was the President of Iran for 15 days. He started the Iranian retirement program for individuals over the age of 70. On August 30, 1981, President Rajai held a meeting of Iran's Supreme Defense Council, along with Prime Minister Mohammad Javad Bahonar. Witnesses later stated that a trusted aide brought a briefcase into the conference room, setting it between the two leaders, then left. Another person opened the case, triggering a bomb that set the room ablaze and killed Rajai, Bahonar, and three others. The assassin was identified as Masoud Keshmiri, an operative of the People's Mujahedin of Iran.

## Bahonar's Prime Ministership

When Rajai became President on August 4, 1981, he chose Bahonar as his prime minister.
After Mohammad Beheshti was assassinated on June 28, 1981, Bahonar became the secretary-general of the Islamic Republic party, but he didn't last long in that position, nor in the position of Prime Minister, as he was assassinated after less than two months in these offices, along with Rajai and other party leaders, when a bomb exploded at his office in Tehran.

## Members of the cabinet

List of members of Bahonar's cabinet was as follows:
| Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party |
| Prime Minister | Mohammad-Javad Bahonar | 5 August 1981 | 30 August 1981 | IRP |
| Ministers ||||||
| Agricultural Minister | Mohammad Salamati | 17 August 1981 | 3 September 1981 | Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution Organization |
| Commerce Minister | Habibollah Asgaroladi | 17 August 1981 | 3 September 1981 | IRP |
| Post Minister | Morteza Nabavi | 17 August 1981 | 3 September 1981 | IRP |
| Islamic Guidance Minister | Abdolmajid Moadikhah | 17 August 1981 | 3 September 1981 | IRP |
| Defense Minister | Mousa Namjoo | 17 August 1981 | 3 September 1981 | Military |
| Finance Minister | Hossein Namazi | 17 August 1981 | 3 September 1981 | IRP |
| Education Minister | Ali Akbar Parvaresh | 17 August 1981 | 3 September 1981 | IRP |
| Energy Minister | Hassan Ghafourifard | 17 August 1981 | 3 September 1981 | IRP |
| Foreign Minister | Mir-Hossein Mousavi | 17 August 1981 | 3 September 1981 | IRP |
| Health Minister | Hadi Manafi | 17 August 1981 | 3 September 1981 | IRP |
| Housing Minister | Mohammad-Shahab Gonabadi | 17 August 1981 | 3 September 1981 | Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution Organization |
| Heavy Industries Minister | Mostafa Hashemitaba | 17 August 1981 | 3 September 1981 | Nonpartisan |
| Interior Minister | Kamal Nikravesh | 17 August 1981 | 3 September 1981 | IRP |
| Justice Minister | Mohammad Asghari | 17 August 1981 | 3 September 1981 | IRP |
| Labour Minister | Mohammad Mir-Mohammad Sadeghi | 17 August 1981 | 3 September 1981 | IRP |
| Petroleum Minister | Mohammad Gharazi | 17 August 1981 | 3 September 1981 | Nonpartisan |
| Roads Minister | Ahmad Amri(head of ministry) | 5 August 1981 | 3 September 1981 | Nonpartisan |
| Culture Minister | Mohammad-Ali Najafi | 17 August 1981 | 3 September 1981 | Nonpartisan |
| Ministers without portfolio ||||||
| Plan and Budget Organization | Mohammad-Taghi Banki | 17 August 1981 | 3 September 1981 | IRP |
| Executive Affairs | Behzad Nabavi | 17 August 1981 | 3 September 1981 | Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution Organization |
| State Welfare Organization | Mahmoud Rouhani | 17 August 1981 | 3 September 1981 | IRP |
| National Steel Company | Hossein Mousaviani | 17 August 1981 | 3 September 1981 | IRP |