# Second government of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was the sixth President of Iran which governed during his second term within the tenth Government of Islamic Republic of Iran.

## 2009 appointments

President Ahmadinejad announced controversial ministerial appointments for his second term. Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei was briefly appointed as first vice president, but opposed by a number of Majlis members and by the intelligence minister, Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i. Mashaei followed orders to resign. Ahmadinejad then appointed Mashaei as chief of staff, and fired Mohseni-Eje'i.
On 26 July 2009, Ahmadinejad's government faced a legal problem after he sacked four ministers. Iran's constitution (Article 136) stipulates that, if more than half of its members are replaced, the cabinet may not meet or act before the Majlis approves the revised membership. The Vice Chairman of the Majlis announced that no cabinet meetings or decisions would be legal, pending such a reapproval.
The main list of 21 cabinet appointments was announced on 19 August 2009. On 4 September, Parliament of Iran approved 18 of the 21 candidates and rejected three of them, including two women. Sousan Keshavarz, Mohammad Aliabadi, and Fatemeh Ajorlou were not approved by Parliament for the Ministries of Education, Energy, and Welfare and Social Security respectively. Marzieh Vahid-Dastjerdi won approval as health minister, making her Iran's first woman minister since the Islamic revolution.

## 2011 merges and dismissals

On 9 May, Ahmedinejad announced Ministries of Petroleum and Energy would merge, as would Industries and Mines with Commerce, and Welfare with Labour. On 13 May, he dismissed Masoud Mir-Kazemi (Minister of Petroleum), Ali Akbar Mehrabian (Minister Industry and Mines) and Sadegh Mahsouli (Minister of Welfare). On 15 May, he was announced he would be caretaker minister of the Petroleum Ministry.
From August 2009 to February 2013, a total of nine ministers in the cabinet was dismissed by the Majlis, the last of who was labor minister, Reza Sheykholeslam at the beginning of February 2013.

## Cabinet

The cabinet included the following members:
| Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party |
| Presidential Administration |||||||
| President of Iran | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad | 3 August 2009 | 3 August 2013 | ABII |
| First Vice President | Mohammad Reza Rahimi | 13 September 2009 | 3 August 2013 | Nonpartisan |
| Head of President's Office | Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei | 25 July 2009 | 1 December 2012 | CPSS |
| Head of President's Office | Mir-Hassan Mousavi | 1 December 2012 | 3 August 2013 | Nonpartisan |
| Chief of Staff | Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei | 19 September 2009 | 9 April 2011 | CPSS |
| Chief of Staff | Hamid Baghaei | 9 April 2011 | 3 August 2013 | CPSS |
| Economic Affairs Spokesperson | Shamseddin Hosseini | 10 January 2010 | 3 August 2013 | Nonpartisan |
| Political Affairs Spokesperson | Mohammad Reza Rahimi | 10 January 2010 | 30 November 2012 | Nonpartisan |
| Spokesperson | Gholam-Hossein Elham | 11 December 2012 | 3 August 2013 | FIRS |
| Secretary | Majid Doust-Ali | 3 August 2009 | 22 September 2010 | Nonpartisan |
| Secretary | Ali Sadoughi | 22 September 2010 | 2 September 2013 | Nonpartisan |
| Ministers |||||||
| Minister of Education | Ramezan Mohsenpour(head of ministry) | 6 September 2009 | 15 November 2009 | Nonpartisan |
| Minister of Education | Hamid-Reza Haji Babaee | 15 November 2009 | 15 August 2013 | Nonpartisan |
| Minister of Communications | Reza Taghipour | 3 September 2009 | 2 December 2012 | ABII |
| Minister of Communications | Ali Nikzad(head of ministry) | 2 December 2012 | 2 February 2013 | Nonpartisan |
| Minister of Communications | Mohammad-Hassan Nami | 2 February 2013 | 15 August 2013 | Military |
| Minister of Intelligence | Heydar Moslehi | 3 September 2009 | 15 August 2013 | CPSS |
| Minister of Finance | Shamseddin Hosseini | 3 September 2009 | 15 August 2013 | Nonpartisan |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | Manouchehr Mottaki | 3 September 2009 | 13 December 2010 | FFLIL |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | Ali Akbar Salehi | 13 December 2010 | 15 August 2013 | Nonpartisan |
| Minister of Commerce | Mehdi Ghazanfari | 3 September 2009 | 3 August 2011 | Nonpartisan |
| Minister of Health | Marzieh Vahid-Dastjerdi | 3 September 2009 | 27 December 2012 | FFLIL |
| Minister of Health | Hassan Tarighat Monfared | 27 December 2012 | 15 August 2013 | SDIR |
| Minister of Cooperatives | Mohammad Abbasi | 3 September 2009 | 3 August 2011 | Nonpartisan |
| Minister of Cooperatives, Labour, and Social Welfare | Reza Sheykholeslam | 3 August 2011 | 3 February 2013 | CPSS |
| Minister of Cooperatives, Labour, and Social Welfare | Asadollah Abbasi | 4 February 2013 | 15 August 2013 | Nonpartisan |
| Minister of Agriculture | Sadeq Khalilian | 3 September 2009 | 15 August 2013 | Nonpartisan |
| Minister of Justice | Morteza Bakhtiari | 3 September 2009 | 15 August 2013 | Nonpartisan |
| Minister of Defence | Ahmad Vahidi | 3 September 2009 | 15 August 2013 | Military |
| Minister of Roads | Hamid Behbahani | 3 September 2009 | 1 February 2011 | Nonpartisan |
| Minister of Roads | Ali Nikzad(head of ministry) | 7 February 2011 | 26 June 2011 | Nonpartisan |
| Minister of Roads & Urban Development | Ali Nikzad | 26 June 2011 | 15 August 2013 | Nonpartisan |
| Minister of Welfare | Nad-Ali Olfatpour(head of ministry) | 6 September 2009 | 15 November 2009 | Nonpartisan |
| Minister of Welfare | Sadegh Mahsouli | 15 November 2009 | 3 August 2011 | CPSS |
| Minister of Industries | Ali Akbar Mehrabian | 3 September 2009 | 15 May 2011 | Nonpartisan |
| Minister of Industries | Mehdi Ghazanfari(head of ministry) | 15 May 2011 | 3 August 2011 | Nonpartisan |
| Minister of Industries, Mines and Business | Mehdi Ghazanfari | 3 August 2011 | 15 August 2013 | Nonpartisan |
| Minister of Science | Kamran Daneshjoo | 3 September 2009 | 15 August 2013 | FPP |
| Minister of Culture | Mohammad Hosseini | 3 September 2009 | 15 August 2013 | Center for Islamic Iran Academics |
| Minister of Labour | Reza Sheykholeslam | 3 September 2009 | 3 August 2011 | CPSS |
| Minister of Interior | Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar | 3 September 2009 | 15 August 2013 | Military |
| Minister of Housing | Ali Nikzad | 3 September 2009 | 26 June 2011 | Nonpartisan |
| Minister of Petroleum | Masoud Mir-Kazemi | 3 September 2009 | 16 May 2011 | Military |
| Minister of Petroleum | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad(head of ministry) | 16 May 2011 | 2 June 2011 | ABII |
| Minister of Petroleum | Mohammad Aliabadi(head of ministry) | 2 June 2011 | 3 August 2011 | ABII |
| Minister of Petroleum | Rostam Ghasemi | 3 August 2011 | 15 August 2013 | Military |
| Minister of Energy | Majid Namjoo | 6 September 2009 | 15 August 2013 | Military |
| Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports | Mohammad Abbasi | 26 June 2011 | 15 August 2013 | Nonpartisan |
| Vice President |||||||
| Enforcing the Constitution Vice President | Mohammad Reza Mirtajodini | 27 May 2012 | 3 August 2013 | Nonpartisan |
| Executive Vice President | Hamid Baghaei | 9 April 2011 | 3 August 2013 | CPSS |
| Foreign Affairs Vice President | Ali Saeedlou | 9 August 2011 | 3 August 2013 | ABII |
| Women and Family Affairs Vice President | Maryam Mojtahedzadeh | 27 July 2013 | 8 October 2013 | Nonpartisan |
| Planning and Strategic Supervision Vice President | Ebrahim Azizi | 17 July 2009 | 27 May 2012 | Nonpartisan |
| Planning and Strategic Supervision Vice President | Behrouz Moradi | 27 May 2012 | 3 August 2013 | Nonpartisan |
| Parliamentary Affairs Vice President | Mohammad Reza Mirtajodini | 13 September 2009 | 27 May 2012 | Nonpartisan |
| Parliamentary Affairs Vice President | Lotfollah Forouzandeh | 27 May 2012 | 1 September 2013 | SDIR |
| Management Development and Human Resources Vice President | Lotfollah Forouzandeh | 25 October 2009 | 27 May 2012 | SDIR |
| Management Development and Human Resources Vice President | Ebrahim Azizi | 27 May 2012 | 26 December 2012 | Nonpartisan |
| Management Development and Human Resources Vice President | Gholam-Hossein Elham | 26 December 2012 | 3 August 2013 | FIRS |
| Legal Affairs Vice President | Fatemeh Bodaghi | 30 November 2009 | 11 August 2013 | Nonpartisan |
| Martyrs Vice President | Masoud Zaribafan | 17 July 2009 | 15 September 2013 | SDIR |
| Elites Vice President | Nasrin Soltankhah | 21 September 2009 | 5 October 2013 | ABII |
| Atomic Energy Vice President | Ali Akbar Salehi | 17 July 2009 | 13 December 2010 | Nonpartisan |
| Atomic Energy Vice President | Mohammad Ahmadian(head of ministry) | 13 December 2010 | 13 February 2011 | Nonpartisan |
| Atomic Energy Vice President | Fereydoon Abbasi | 13 February 2011 | 15 August 2013 | AIRL |
| Physical Education Vice President | Ali Saeedlou | 25 August 2009 | 26 June 2011 | ABII |
| Environment Vice President | Mohammad-Javad Mohammadizadeh | 2 September 2009 | 3 August 2013 | ABII |
| National Youth Vice President | Mehrdad Bazrpash | 24 July 2009 | 28 November 2010 | CPSS |
| National Youth Vice President | Homayoun Hamidi(head of ministry) | 15 February 2011 | 26 June 2011 | Nonpartisan |
| Cultural Heritage Vice President | Hamid Baghaei | 19 July 2009 | 19 May 2011 | CPSS |
| Cultural Heritage Vice President | Ruhollah Ahmadzadeh | 19 May 2011 | 4 January 2012 | Nonpartisan |
| Cultural Heritage Vice President | Mir-Hassan Mousavi | 4 January 2012 | 7 December 2012 | Nonpartisan |
| Cultural Heritage Vice President | Mohammed Sharif Malekzadeh | 7 December 2012 | 3 August 2013 | CPSS |
| Aides |||||||
| Senior Aide | Mojtaba Samareh Hashemi | 17 July 2009 | 3 August 2013 | ABII |
| Special Aide | Ali Akbar Mehrabian | 26 December 2011 | 3 August 2013 | Nonpartisan |
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