# First government of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

The cabinet headed by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from 2005 to 2009 included the following members:

## Cabinet

| Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party |
| Presidential Administration |||||||
| President | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad | 3 August 2005 | 3 August 2009 | ABII |
| First Vice President | Parviz Davoodi | 24 August 2005 | 17 July 2009 | Nonpartisan |
| First Vice President | Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei | 17 July 2009 | 24 July 2009 | CPSS |
| Head of President's Office | Gholam-Hossein Elham | 10 August 2005 | 17 February 2007 | Nonpartisan |
| Head of President's Office | Reza Sheykholeslam | 17 February 2007 | 25 July 2009 | CPSS |
| Chief of Staff | Ali Saeedlou | September 2005 | 19 September 2009 | ABII |
| Spokesperson | Gholam-Hossein Elham | 7 August 2005 | 25 July 2009 | Nonpartisan |
| Secretary | Masoud Zaribafan | 12 September 2005 | 10 December 2006 | SDIR |
| Secretary | Majid Doust-Ali | 13 July 2007 | 3 August 2009 | Nonpartisan |
| Ministers |||||||
| Minister of Education | Ali-Asghar Fani(head of ministry) | 12 September 2005 | 9 November 2005 | Nonpartisan |
| Minister of Education | Mahmoud Farshidi | 9 November 2005 | 1 December 2007 | SDIR |
| Minister of Education | Alireza Ali-Ahmadi | 1 December 2007 | 3 September 2009 | SDIR |
| Minister of Communications | Mohammad Soleimani | 24 August 2005 | 3 September 2009 | Nonpartisan |
| Minister of Intelligence | Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i | 24 August 2005 | 23 July 2009 | Nonpartisan |
| Minister of Intelligence | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad(head of ministry) | 25 July 2009 | 3 August 2009 | SDIR |
| Minister of Finance | Davoud Danesh-Jafari | 24 August 2005 | 2 April 2008 | SDIR |
| Minister of Finance | Hossein Samsami(head of ministry) | 20 April 2008 | 5 August 2008 | Nonpartisan |
| Minister of Finance | Shamseddin Hosseini | 5 August 2008 | 3 September 2009 | Nonpartisan |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | Manouchehr Mottaki | 24 August 2005 | 3 September 2009 | FFLIL |
| Minister of Commerce | Masoud Mir-Kazemi | 24 August 2005 | 3 September 2009 | Military |
| Minister of Health | Kamran Bagheri Lankarani | 24 August 2005 | 3 September 2009 | Nonpartisan |
| Minister of Cooperatives | Mohammad Ardakani | 27 August 2005 | 28 October 2006 | JAM |
| Minister of Cooperatives | Mohammad Abbasi | 5 November 2006 | 3 September 2009 | Nonpartisan |
| Minister of Agriculture | Mohammad-Reza Eskandari | 24 August 2005 | 3 September 2009 | Military |
| Minister of Justice | Jamal Karimi-Rad | 24 August 2005 | 28 December 2006 | Nonpartisan |
| Minister of Justice | Gholam-Hossein Elham | 28 December 2006 | 3 September 2009 | Nonpartisan |
| Minister of Defence | Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar | 24 August 2005 | 3 September 2009 | Military |
| Minister of Roads | Mohammad Rahmati | 24 August 2005 | 12 July 2008 | Military |
| Minister of Roads | Hamid Behbahani | 5 August 2008 | 3 September 2009 | Nonpartisan |
| Minister of Welfare | Davoud Madadi(head of ministry) | 27 August 2005 | 9 November 2005 | Nonpartisan |
| Minister of Welfare | Parviz Kazemi | 9 November 2005 | 25 September 2006 | Nonpartisan |
| Minister of Welfare | Ali Yousefpour(head of ministry) | 25 September 2006 | 29 October 2006 | SDIR |
| Minister of Welfare | Abdolreza Mesri | 29 October 2006 | 3 September 2009 | ICP |
| Minister of Industries | Alireza Tahmasbi | 24 August 2005 | 5 August 2007 | Military |
| Minister of Industries | Ali Akbar Mehrabian | 12 August 2007 | 3 September 2009 | Nonpartisan |
| Minister of Science | Mohammad Mehdi Zahedi | 24 August 2005 | 3 September 2009 | Nonpartisan |
| Minister of Culture | Hossein Saffar Harandi | 24 August 2005 | 26 July 2009 | Military |
| Minister of Culture | Mohammad-Ali Khajeh-Piri(head of ministry) | 26 July 2009 | 3 September 2009 | Nonpartisan |
| Minister of Interior | Mostafa Pourmohammadi | 24 August 2005 | May 2008 | CCA |
| Minister of Interior | Seyyed Mehdi Hashemi(head of ministry) | 15 May 2008 | 5 August 2008 | Military |
| Minister of Interior | Ali Kordan | 5 August 2008 | 4 November 2008 | Nonpartisan |
| Minister of Interior | Kamran Daneshjoo(head of ministry) | 4 November 2008 | 24 December 2008 | FPP |
| Minister of Interior | Sadegh Mahsouli | 24 December 2008 | 3 September 2009 | Nonpartisan |
| Minister of Labour | Mohammad Jahromi | 24 August 2005 | 3 September 2009 | Nonpartisan |
| Minister of Housing | Mohammad Saeedikia | 24 August 2005 | 3 September 2009 | Nonpartisan |
| Minister of Petroleum | Kazem Vaziri Hamaneh | 31 August 2005 | 12 August 2007 | Nonpartisan |
| Minister of Petroleum | Gholam-Hossein Nozari | 12 August 2007 | 3 September 2009 | Nonpartisan |
| Minister of Energy | Parviz Fattah | 24 August 2005 | 3 September 2009 | Military |
| Vice Presidents |||||||
| Executive Vice President | Ali Saeedlou | 10 September 2005 | 25 August 2009 | ABII |
| Planning and Supervision Vice President | Amir-Mansour Borghe'i | 18 July 2007 | 17 July 2009 | Nonpartisan |
| Parliamentary and Legal Affairs Vice President | Seyyed Ahmad Mousavi | 30 August 2005 | 16 January 2008 | Nonpartisan |
| Parliamentary and Legal Affairs Vice President | Majid Jafarzadeh(head of ministry) | 16 January 2008 | 25 May 2008 | Nonpartisan |
| Parliamentary and Legal Affairs Vice President | Mohammad Reza Rahimi | 25 May 2008 | 13 September 2009 | Nonpartisan |
| Management Development and Human Capital Vice President | Amir-Mansour Borghe'i(head of ministry) | 18 July 2007 | 21 October 2007 | Nonpartisan |
| Management Development and Human Capital Vice President | Ebrahim Azizi | 21 October 2007 | 17 July 2009 | Nonpartisan |
| Martyrs Vice President | Hossein Dehghan | 3 August 2005 | 17 July 2009 | Military |
| Elites Vice President | Parviz Davoodi | 9 April 2006 | 21 January 2007 | Nonpartisan |
| Elites Vice President | Sadegh Vaez-Zadeh | 4 February 2007 | 21 September 2009 | Nonpartisan |
| Atomic Energy Vice President | Gholam Reza Aghazadeh | 3 August 2005 | 17 July 2009 | ECP |
| Physical Education Vice President | Mohammad Aliabadi | 25 September 2005 | 25 August 2009 | ABII |
| Environment Vice President | Fatemeh Javadi | 7 September 2005 | 2 September 2009 | ABII |
| Management and Planning Vice President | Farhad Rahbar | September 2005 | 15 November 2006 | Nonpartisan |
| Management and Planning Vice President | Amir-Mansour Borghe'i | 15 November 2006 | 9 July 2007 | Nonpartisan |
| National Youth Vice President | Mohammad-Javad Haj-AliAkbari | 2005 | 24 July 2009 | Nonpartisan |
| Cultural Heritage Vice President | Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei | 18 August 2005 | 17 July 2009 | CPSS |
| ↑ Acting from 1 December 2007 to 19 February 2008 ↑ Acting from 27 August to 9 November 2005 ↑ Acting from 28 December 2006 to 13 February 2007 ↑ Acting from 12 August to 2 November 2007 ↑ Acting from 31 August to 11 December 2005 ↑ Acting from 12 August to 14 November 2007 * Acting |||||||