First Alamuddin Ministry

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The **First Alamuddin Ministry** was formed on August 26, 2039 and lasted until December 16, 2039, when it was dissolved following the formation of a new cabinet coalition after the November 2039 general election. The cabinet was the first Persian cabinet to take office without negotiations immediately prior, due to it being the end half of a rotation government, and Amal Alamuddin became only the second prime minister after Hassen Ahmed to be prime minister without being the leader of the largest party in government.

Following the inconclusive May 2039 congressional elections, the diametrically opposed Union for Persia and Progressive Party defied political norms to form an interim grand coalition government designed to last until the November general election, with the office of prime minister first being held by Salman Al-Khalifa and then rotating to Amal Alamuddin halfway through the government's tenure on August 26, 2039. Upon the completion of the first half of the coalition government, Amal Alamuddin was appointed as prime minister by Hassen Ahmed and assembled her own cabinet, largely retaining ministers from the Al-Khalifa II Ministry.

Under the leadership of Alamuddin, the new government sought to bring forward the presidential election by several weeks to Saturday November 5th, 2039 in order to give enough time for legal challenges and a potential re-run of the election if required; after the passing of the change through the National People's Congress on September 1, 2039, anti-government protests occurred in Dubai and forced the legislative session to end after protesters attempted to storm the congress building. On September 13, 2039, Tamim bin Hamad was elected as the party's nominee for the presidency, and the following day Salman Al-Khalifa resigned as leader of the Union for Persia in favour of bin Hamad. The election of Tamim bin Hamad as UfP party leader drastically impacted the coalition dynamic between the two parties, and on September 20, 2039, the Union for Persia party leadership ordered all members to cease government operations. However, ideological opponents to bin Hamad within the UfP continued to cooperate with prime minister Amal Alamuddin, prompting a major reshuffle of the government and allowing Alamuddin to remain in office.

Following the November 2039 legislative election, the Progressive party lost a significant amount of seats, whilst the pro-government UfP members were deselected by the party's executive board and prevented from running again as UfP candidates, meaning that the government also lost a sizable portion of its support; deputy prime minister Salman Al-Khalifa was one of those forced out of congress. Upon the inauguration of the new congress on November 14, 2039, prime minister Amal Alamuddin tendered her cabinet's resignation to outgoing president Hassen Ahmed and agreed to remain in office at the head of a reshuffled demissionary cabinet.

## Composition

### First Cabinet (Aug - Sept 2039)

Following the inconclusive May 2039 legislative elections, incumbent prime minister Salman Al-Khalifa of the Union for Persia and opposition leader Amal Alamuddin of the Progressive Party agreed to form a rotational grand coalition government until the scheduled November 2039 elections. On August 26, 2039, Al-Khalifa resigned as prime minister and Alamuddin assumed office in his place, appointed Al-Khalifa as deputy prime minister. Whilst the cabinet retained many of the appointments from the previous administration, Alamuddin dismissed or reshuffled several UfP ministers to allow for a more equal balance of UfP and Progressive members.

### Second Cabinet (Sept - Nov 2039)

On September 14, 2039, former prime minister Tamim bin Hamad became the leader of the Union for Persia after a several month-long leadership election, replacing Salman Al-Khalifa. Within days of taking office, bin Hamad ordered all members of the UfP to cease cooperation with the coalition government on September 20, 2039, prompting several cabinet ministers to resign. The move forced prime minister Amal Alamuddin to conduct a reshuffle of her government; several centrist members of the UfP disobeyed the party leadership to remain as members of the government and were rewarded with either promotions or retention of their offices, whilst those who tendered their resignations were expelled from government.

### Third Cabinet (Nov - Dec 2039)

Following the November 2039 legislative election, prime minister Amal Alamuddin submitted her resignation and that of her government to outgoing president Hassen Ahmed after the collapse of her coalition with the Union for Persia and poor election results. After her resignation, Alamuddin conducted a second minor reshuffle of her government, removing deputy prime minister Salman Al-Khalifa from office after he lost his seat in the election. Several other cabinet ministers were also deselected by the Union for Persia but instead changed party and were re-elected to congress - in the case of Eshaq Jahngiri and Omar Razzaz, who both joined the Persian Worker's Party, an agreement was formed with PWP leader Riyad al-Maliki to allow the two to remain in cabinet without requiring the official support of the PWP by letting them temporarily hold office as independent congressmen unaffiliated with the PWP congressional bloc, whilst both still remained party membership.

## See Also

* President of Persia
* Prime Minister of Persia
* Coordination Council
* Persian Congress