Bin Hamad Ministry

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The **bin Hamad Ministry** was formed on May 9, 2036 and lasted until its dissolution on September 27, 2038 after the resignation of prime minister Tamim bin Hamad following the 2038 congressional elections. The cabinet was the first to be solely led by the Union for Persia, and the first to last a full legislative term between elections since the third Parra ministry.

Following the 2034-35 constitutional crisis, opposition leader Hassen Ahmed was elected as president of Persia in November 2035, but found his power as president tightly restrained by his predecessor's entry of Persia into the Shanghai Pact's Coordination Council, which controlled all major government institutions. After months of negotiations with Shanghai Pact leadership, Persia finally left the council in May 2036 and all executive power was transferred back to the Persian government. On May 5, 2036, new legislative elections for the National People's Congress were held and on May 9th, President Ahmed appointed Tamim bin Hamad as prime minister of a new majority Union for Persia government.

As prime minister, Tamim bin Hamad was largely responsible for the formation and implementation of domestic policy as President Ahmed focused on foreign policy; despite this, bin Hamad was occasionally an emissary for President Ahmed's foreign policy by attending Shanghai Pact negotiations on behalf of the government. During Persia's involvement in the war against the Bovido Imperium the government faced several significant domestic issues, including a rapidly deteriorating financial situation as the cost of war strained the treasury's finances; to this extent, bin Hamad's administration introduced a series of tax reforms to raise revenue by raising corporation and income levies, and in November 2036, the government introduced a fiscal austerity programme to cut back spending on welfare, infrastructure, and healthcare. Whilst the measures were largely unpopular, the UfP succeeded in passing them through the National People's Congress thanks to their majority, and placated internal opponents by introducing a sunset clause to the finance bill to ensure its automatic expiration within two years.

After nearly five years of war, the Bovido Imperium ultimately capitulated to the Shanghai Pact over the summer of 2038, resulting in the opening of a more formal peace negotiations between the two sides. Following major disagreements between leaders of the Shanghai Pact over the details of such negotiations, former president Geena Kulmuni led the Progressive party in motioning for an impeachment vote against President Hassen Ahmed, who had grown increasingly unpopular for reneging on his campaign pledges and for his government's fiscal austerity. In a bid to prevent the impeachment motion, Ahmed dissolved the Persian Congress in September 2038 and called for new elections, thereby ending the impeachment process. However, Ahmed's political gamble failed to provided a new UfP majority, and instead the party lost fifty four seats, but still remained the largest party in congress. Rather than attempt to form a new minority or coalition government, prime minister Tamim bin Hamad instead tendered his resignation on September 25, 2038. Following intense political negotiations over the weekend of September 25-26, President Ahmed appointed defence minister Salman Al-Khalifa as prime minister of a minority UfP government on September 27, 2038 after failing to win the support of Rania Al-Yassin's Halqa party for a coalition.

## See Also

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