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Cabinet of Jamshid Amouzegar

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Cabinet of Jamshid Amouzegar

Cabinet of Imperial State of Iran
Amoozgar in the 1970s
Date formed7 August 1977 (1977-08-07)
Date dissolved27 August 1978 (1978-08-27)
People and organisations
Head of stateMohammad Reza Pahlavi
Head of governmentJamshid Amouzegar
Total no. of members23
Member partyRastakhiz Party
History
PredecessorCabinet of Amir-Abbas Hoveyda
SuccessorCabinet of Jafar Sharif-Emami

The cabinet led by Jamshid Amouzegar was announced on 7 August 1977.[1][2] It succeeded the last cabinet of Amir-Abbas Hoveyda who submitted his resignation on 6 August.[1][3] Major goal of Amouzegar's cabinet was to implement a new liberal economic program to stop inflation.[2] The cabinet significantly decreased the annual financial aid given to mosques and religious organizations which had very negative effects on the relations between the state and religious establishment.[4]

The cabinet lasted only for one year until 27 August 1978 when Jamshid Amouzegar resigned from office.[5][6] The reason for his resignation was the increased demonstrations of religious establishment and the fire occurred in Cinema Rex in Abadan on 19 August.[7] The next cabinet was formed by Jafar Sharif-Emami.[8]

List of ministers

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Most of the ministers who had served in the previous cabinet led by Amir-Abbas Hoveyda retained their posts.[2] Nearly all of the cabinet members and Prime Minister were from the Rastakhiz Party.[2][7]

The cabinet was consisted of the following twenty-three members:[3]

Portfolio Minister Took office Left office Party
Prime Minister7 August 197727 August 1978 Rastakhiz Party
Minister of War7 August 197727 August 1978 Military
Minister of Foreign Affairs7 August 197727 August 1978 Rastakhiz Party
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
Ahmad Ali Ahmad
7 August 197727 August 1978 
Minister of Interior
Nasir Isfahani
7 August 197727 August 1978 
Minister of Labor and Social Services
Kasim Muini
7 August 197727 August 1978 
Minister of Post, Telegraph and Telephone
Karim Mutamidi
7 August 197727 August 1978 Rastakhiz Party
Minister of Economics and Finance7 August 197727 August 1978 Rastakhiz Party
Minister of Roads and Communications
Murtaza Salihi
7 August 197727 August 1978 
Minister of Justice7 August 197727 August 1978 
Minister of Health and Welfare
Shojaeddin Shiekholeslamzadeh
7 August 197727 August 1978 Rastakhiz Party
Minister of Education7 August 197727 August 1978 Rastakhiz Party
Minister of Energy
Taqi Tawakkuli
7 August 197727 August 1978 
Minister of Housing and Urban Development
Firuz Tawfiq
7 August 197727 August 1978 
Minister of Industries and Mines7 August 197727 August 1978 
Minister of Information and Tourism7 August 197727 August 1978 Rastakhiz Party
Minister of Commerce
Kazem Khosrowshahi
7 August 197727 August 1978 
Minister of Culture and Arts7 August 197727 August 1978 
Minister of State for Economic and Development Affairs7 August 197727 August 1978 
Minister of State7 August 197727 August 1978 
Minister of State for Women's Affairs7 August 197727 August 1978 Rastakhiz Party
Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs
Mahmuid Kashifi
7 August 197727 August 1978 
Minister of State for Executive Affairs
Manuchihr Agih
7 August 197727 August 1978 

References

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  1. ^ a b "Jamshid Amouzegar Is Named to Head Iran's Government". The New York Times. 8 August 1977. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d Darioush Bayandor (2019). The Shah, the Islamic Revolution and the United States. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 149, 165. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-96119-4_6. ISBN 978-3-319-96119-4.
  3. ^ a b "Chronology May 16, 1977-August 15, 1977". The Middle East Journal. 31 (4): 474. 1977. JSTOR 4325678.
  4. ^ George Lenczowski (1979). "The Arc of Crisis: Its Central Sector". Foreign Affairs. 57 (4): 806. doi:10.2307/20040202. JSTOR 20040202.
  5. ^ William Branigin (27 August 1978). "Iran's Cabinet To Resign to Pacify Critics". The Washington Post. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  6. ^ "Shah Names New Cabinet with Jamshid Amouzegar as PM (1977)". Iranian.com. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  7. ^ a b Amir Poursadigh (2003). The Determinants of the Revolutionary Disintegration of the State in Iran (Ph.D. thesis). Tampere University. pp. 73, 78. ISBN 9789514456404.
  8. ^ Mohsen Sazegara; Maria J. Stephan (2009). "Iran's Islamic Revolution and Nonviolent Struggle". In Maria J. Stephan (ed.). Civilian Jihad. Nonviolent Struggle, Democratization, and Governance in the Middle East. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 193. doi:10.1057/9780230101753_14. ISBN 978-0-230-10175-3.