Hassan Rouhani was inaugurated as the seventh president of the Islamic Republic of Iran on 04 August 2013 before the Iranian parliament. On the same day, Rouhani nominated the members of his Cabinet, which must be approved by parliament. Rouhani’s Cabinet nominees are listed below. As readers will note, very few of the nominees come from/are associated with the Reformist political current, which formed a coalition with the Centrists for the 2013 Iranian presidential election and was crucial in Rouhani’s victory. The majority of nominees are Centrists associated with former President Ali-Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani. Just as importantly, many have security-intelligence backgrounds. The composition of Rouhani’s proposed Cabinet and its […]
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