Finally the list has been released!
http://en.irna.ir/News.aspx?Nid=80762362
Bijan Namdar Zanganeh for oil ministry (same as Sharq and Tasnim)
Abdolreza Rahmani-Fazli for interior ministry
Ali Tayyeb-Nia for ministry of economy and finance
Mahmoud Alavi for intelligence ministry (many expected Ali Younesi to this position)
Hamid Chitchiyan for energy ministry
Hossein Dehqan for defense ministry (Tasnim picked this)
Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh for industry, mine and commerce ministry
Mahmoud Hojjati for agriculture Jehad ministry
Ali Rabiei for ministry of labor, cooperative and social welfare
Abbas Akhoundi for ministry of roads, housing and urban development
Mohammad Ali Najafi for education ministry
Hassan Qazizadeh-Hashemi for ministry of health, treatment and medical education
Masoud Soltanifar for sports and youth ministry
Mohammad Javad Zarif for foreign ministry
Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi for justice ministry
Ali Jannati for ministry of culture and Islamic guidance
Mahmoud Vaezi for ministry of communications and information technology
Jafar Mili-Monfared for ministry of sciences, research and technology
Comparing this to the list of rumored cabinet members which I compiled from a variety of sources, the end result is is very different. Pretty much the only pick which most got right is Bijan Namdar Zanganeh as Oil Minister.
Zanganeh was a member of Khatami and Rafsanjani's cabinets.
Nematzadeh was a member of Rafsanjani's cabinet.
Najafi was a member of Khatami and Rafsanjani's cabinets.
Comparing this list to the leaked/rumored lists, Ali Younesi was an early front-runner for Intel who was not selected, and Mahmoud Vaezi was a near universal pick for Foreign Ministry who was also not picked. Al-Monitor's Ali Hashem was incorrect in every pick he made, although this list from IRNA is incomplete and there are a few positions which may end up being filled by those that Mr. Hashem claimed would do so. The Iranian newspaper Bahar had a few selections correct such as Mr. Zarif to the Foreign Ministry.
As a reminder, this list is incomplete, and these are only nominations, but this is very very different from what both conservatives and reformist Iranian sources estimated in June.
This phrase is taken from a favorite philosopher of mine, Alfred Korzybski. As the URL of the blog implies, I am a Persophile and much of what I write will likely pertain to Iran and the Persian people. My interests are diverse however, and I will also be writing about anything and everything else that inspires me. The photo is of Azadi Tower in Tehran, Iran, built in 1971. Azadi means 'freedom' or 'liberty' in Persian (Farsi)
Sunday, August 4, 2013
Partial List of Rouhani's Cabinet Nominations
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