Government of Ali Amini

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Government of Ali Amini
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cabinet of Iran
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Date formed5 May 1961 (1961-05-05)
Date dissolved19 July 1962 (1962-07-19)
People and organisations
Head of stateMohammad Reza Shah
Head of governmentAli Amini
Total no. of members19
Status in legislatureParliament Dissolved
History
Predecessor
Successor

Ali Amini was appointed to rule by decree as the Prime Minister of Iran on 5 May 1961, succeeding Jafar Sharif-Emami.[1] His cabinet was approved on 9 May 1961.[2]

Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was not enthusiastic about appointing Ali Amini as prime minister.[3] In addition, the Kennedy administration established a task force, the Iran Task Force, to support the cabinet of Amini which was regarded by the Shah as a move to reduce his power and authority.[3]

Composition[]

Though Amini was considered a "maverick aristocrat"[4] and "too independent of the personal control of the monarch",[5] appointment of ministers of foreign affairs, war, the interior was made at the behest of the Shah.[6] All of the three portfolios, plus agriculture ministry were left unchanged in the next administration under Asadollah Alam.[7]

Most controversially, Amini gave three ministries to "middle-class reformers who had in the past criticized the political influence of the shah as well as the corrupt practices of the landed families".[4] The three portfolios were justice, agriculture and education ministries. Noureddin Alamouti, an ex-member of the Tudeh Party who later entered the inner circle of Ahmad Qavam was appointed as the justice minister while agriculture ministry went to Hassan Arsanjani who was a radical and another protege of Qavam. who was as a leader of teacher's trade union drew support from both the Tudeh and the National Front, became the education minister.[4][6] Moreover, he included Gholam-Ali Farivar as the industry minister in his cabinet, who was a former leader of the Iran Party (a party affiliated with the National Front).[8]

Cabinet[]

Members of Amini's cabinet were:

Portfolio Minister Took office Left office Party Ref
Prime MinisterAli Amini5 May 196119 July 1962 Nonpartisan[2]
Foreign MinisterHossein Ghods-Nakhai9 May 19611 April 1962 Nonpartisan[2]
Abbas Aram1 April 196219 July 1962 Nonpartisan
Interior MinisterSadegh Amirazizi9 May 196119 July 1962 Military[2]
Agriculture MinisterHasan Arsanjani9 May 196119 July 1962 Nonpartisan[2]
Culture Minister9 May 196119 July 1962 Nonpartisan[2]
Commerce Minister*9 May 19611 July 1961 Nonpartisan[9]
Jahangir Amuzegar1 July 196128 May 1962 Nonpartisan[2]
Finance MinisterAbdolhossein Behnia9 May 196117 February 1962 Nonpartisan[2]
*17 February 196228 May 1962 Nonpartisan[10]
Jahangir Amuzegar28 May 196219 July 1962 Nonpartisan[11]
Justice MinisterNoureddin Alamouti9 May 196119 July 1962 Nonpartisan[2]
Labor Minister9 May 196119 July 1962 Nonpartisan[2]
Post & Telegraph Minister9 May 196119 July 1962 Nonpartisan[2]
Public Health Minister3 June 196119 July 1962 Nonpartisan[2]
Roads Minister9 May 196119 July 1962 Nonpartisan[2]
Mine & Industry MinisterGholam-Ali Farivar9 May 196131 December 1961 Nonpartisan[9]
31 December 196119 July 1962 Nonpartisan[2]
War Minister9 May 196119 July 1962 Military[2]
Minister without portfolio9 May 196119 July 1962 Nonpartisan[2]
Minister without portfolio9 May 196119 July 1962 Nonpartisan[2]
Minister without portfolio28 May 196219 July 1962 Nonpartisan[11]

References[]

  1. ^ Lea, David (2001), A Political Chronology of the Middle East, Psychology Press, p. 52, ISBN 9781857431155
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Steinberg, S., ed. (2016), "IRAN: Keshvaré Shahanshahiyé Irân", The Statesman's Year-Book 1962: The one-volume Encyclopaedia of all nations, Springer, p. 1107, ISBN 9780230270916
  3. ^ a b Ben Offiler (2021). ""A spectacular irritant": US–Iranian relations during the 1960s and the World's Best Dressed Man". The Historian. 83 (1): 29. doi:10.1080/00182370.2021.1915731.
  4. ^ a b c Abrahamian, Ervand (1982), Iran Between Two Revolutions, Princeton University Press, pp. 422–23, ISBN 0-691-10134-5
  5. ^ Lorentz, John H. (2010), "AMINI, ALI (1904–1992)", The A to Z of Iran, The A to Z Guide Series, vol. 209, Scarecrow Press, pp. 26–27, ISBN 1461731917
  6. ^ a b Avery, P.; Bayne Fisher, William; Hambly, G. R. G.; Melville, C., eds. (1990). The Cambridge History of Iran. Vol. 7. Cambridge University Press. p. 275. ISBN 9780521200950.
  7. ^ Afkhami, Gholam Reza (2008), The Life and Times of the Shah, University of California Press, pp. 226–27, ISBN 978-0-520-25328-5
  8. ^ Chubin, Shahram; Zabih, Sepehr (1974), Iran Between Two Revolutions, University of California Press, pp. 62–63, ISBN 0-691-10134-5
  9. ^ a b Annual Report and Balance Sheet, Central Bank of Iran, 1961, pp. 49, 68
  10. ^ "Ministerial Appointment". Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts. Central Intelligence Agency (36–37): N4. 1962.
  11. ^ a b "Amuzegar Appointed Finance Minister". Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts. Central Intelligence Agency (104–105): N1. 1962.
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