Government of Mohammad-Javad Bahonar (1981)

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The Government of Mohammad-Javad Bahonar was the second government of Iran after the Iranian Revolution. During that time, Mohammad-Ali Rajai was president and Mohammad-Javad Bahonar was prime minister.

Rajai's Presidency[]

On August 15, 1981, Rajai was elected as second president of Iran. He introduced Mohammad-Javad Bahonar as prime minister to parliament and parliament voted him. Rajai was the President of Iran for 15 days. He started the Iranian retirement program for individuals over the age of 70. On August 30, 1981, President Rajai held a meeting of Iran's Supreme Defense Council, along with Prime Minister Mohammad Javad Bahonar. Witnesses later stated that a trusted aide brought a briefcase into the conference room, setting it between the two leaders, then left. Another person opened the case, triggering a bomb that set the room ablaze and killed Rajai, Bahonar, and three others.[1] The assassin was identified as Massoud Kashmiri, an operative of the People's Mujahedin of Iran (also known as the MKO, MEK and PMOI), who had infiltrated the Prime Minister's office in the guise of a state security official.

Bahonar's Prime Ministership[]

When Rajai became President on August 4, 1981, he chose Bahonar as his prime minister.

After Mohammad Beheshti was assassinated on June 28, 1981, Bahonar became the secretary-general of the Islamic Republic party, but he didn't last long in that position, nor in the position of Prime Minister, as he was assassinated after less than two months in these offices, along with Rajai and other party leaders, when a bomb exploded at his office in Tehran. The assassin was identified as Massoud Kashmiri, an operative of The People's Mujahedin of Iran (also known as the MKO, MEK and PMOI), who had infiltrated the Prime Minister's office in the guise of a state security official.

Members of the cabinet[]

List of members of Bahonar's cabinet was as follows:

Portfolio Minister Took office Left office Party
Prime MinisterMohammad-Javad Bahonar5 August 198130 August 1981 IRP
Ministers
Agricultural MinisterMohammad Salamati17 August 19813 September 1981 Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution Organization
Commerce MinisterHabibollah Asgaroladi17 August 19813 September 1981 IRP
Post Minister17 August 19813 September 1981 IRP
Islamic Guidance Minister17 August 19813 September 1981 IRP
Defense MinisterMousa Namjoo17 August 19813 September 1981 Military
Finance MinisterHossein Namazi17 August 19813 September 1981 IRP
Education MinisterAli Akbar Parvaresh17 August 19813 September 1981 IRP
Energy MinisterHassan Ghafourifard17 August 19813 September 1981 IRP
Foreign MinisterMir-Hossein Mousavi17 August 19813 September 1981 IRP
Health MinisterHadi Manafi17 August 19813 September 1981 IRP
Housing Minister17 August 19813 September 1981 Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution Organization
Heavy Industries MinisterMostafa Hashemitaba17 August 19813 September 1981 Nonpartisan
Interior Minister17 August 19813 September 1981 IRP
Justice Minister17 August 19813 September 1981 IRP
Labour Minister17 August 19813 September 1981 IRP
Petroleum MinisterMohammad Gharazi17 August 19813 September 1981 Nonpartisan
Roads Minister*5 August 19813 September 1981 Nonpartisan
Culture MinisterMohammad-Ali Najafi17 August 19813 September 1981 Nonpartisan
Ministers without portfolio
Plan and Budget Organization17 August 19813 September 1981 IRP
Executive AffairsBehzad Nabavi17 August 19813 September 1981 Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution Organization
State Welfare Organization17 August 19813 September 1981 IRP
National Steel Company17 August 19813 September 1981 IRP

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Facts on File Yearbook 1981
Cabinet of Iran
Preceded by Cabinet of Bahonar
1981 		Succeeded byas Interim Cabinet
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