Military government of Gholam-Reza Azhari

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Military government of Gholam Reza Azhari
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Military cabinet of Imperial State of Iran
Prime Minister
Date formed6 November 1978 (1978-11-06)
Date dissolved31 December 1978 (1978-12-31)
People and organisations
Head of stateMohammad Reza Pahlavi
Head of governmentGholam Reza Azhari
Deputy head of government
No. of ministers18
History
Legislature term(s)
Predecessor
Successor

Shah ordered Gholam Reza Azhari at 5 November 1978 to lead the Military government at the time of growing Protests in the country.[1] The selection of General Azhari was taken as an indirect signal to the revolutionaries that the regime had lost its resolve to resist and play it tough.[2]

Of the eleven cabinet ministers appointed by Azhari, only six were military, and even this number was whittled down in the following weeks. The military cabinet members, for the most part, had no experience in their respective areas of responsibility. In short, the hotly debated change to a military government was, in practice, more cosmetic than real.[1]

Among Azhari's first acts were the arrest and imprisonment of former Prime Minister Hoveida, the former head of SAVAK, the former head of the national police, the former mayor of Tehran and several more former ministers and high dignitaries. These wanton acts were again carried out in the hope of appeasing the revolutionaries.[2]

On the eve of 20 December, Prime Minister Gholam Reza Azhari suffered a massive heart attack. He tendered his resignation to the Shah on 31 December 1978.[3]

Cabinet[]

Cabinet members were as follows:[4][5]

Portfolio Minister Took office Left office Party
Prime MinisterGholam Reza Azhari6 November 197831 December 1978 Military
Minister of Agriculture22 November 197831 December 1978 Nonpartisan
Minister of Commerce[A]22 November 197831 December 1978 Nonpartisan
Kamal Habibollahi*11 November 197822 November 1978 Military
Mohsen Foroughi22 November 197831 December 1978 Nonpartisan
Minister of Culture and Higher EducationKamal Habibollahi*11 November 197822 November 1978 Military
22 November 197831 December 1978 Nonpartisan
Minister of EducationKamal Habibollahi*11 November 197822 November 1978 Military
Mohammad Reza Ameli Tehrani22 November 197831 December 1978 Nonpartisan
Minister of Economic Affairs and FinanceAbbas Gharabaghi*6 November 197822 November 1978 Military
22 November 197831 December 1978 Nonpartisan
Minister of Energy[B]22 November 197831 December 1978 Military
Minister of Foreign AffairsAmir Khosrow Afshar22 November 197831 December 1978 Nonpartisan
Minister of Health22 November 197831 December 1978 Nonpartisan
Minister of HousingAmir Hossein Rabii*6 November 197822 November 1978 Military
22 November 197831 December 1978 Nonpartisan
Minister of Industries and MinesMohammad-Reza Amin22 November 197831 December 1978 Nonpartisan
Minister of Information and Tourism[C]22 November 197831 December 1978 Military
Minister of InteriorAbbas Gharabaghi22 November 197831 December 1978 Military
Minister of Justice22 November 197831 December 1978 Nonpartisan
Minister of Labor and Social AffairsGholam Ali Oveissi*6 November 197822 November 1978 Military
22 November 197831 December 1978 Military
Minister of Post, Telegraph and Telephone22 November 197831 December 1978 Nonpartisan
Minister of Roads and Transportation22 November 197831 December 1978 Nonpartisan
Minister of WarReza Azimi22 November 197831 December 1978 Military
Ministers without portfolio
Executive Affairs22 November 197831 December 1978 Nonpartisan
Parliamentary Affairs22 November 197831 December 1978 Nonpartisan
Political Affairs22 November 197831 December 1978 Nonpartisan
22 November 197831 December 1978 Nonpartisan
Plan and Budget22 November 197831 December 1978 Nonpartisan
Vice Prime Ministers
Deputy Prime Minister22 November 197831 December 1978 Nonpartisan
Director of the SAVAKNasser Moghaddam6 November 197831 December 1978 Military
President of the Atomic Energy OrganizationAkbar Etemad6 November 197831 December 1978 Nonpartisan
President of the Department of Environment6 November 197831 December 1978 Nonpartisan
President of the Physical Education OrganizationNader Jahanbani6 November 197831 December 1978 Military
Secretary-General of the ARAO6 November 197831 December 1978 Nonpartisan
  1. ^ Acting from 8 to 22 November
  2. ^ Acting from 6 to 22 November
  3. ^ Acting from 6 to 22 November
* Acting

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Fardust, Hussein (1998). The Rise and Fall of the Pahlavi Dynasty: Memoirs of Former General Hussein Fardust. Translated by Dareini, Ali Akbar. Motilal Banarsidass Publ. p. 392. ISBN 9788120816428.
  2. ^ a b Ganji, Manouchehr (2002). Defying the Iranian Revolution: From a Minister to the Shah to a Leader of Resistance. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 24–25. ISBN 9780275971878.
  3. ^ Phillips, Tomas B. (2012). Queer Sinister Things: The Hidden History of Iran. Lulu. p. 406. ISBN 9780557509294.
  4. ^ "Government of Azhari, from begging to end". Ebtekar (in Persian). Tehran. 13 (3567): 12. 6 November 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  5. ^ Zandi, Mohammad Ali (15 November 2014). "Gholam Reza Azhari" (in Persian). Baqir al-Ulum Research Institute. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
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