Interim Government of Iran (1979–80)

Council of the Islamic Revolution formed Interim Government on Rouhollah Khomeini's order after resignation of Mehdi Bazargan because of Iran hostage crisis.[1]

For the Provisional Government of Mehdi Bazargan, see Interim Government of Iran. For the Provisional Government of Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani, see Interim Government of Iran (1981).
Interim Government of Iran (1979-80)

Provisional cabinet of Islamic Republic of Iran
Head of Council of the Islamic Revolution
A meeting of the council (1980)
Date formed6 November 1979 (1979-11-06)
Date dissolved20 July 1980 (1980-07-20)
People and organisations
Head of stateRouhollah Khomeini
Head of government
Head of government's history
Deputy head of governmentAli Akbar Moinfar (as 2nd Secretary)
No. of ministers17
History
PredecessorBazargan cabinet
SuccessorRajai cabinet

According to Ali Akbar Moinfar, Council of the Islamic Revolution chaired by Mohammad Beheshti as First Secretary until Abolhassan Banisadr elected as President of Iran.[2] Banisadr was made head of the Revolutionary Council on 7 February 1980.[3]

Cabinet
PortfolioMinisterTook officeLeft officeParty
Head of Council Mohammad Beheshti6 November 19797 February 1980IRP
 Abolhassan Banisadr7 February 198011 August 1980Nonpartisan
Spokesperson Hassan Habibi7 November 197911 August 1980IRP
Ministers
Minister of Agriculture Abbas Sheibani17 November 197910 September 1980IRP
Minister of Commerce Reza Sadr7 November 197910 September 1980FMI
Minister of Education Mohammad-Ali Rajai7 November 197910 September 1980IATI
Minister of Energy Hassan Abbaspour17 November 197910 September 1980IRP
Minister of Foreign Affairs Abolhassan Banisadr*17 November 197929 November 1979Nonpartisan
 Sadegh Ghotbzadeh29 November 197910 September 1980Nonpartisan
Minister of Finance Abolhassan Banisadr17 November 197910 February 1980Nonpartisan
 Reza Salimi*10 February 198010 September 1980Nonpartisan
Minister of Health Mousa Zargar17 November 1979June 1980IRP
 Iradj Fazel*June 198010 September 1980Nonpartisan
Minister of Higher Education Hassan Habibi7 November 197910 September 1980IRP
Minister of Housing Seyyed Mohsen Yahyavi17 November 197910 September 1980IRP
Minister of Industries and Mines Mahmoud Ahmadzadeh7 November 197910 September 1980FMI
Minister of Interior Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani*17 November 197927 February 1980IRP
 Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani*27 February 198010 September 1980CCA
Minister of Labor Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh17 November 197910 September 1980IRP
Minister of National Defence Mostafa Chamran7 November 197910 September 1980FMI
Minister of National Guidance Nasser Minachi7 November 197910 September 1980Nonpartisan
Minister of Petroleum Ali Akbar Moinfar7 November 197910 September 1980IAE
Minister of Post and Telegraph Mahmoud Ghandi28 November 197910 September 1980IRP
Minister of Roads Yousef Taheri Qazvini7 November 1979January 1980IAE
 Mousa Kalantari*January 198010 September 1980IRP
Minister without portfolio Dariush Forouhar7 November 197916 March 1980NPI
Minister without portfolio
for Plan and Budget		 Ezzatollah Sahabi7 November 197920 July 1980FMI
Cabinet-level officials
Endowment Organization Habibollah Asgaroladi7 November 197911 August 1980IRP
Department of Environment Taghi Ebtekar7 November 197911 August 1980Nonpartisan
Physical Education Organization Hossein Shah-Hosseini7 November 197911 August 1980NF
Recruitment Organization Mostafa Katiraei7 November 197911 August 1980IAE
* Acting

See also

References
  1. Nīshābūrī, Naṣr Allāh Tavakkulī (2014). Memoirs of Nasrollah Tavakoli, The First Chief of Staff of the Iranian Army after the Islamic Revolution. [S.l.]: Ibex Pub. p. 843. ISBN 1588140989.
  2. Barseghian, Serge (February 2008). "مجادلات دوره مصدق به شورای انقلاب کشیده شد". Shahrvand Weekly. Institute for humanities and cultural studies (36).
  3. Nikola B. Schahgaldian, Gina Barkhordarian (March 1987), The Iranian Military Under the Islamic Republic (PDF), RAND, p. 129, ISBN 0-8330-0777-7, retrieved 23 November 2017
Cabinet of Iran
Preceded by
Cabinet of Bazargan		 Interim Cabinet of Revolutionary Council
1979–1980		 Succeeded by
Cabinet of Rajai


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