List of female members of the Cabinet of Iran

This is a list of women who have served as Members of the Cabinet of Iran.

List
No. Portrait Name Office Term in office Affiliation Head of government
Assumed Left
1 Farrokhroo Parsa Minister of Education 19681971New Iran Party Amir Abbas Hoveida
2 Mahnaz Afkhami Minister without portfolio
for Women's Affairs		 1976 1978 Resurgence Party
Jamshid Amouzegar
3 Masoumeh Ebtekar Head of Department of Environment 1997 2005 Islamic Iran Participation Front Mohammad Khatami
2013 2017 Hassan Rouhani
Vice President
for Women's and Family Affairs		 2017 Incumbent
4 Fatemeh Javadi Head of Department of Environment 20052009N/A Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
5 Marzieh Vahid-Dastjerdi Minister of Health 20092013Zeynab Society
6 Nasrin Soltankhah Head of National Elites Foundation 20092013N/A
7 Fatemeh Bodaghi Vice President
for Legal Affairs		 20092013N/A
8 Maryam Mojtahedzadeh Vice President
for Women's and Family Affairs		 2013 N/A
9 Elham Aminzadeh Vice President
for Legal Affairs		 20132016 N/A Hassan Rouhani
10 Shahindokht Molaverdi Vice President
for Women's and Family Affairs		 20132017 Islamic Iran Participation Front
11 Zahra Ahmadipour Head of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization 20162017 Islamic Association of University Instructors
12 Laya Joneydi Vice President
for Legal Affairs		 2017Incumbent N/A

See also

References
    • Jamileh Kadivar (2016), "Chapter 8: Women and Executive Power", in Tara Povey (ed.), Women, Power and Politics in 21st Century Iran, Routledge, ISBN 9781134779895
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