Government of Ali Amini

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]

Government of Ali Amini

cabinet of Iran
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
PredecessorSharif-Emami
SuccessorAlam

Composition

Though Amini was considered a "maverick aristocrat"[3] and "too independent of the personal control of the monarch",[4] appointment of ministers of foreign affairs, war, the interior was made at the behest of the Shah.[5] All of the three portfolios, plus agriculture ministry were left unchanged in the next administration under Asadollah Alam.[6]

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".[3] 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. Muhammad Derekhshesh who was as a leader of teacher's trade union drew drew support from both the Tudeh and the National Front, became the education minister.[3][5] 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).[7]

Cabinet

Members of Amini's cabinet were:

PortfolioMinisterTook officeLeft officePartyRef
Prime Minister Ali Amini5 May 196119 July 1962Nonpartisan[2]
Foreign Minister Hossein Ghods-Nakhai9 May 19611 April 1962Nonpartisan[2]
 Abbas Aram1 April 196219 July 1962Nonpartisan
Interior Minister Sadegh Amir-Azizi9 May 196119 July 1962Military[2]
Agriculture Minister Hasan Arsanjani9 May 196119 July 1962Nonpartisan[2]
Culture Minister Mohammad Derakhshesh9 May 196119 July 1962Nonpartisan[2]
Commerce Minister Ali-Asghar Pourhomayoun*9 May 19611 July 1961Nonpartisan[8]
 Jahangir Amuzegar1 July 196128 May 1962Nonpartisan[2]
Finance Minister Abdolhossein Behnia9 May 196117 February 1962Nonpartisan[2]
 Mohammad-Ali Hanjani*17 February 196228 May 1962Nonpartisan[9]
 Jahangir Amuzegar28 May 196219 July 1962Nonpartisan[10]
Justice Minister Noureddin Alamouti9 May 196119 July 1962Nonpartisan[2]
Labor Minister Ataollah Khosravani9 May 196119 July 1962Nonpartisan[2]
Post & Telegraph Minister Houshang Samii9 May 196119 July 1962Nonpartisan[2]
Public Health Minister Ebrahim Riahi3 June 196119 July 1962Nonpartisan[2]
Roads Minister Jamal Ganji9 May 196119 July 1962Nonpartisan[2]
Mine & Industry Minister Gholam-Ali Farivar9 May 196131 December 1961Nonpartisan[8]
 Taqi Sarlak31 December 196119 July 1962Nonpartisan[2]
War Minister Ali-Asghar Naghdi9 May 196119 July 1962Military[2]
Minister without portfolio Hadi Ashtari9 May 196119 July 1962Nonpartisan[2]
Minister without portfolio Ali-Asghar Pourhomayoun9 May 196119 July 1962Nonpartisan[2]
Minister without portfolio Mohsen Nasr28 May 196219 July 1962Nonpartisan[10]

References
  1. Lea, David (2001), A Political Chronology of the Middle East, Psychology Press, p. 52, ISBN 9781857431155
  2. 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. Abrahamian, Ervand (1982), Iran Between Two Revolutions, Princeton University Press, pp. 422–23, ISBN 0-691-10134-5
  4. Lorentz, John H. (2010), "AMINI, ALI (1904–1992)", The A to Z of Iran, The A to Z Guide Series, 209, Scarecrow Press, pp. 26–27, ISBN 1461731917
  5. Avery, P.; Bayne Fisher, William; Hambly, G. R. G.; Melville, C., eds. (1990). The Cambridge History of Iran. 7. Cambridge University Press. p. 275. ISBN 9780521200950.
  6. Afkhami, Gholam Reza (2008), The Life and Times of the Shah, University of California Press, pp. 226–27, ISBN 978-0-520-25328-5
  7. Chubin, Shahram; Zabih, Sepehr (1974), Iran Between Two Revolutions, University of California Press, pp. 62–63, ISBN 0-691-10134-5
  8. Annual Report and Balance Sheet, Central Bank of Iran, 1961, pp. 49, 68
  9. "Ministerial Appointment". Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts. Central Intelligence Agency (36–37): N4. 1962.
  10. "Amuzegar Appointed Finance Minister". Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts. Central Intelligence Agency (104–105): N1. 1962.
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