Interim Government of Iran (1981)

The interim government of the Islamic Republic of Iran (21 September 1981 – 29 October 1981) was established after the assassination of Mohammad-Ali Rajai (President) and Mohammad Javad Bahonar (Prime Minister) on 30 August. In accordance with the constitution, a Provisional Presidential Council formed the same day and proposed Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani as Prime Minister to the Majlis. Majlis voted in favour of him on 2 September. His cabinet also received approval of the Majlis on 3 September. The main responsibility of this government was holding presidential elections. On 13 October, Ali Khamenei officially became president. His Prime Minister, Mir-Hossein Mousavi received Majlis's approval on 29 October (after Majlis' negative vote to Khamenei's first candidate, Ali Akbar Velayati) and then the new government replaced Mahdavi-Kani's interim government.

Members of the cabinet

List of members of Mahdavi Kani's cabinet was as follows:

Ministry	Minister
President	Presidency Council
Prime Minister	Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani
Agricultural	Mohammad Salamati
Commerce	Habibollah Asgaroladi
Post	Morteza Nabavi
Culture and Islamic Guidance	Abdul-Majid Moadikhah
Defense and Armed Forces Logistics	Mousa Namjoo
Economy	Hossein Namazi
Education	Ali Akbar Parvaresh
Energy	Hassan Ghafori Fard
Foreign Affairs	Mir-Hossein Mousavi
Health	Hadi Manafi
Housing and Urban	Mohammad-Shahab Gonabadi
Industries	Mostafa Hashemi
Interior	Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri
Justice	Mohammad Asghari
Labour and Social Affairs	Mir-Mohammad Sadeghi
Petroleum	Mohammad Gharazi
Roads	Hadi Nejad-Hosseinian
Science and Culture	Mohammad-Ali Najafi

See also

• 1979 Iranian Interim Government

References