First Cabinet of Mohammad Mosaddegh

Cabinet of Iran
Mosaddegh and his first cabinet members
Date formed28 April 1951 (1951-04-28)
Date dissolved16 July 1952 (1952-07-16)
People and organisations
Head of stateMohammad Reza Pahlavi
Head of governmentMohammad Mosaddegh
Deputy head of governmentBagher Kazemi
No. of ministers12
Ministers removed10
Total no. of members22
Status in legislature16th term:[1][2]
8-seats minority influence
8 / 136 (6%)
History
Election(s)1950 legislative election
Legislature term(s)16th (1950–52)
17th (1952)
PredecessorGovernment of Hossein Ala'
SuccessorQavam (V)
Second Cabinet of Mohammad Mosaddegh

Cabinet of Iran
Mosaddegh and his second cabinet members
Date formed21 July 1952 (1952-07-21)
Date dissolved19 August 1953 (1953-08-19)
People and organisations
Head of stateMohammad Reza Pahlavi
Head of governmentMohammad Mosaddegh
Deputy head of governmentGholam Hossein Sadighi
No. of ministers12
Ministers removed2
Total no. of members14
Member partiesNational Front[4]
Status in legislature30-seats minority
resorted to rule by decree[3]
30 / 136 (22%)
Opposition partyMonarchists
History
Election(s)1952 legislative election
1953 referendum
Legislature term(s)17th
Outgoing formationCoup of 1953
PredecessorQavam (V)
SuccessorZahedi

The premiership of Mohammad Mosaddegh began when his first government was formed on 28 April 1951 and ended on 19 August 1953, when his second government was overthrown by the American–British backed coup d'état. During the time, the two cabinets of Mosaddegh took control except for a brief period between 16 and 21 July 1952, in which Ahmad Qavam was the Prime Minister, taking office due to resignation of Mosaddegh from premiership and deposed by Shah after five days of mass demonstrations.[5]

First cabinet

Portfolio Minister Took office Left office Party
Prime Minister28 April 195116 July 1952 NF
Foreign Minister28 April 195116 July 1952 NF
War Minister28 April 195116 December 1951 Military
16 December 195116 July 1952 Military
Interior Minister28 April 19515 August 1951 Military
5 August 195116 December 1951 NF
16 December 195116 July 1952 NF
Justice Minister
Ali Heyat
28 April 195116 December 1951 Independent
16 December 195116 July 1952 NF
Labor Minister28 April 195116 July 1952 NF
National Economy Minister28 April 19515 August 1951 NF
5 August 195116 July 1952 Independent
Public Health Minister
Hassan Loghman-Adham
28 April 19514 October 1951 Independent
Mohammad-Ali Maleki
4 October 195116 July 1952 Independent
Roads Minister28 April 195116 July 1952 Independent
Agriculture Minister
Hassan-Ali Farmand
28 April 19516 May 1951 Independent
6 May 195116 July 1952 NF
Culture Minister28 April 19516 May 1951 NF
6 May 195116 July 1952 Independent
Finance Minister28 April 19514 October 1951 Independent
Mahmoud Nariman
4 October 195116 July 1952 NF
Post & Telegraph Minister
Yousef Moshar
28 April 19516 May 1951 NF
6 May 195116 July 1952 NF

Second cabinet

Portfolio Minister Took office Left office Party
Prime Minister21 July 195219 August 1953 NF
Foreign Minister21 July 195216 September 1952 Independent
16 September 195219 August 1953 NF
National Defense Minister21 July 195219 August 1953 NF
Interior Minister21 July 195219 August 1953 NF
Justice Minister21 July 195219 August 1953 Independent
Labor Minister21 July 195219 August 1953 NF
National Economy Minister
Ali-Akbar Akhavi
21 July 195219 August 1953 Independent
Public Health Minister21 July 195219 August 1953 Independent
Roads Minister
Davoud Rajabi
21 July 19526 January 1953 NF
Jahangir Haghshenas
6 January 195319 August 1953 NF
Agriculture Minister21 July 195219 August 1953 NF
Culture Minister21 July 195219 August 1953 NF
Finance Minister21 July 195219 August 1953 NF
Post & Telegraph Minister
Seyfollah Moazzami
21 July 195219 August 1953 NF

See also

References

  1. ^ Penner Angrist, Michele (2011), Party Building in the Modern Middle East, Publications on the Near East, University of Washington Press, p. 131, ISBN 0295801123
  2. ^ Limbert, John W. (2009), Negotiating with Iran: Wrestling the Ghosts of History, Cross-Cultural Negotiation Bks, US Institute of Peace Press, p. 65, ISBN 1601270437
  3. ^ Nohlen, Dieter; Grotz, Florian; Hartmann, Christof (2001), Elections in Asia: A data handbook, vol. I, US Institute of Peace Press, p. 73, ISBN 0-19-924958-X
  4. ^ Abrahamian, Ervand (2013), The Coup: 1953, the CIA, and the Roots of Modern U.S.-Iranian Relations, The New Press, pp. 143–147, ISBN 1595588264
  5. ^ Rahnema, Ali (2014), Behind the 1953 Coup in Iran: Thugs, Turncoats, Soldiers, and Spooks, Cambridge University Press, p. xv–xxii, ISBN 1107076064

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