Interim Government of Iran (1979–80)

Council of the Islamic Revolution formed Interim Government on Ruhollah 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
List
Head of government's history
Beheshti
Banisadr
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 CouncilMohammad Beheshti6 November 19797 February 1980 IRP
Abolhassan Banisadr7 February 198011 August 1980 Nonpartisan
SpokespersonHassan Habibi7 November 197911 August 1980 IRP
Ministers
Minister of AgricultureAbbas Sheibani17 November 197910 September 1980 IRP
Minister of CommerceReza Sadr7 November 197910 September 1980 FMI
Minister of EducationMohammad-Ali Rajai7 November 197910 September 1980 IATI
Minister of EnergyHassan Abbaspour17 November 197910 September 1980 IRP
Minister of Foreign AffairsAbolhassan Banisadr*17 November 197929 November 1979 Nonpartisan
Sadegh Ghotbzadeh29 November 197910 September 1980 Nonpartisan
Minister of FinanceAbolhassan Banisadr17 November 197910 February 1980 Nonpartisan
Reza Salimi*10 February 198010 September 1980 Nonpartisan
Minister of HealthMousa Zargar17 November 1979June 1980 IRP
Iradj Fazel*June 198010 September 1980 Nonpartisan
Minister of Higher EducationHassan Habibi7 November 197910 September 1980 IRP
Minister of HousingSeyyed Mohsen Yahyavi17 November 197910 September 1980 IRP
Minister of Industries and MinesMahmoud Ahmadzadeh7 November 197910 September 1980 FMI
Minister of InteriorAkbar Hashemi Rafsanjani*17 November 197927 February 1980 IRP
Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani*27 February 198010 September 1980 CCA
Minister of LaborMohammad Reza Nematzadeh17 November 197910 September 1980 IRP
Minister of National DefenceMostafa Chamran7 November 197910 September 1980 FMI
Minister of National GuidanceNasser Minachi7 November 197910 September 1980 Nonpartisan
Minister of PetroleumAli Akbar Moinfar7 November 197910 September 1980 IAE
Minister of Post and TelegraphMahmoud Ghandi28 November 197910 September 1980 IRP
Minister of RoadsYousef Taheri Qazvini7 November 1979January 1980 IAE
Mousa Kalantari*January 198010 September 1980 IRP
Minister without portfolioDariush Forouhar7 November 197916 March 1980 NPI
Minister without portfolio
for Plan and Budget		Ezzatollah Sahabi7 November 197920 July 1980 FMI
Cabinet-level officials
Endowment OrganizationHabibollah Asgaroladi7 November 197911 August 1980 IRP
Department of EnvironmentTaghi Ebtekar7 November 197911 August 1980 Nonpartisan
Physical Education OrganizationHossein Shah-Hosseini7 November 197911 August 1980 NF
Recruitment OrganizationMostafa Katiraei7 November 197911 August 1980 IAE
* 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


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