Confirmations of Hassan Rouhani's Cabinet

This article mentions the introduction and confirmation process for any successful or unsuccessful cabinet nominees of Hassan Rouhani First and Second Administrations.

First cabinet

Confirmation process

The voting process began on 12 August 2013 and was continued until 15 August.^[1] On 15 August 2013, Parliament members confirmed 15 ministers and rejected three of them, namely those proposed to head the ministries of education, science, research and technology; and sports and youth.^[2] 284 out of 290 members of the Parliament were present at the session.

Ministry of Culture

Ali Jannati announced his nomination for minister of culture.^[3]^[4] Ali Jannati, son of the prominent Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, is seen as is politically closer to Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani.^[5]

Minister of Culture	For	Against	Abstentions	Confirmation
Ali Jannati	234	36	12	Yes^[6]

Minister of Culture	For	Against	Abstentions	Confirmation
Reza Salehi Amiri	180	89	6	Yes^[7]

Ministry of Petroleum

Hassan Rouhani nominated Bijan Zanganeh to return to the post of petroleum minister, which he held under Iran's reformist government from 1997 to 2005.^[8]

Minister of Petroleum	For	Against	Abstentions	Confirmation
Bijan Namdar Zanganeh	166	104	13	Yes^[6]

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

There were many candidates for ministry of foreign affairs: Ali Akbar Salehi, Kamal Kharazi, Sadegh Kharazi, Mohammad Javad Zarif and Mahmoud Vaezi.^[9]

Minister of Foreign Affairs	For	Against	Abstentions	Confirmation
Mohammad Javad Zarif	232	36	13	Yes^[6]

Ministry of Agricultural

Minister of Agricultural	For	Against	Abstentions	Confirmation
Mahmoud Hojjati	177	81	26	Yes^[6]

Ministry of Communication

Minister of Communication	For	Against	Abstentions	Confirmation
Mahmoud Vaezi	218	45	20	Yes^[6]

Ministry of Defense

Minister of Defense	For	Against	Abstentions	Confirmation
Hossein Dehghan	269	10	50	Yes^[6]

Ministry of Finance

Minister of Finance	For	Against	Abstentions	Confirmation
Ali Tayebnia	274	7	4	Yes^[6]

Ministry of Education

Minister of Education	For	Against	Abstentions	Confirmation
Mohammad Ali Najafi	142	133	9	No^[6]
Ali Asghar Fani	185	57	24	Yes

Minister of Education	For	Against	Abstentions	Confirmation
Fakhruddin Ahmadi Danesh-Ashtiani	157	111	6	Yes

Ministry of Energy

Minister of Energy	For	Against	Abstentions	Confirmation
Hamid Chitchian	272	7	5	Yes^[6]

Ministry of Health

Minister of Health	For	Against	Abstentions	Confirmation
Hassan Hashemi	260	18	6	Yes^[6]

Ministry of Industry, Mines and Trade

Minister of Industries	For	Against	Abstentions	Confirmation
Mohammadreza Nematzadeh	199	60	24	Yes^[6]

Ministry of Intelligence

Minister of Intelligence	For	Against	Abstentions	Confirmation
Mahmoud Alavi	227	38	18	Yes^[6]

Ministry of Interior

Minister of Interior	For	Against	Abstentions	Confirmation
Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli	256	19	9	Yes^[6]

Ministry of Justice

Minister of Justice	For	Against	Abstentions	Confirmation
Mostafa Pourmohammadi	201	64	19	Yes^[6]

Ministry of Labour

Minister of Labour	For	Against	Abstentions	Confirmation
Ali Rabei	163	100	21	Yes^[6]

Ministry of Science

Minister of Science	For	Against	Abstentions	Confirmation
Jafar Meyli Monfared	105	162	15	No^[6]
Reza Farajidana	159	70	32	Yes

Impeachment of Minister of Science	For	Against	Abstentions	Confirmation
Reza Farajidana	110	145	15	No^[6]

Minister of Science	For	Against	Abstentions	Confirmation
Mahmoud Nili	79	160	7	No
Fakhruddin Danesh-Ashtiani	70	171	16	No
Mohammad Farhadi	197	28	10	Yes

Ministry of Transportation

Minister of Transportation	For	Against	Abstentions	Confirmation
Abbas Ahmad Akhondi	159	107	18	Yes^[6]

Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs

Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs	For	Against	Abstentions	Confirmation
Masoud Soltanifar^[6]	117	148	18	No
Reza Salehi Amiri	107	141	13	No
Nasrollah Sajjadi^[10]	124	107	22	No
Mahmoud Goudarzi^[11]	199	44	24	Yes

Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs	For	Against	Abstentions	Confirmation
Masoud Soltanifar	193	72	9	Yes

Second cabinet