Tehran, August 03, 09 (Hamsayeh.Net) - Iranian Majlis or parliament today approved 18 ministerial nominees and rejected 3 after five days of intensive deliberations. The 293 members of the parliament at last approved Ahmadinejad government's make up except three posts for education, welfare and energy ministries.

 

The only woman in the cabinet who received approval was Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi for the post of health minister. She is the first woman minister in Iran since the revolution in 1979.

 

The other two women were rejected by the parliament receiving less than required votes. Ms. Keshavarz who was nominated for the post of Education Minister was rejected overwhelmingly by receiving only 49 votes.

 

Also, the now Defense Minister Ahmad vahidi obtained the highest approval by receiving 227 of the votes, which was the highest among the candidates.

 

286 lawmakers attended the open session.

 

Following is the final approval rating for each of the candidates:

 

1. Sousan Keshavarz: education minister 

      - 49 for, 209 against, 27 abstentions 

 

2. Reza Taqipour: communications minister 

      - 197 for, 62 against, 27 abstentions 

 

3: Haidar Moslehi: intelligence minister  

      - 194 for, 67 against, 25 abstentions  

 

4: Shamsodin Hosseini: economy minister 

      - 224 for, 49 against, 21 abstentions  

 

5: Manouchehr Mottaki: foreign minister 

      - 173 for, 79 against, 34 abstentions 

 

6: Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi: health minister  

      - 175 for, 82 against, 29 abstentions  

 

7: Mohammad Abbasi: cooperative minister 

      - 163 for, 83 against, 37 abstentions 

 

8: Sadeq Khalilian: agriculture minister  

      - 200 for, 54 against, 32 abstentions 

 

9: Hamid Behbahani: transport minister  

      - 167 for, 83 against, 33 abstentions 

 

10: Fateme Ajorlou: welfare and social security minister

      - 76 for, 181 against, 29 abstentions 

 

11: Ali Akbar Mehrabian: industries and mines minister  

      - 153 for, 103 against, 27 abstentions 

 

12: Kamran Daneshjou: science minister  

      - 186 for, 75 against, 25 abstentions 

 

13: Mohammad Hosseini: culture and Islamic guidance minister   

    - 194 for, 61 against, 31 abstentions 

 

14: Abdolreza Sheikholeslami: labor minister   

    - 193 for, 63 against, 30 abstentions 

 

15: Mostafa Mohammad Najar: interior minister 

      - 182 for, 75 against, 25 abstentions 

 

16: Ali Nikzad: housing and urban development minister  

     - 219 for, 40 against, 27 abstentions 

 

17: Masoud Mirkazemi: oil minister  

      - 147 for, 117 against, 19 abstentions 

  

18: Mohammad Ali-Abadi: energy minister  

      - 137 for, 117 against, 32 abstentions 

 

19: Morteza Bakhtiari: justice minister 

      - 225 for, 36 against, 23 abstentions 

 

20: Ahmad Vahidi: defense minister 

      - 227 for, 54 against, 5 abstentions 

 

21: Mahdi Qazanfari: commerce minister  

     - 158 for, 91 against, 37 abstentions

 

Source: AGENCIES

 

September 03, 2009