Cabinet_of_Jamshid_Amouzegar

Cabinet of Jamshid Amouzegar

Cabinet of Jamshid Amouzegar

Imperial Iran's government between August 1977 and August 1978

The cabinet led by Jamshid Amouzegar was announced on 7 August 1977.[1][2] It succeeded the last cabinet of Amir-Abbas Hoveyda who submitted his resignation on 6 August.[1][3] Major goal of Amouzegar's cabinet was to implement a new liberal economic program to stop inflation.[2] The cabinet significantly decreased the annual financial aid given to mosques and religious organizations which had very negative effects on the relations between the state and religious establishment.[4]

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The cabinet lasted only for one year until 27 August 1978 when Jamshid Amouzegar resigned from office.[5][6] The reason for his resignation was the increased demonstrations of religious establishment and the fire occurred in Cinema Rex in Abadan on 19 August.[7] The next cabinet was formed by Jafar Sharif-Emami.[8]

List of ministers

Most of the ministers who had served in the previous cabinet led by Amir-Abbas Hoveyda retained their posts.[2] Nearly all of the cabinet members and Prime Minister were from the Rastakhiz Party.[2][7]

The cabinet was consisted of the following twenty-three members:[3]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Jamshid Amouzegar Is Named to Head Iran's Government". The New York Times. 8 August 1977. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  2. [2]
    Darioush Bayandor (2019). The Shah, the Islamic Revolution and the United States. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 149, 165. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-96119-4_6. ISBN 978-3-319-96119-4.
  3. [3]
    "Chronology May 16, 1977-August 15, 1977". The Middle East Journal. 31 (4): 474. 1977. JSTOR 4325678.
  4. [4]
    George Lenczowski (1979). "The Arc of Crisis: Its Central Sector". Foreign Affairs. 57 (4): 806. doi:10.2307/20040202. JSTOR 20040202.
  5. [5]
    William Branigin (27 August 1978). "Iran's Cabinet To Resign to Pacify Critics". The Washington Post. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  6. [6]
    "Shah Names New Cabinet with Jamshid Amouzegar as PM (1977)". Iranian.com. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  7. [7]
    Amir Poursadigh (2003). The Determinants of the Revolutionary Disintegration of the State in Iran (Ph.D. thesis). Tampere University. pp. 73, 78. ISBN 9789514456404.
  8. [8]
    Mohsen Sazegara; Maria J. Stephan (2009). "Iran's Islamic Revolution and Nonviolent Struggle". In Maria J. Stephan (ed.). Civilian Jihad. Nonviolent Struggle, Democratization, and Governance in the Middle East. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 193. doi:10.1057/9780230101753_14. ISBN 978-0-230-10175-3.
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