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]

Quick Facts First Cabinet of Mohammad Mosaddegh, Date formed ...

First Cabinet of Mohammad Mosaddegh
Cabinet of Iran
Mosaddegh and his first cabinet members
Date formed	28 April 1951 (1951-04-28)
Date dissolved	16 July 1952 (1952-07-16)
People and organisations
Head of state	Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Head of government	Mohammad Mosaddegh
Deputy head of government	Bagher Kazemi
No. of ministers	12
Ministers removed	10
Total no. of members	22
Status in legislature	16th term:[1][2] 8-seats minority influence 8 / 136 (6%)
History
Election(s)	1950 legislative election
Legislature term(s)	16th (1950–52) 17th (1952)
Predecessor	Government of Hossein Ala'
Successor	Qavam (V)

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Quick Facts Second Cabinet of Mohammad Mosaddegh, Date formed ...

Second Cabinet of Mohammad Mosaddegh
Cabinet of Iran
Mosaddegh and his second cabinet members
Date formed	21 July 1952 (1952-07-21)
Date dissolved	19 August 1953 (1953-08-19)
People and organisations
Head of state	Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Head of government	Mohammad Mosaddegh
Deputy head of government	Gholam Hossein Sadighi
No. of ministers	12
Ministers removed	2
Total no. of members	14
Member parties	National Front[3]
Status in legislature	30-seats minority resorted to rule by decree[4] 30 / 136 (22%)
Opposition party	Monarchists
History
Election(s)	1952 legislative election 1953 referendum
Legislature term(s)	17th
Outgoing formation	Coup of 1953
Predecessor	Qavam (V)
Successor	Zahedi

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• Nationalization of the Iranian oil industry