AP: The members of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's new government and their portfolios, after a vote in Iran's parliament Thursday on his nominees:
By The Associated Press
The members of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's new government and their portfolios, after a vote in Iran's parliament Thursday on his nominees:
_Heidar Moslehi: Intelligence
_Manouchehr Mottaki: Foreign Affairs
_Masoud Mirkazemi: Oil
_Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi: Health
_Shamseddin Hosseini: Economy
_Reza Taqipour: Telecommunications
_Sadeq Khalilian: Agriculture
_Ali Akbar Mehrabian: Industry and Mines
_Mostafa Mohammad Najjar: Interior
_Mohammad Hosseini: Culture and Islamic Guidance
_Abdolreza Sheikholeslami: Labor
_Ahmad Vahidi: Defense
_Ali Nikzad: Housing
_Mohammad Abbasi: Cooperatives
_Kamran Daneshjoo: Science and Technology
_Mahdi Qazanfari: Commerce
_Hamid Behbahani: Transportation
_Morteza Bakhtiari: Justice
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Nominees rejected by parliament:
_Susan Keshavarz: Education
_Mohammad Aliabadi: Energy
_Fatemeh Ajorloo: Welfare and Social Security
