Government of Mohammad-Javad Bahonar (1981)
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The Government of Mohammad-Javad Bahonar was the second government of Iran after the Iranian Revolution. During that time, Mohammad-Ali Rajai was president and Mohammad-Javad Bahonar was prime minister.
Rajai's Presidency[edit]
On August 15, 1981, Rajai was elected as second president of Iran. He introduced Mohammad-Javad Bahonar as prime minister to parliament and parliament voted him. Rajai was the President of Iran for 15 days. He started the Iranian retirement program for individuals over the age of 70. On August 30, 1981, President Rajai held a meeting of Iran's Supreme Defense Council, along with Prime Minister Mohammad Javad Bahonar. Witnesses later stated that a trusted aide brought a briefcase into the conference room, setting it between the two leaders, then left. Another person opened the case, triggering a bomb that set the room ablaze and killed Rajai, Bahonar, and three others.[1] The assassin was identified as Masoud Keshmiri, an operative of the People's Mujahedin of Iran.
Bahonar's Prime Ministership[edit]
When Rajai became President on August 4, 1981, he chose Bahonar as his prime minister.
After Mohammad Beheshti was assassinated on June 28, 1981, Bahonar became the secretary-general of the Islamic Republic party, but he didn't last long in that position, nor in the position of Prime Minister, as he was assassinated after less than two months in these offices, along with Rajai and other party leaders, when a bomb exploded at his office in Tehran.
Members of the cabinet[edit]
List of members of Bahonar's cabinet was as follows:
| Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prime Minister | 5 August 1981 | 30 August 1981 | IRP | ||||||
| Ministers | |||||||||
| Agricultural Minister | 17 August 1981 | 3 September 1981 | Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution Organization | ||||||
| Commerce Minister | 17 August 1981 | 3 September 1981 | IRP | ||||||
| Post Minister | 17 August 1981 | 3 September 1981 | IRP | ||||||
| Islamic Guidance Minister | 17 August 1981 | 3 September 1981 | IRP | ||||||
| Defense Minister | 17 August 1981 | 3 September 1981 | Military | ||||||
| Finance Minister | 17 August 1981 | 3 September 1981 | IRP | ||||||
| Education Minister | 17 August 1981 | 3 September 1981 | IRP | ||||||
| Energy Minister | 17 August 1981 | 3 September 1981 | IRP | ||||||
| Foreign Minister | 17 August 1981 | 3 September 1981 | IRP | ||||||
| Health Minister | 17 August 1981 | 3 September 1981 | IRP | ||||||
| Housing Minister | 17 August 1981 | 3 September 1981 | Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution Organization | ||||||
| Heavy Industries Minister | 17 August 1981 | 3 September 1981 | Nonpartisan | ||||||
| Interior Minister | 17 August 1981 | 3 September 1981 | IRP | ||||||
| Justice Minister | 17 August 1981 | 3 September 1981 | IRP | ||||||
| Labour Minister | 17 August 1981 | 3 September 1981 | IRP | ||||||
| Petroleum Minister | 17 August 1981 | 3 September 1981 | Nonpartisan | ||||||
| Roads Minister | * | 5 August 1981 | 3 September 1981 | Nonpartisan | |||||
| Culture Minister | 17 August 1981 | 3 September 1981 | Nonpartisan | ||||||
| Ministers without portfolio | |||||||||
| Plan and Budget Organization | 17 August 1981 | 3 September 1981 | IRP | ||||||
| Executive Affairs | 17 August 1981 | 3 September 1981 | Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution Organization | ||||||
| State Welfare Organization | 17 August 1981 | 3 September 1981 | IRP | ||||||
| National Steel Company | 17 August 1981 | 3 September 1981 | IRP | ||||||
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Facts on File Yearbook 1981