Interim Government of Iran (1979–80)

For the Provisional Government of Mehdi Bazargan, see Interim Government of Iran (1979). For the Provisional Government of Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani, see Interim Government of Iran (1981).

The Council of the Islamic Revolution formed the Interim Government on Ruhollah Khomeini's request after the resignation of Mehdi Bazargan because of the Iran hostage crisis happening at the time.^[1]

Interim Government of Iran (1979-80)
Provisional cabinet of Islamic Republic of Iran
Head of Council of the Islamic Revolution
A meeting of the council (1980)
Date formed	6 November 1979 (1979-11-06)
Date dissolved	20 July 1980 (1980-07-20)
People and organisations
Head of state	Rouhollah Khomeini
Head of government	List Mohammad Beheshti (as 1st Secretary) Abolhassan Banisadr (as Chairman)
Head of government's history	Beheshti Vice Chairman of Constituent Assembly (1979) Banisadr Vice Minister of Finance (1979)
Deputy head of government	Ali Akbar Moinfar (as 2nd Secretary)
No. of ministers	17
Status in legislature	Council of the Islamic Revolution
History
Predecessor	Cabinet of Mehdi Bazargan
Successor	Rajai cabinet

According to Ali Akbar Moinfar, Council of the Islamic Revolution chaired by Mohammad Beheshti as First Secretary until Abolhassan Banisadr elected as President of Iran.^[2] Banisadr was made head of the Revolutionary Council on 7 February 1980.^[3]

Cabinet

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party
Head of Council	Mohammad Beheshti	6 November 1979	7 February 1980		IRP
	Abolhassan Banisadr	7 February 1980	11 August 1980		Nonpartisan
Spokesperson	Hassan Habibi	7 November 1979	11 August 1980		IRP
Ministers
Minister of Agriculture	Abbas Sheibani	17 November 1979	10 September 1980		IRP
Minister of Commerce	Reza Sadr	7 November 1979	10 September 1980		FMI
Minister of Education	Mohammad-Ali Rajai	7 November 1979	10 September 1980		IATI
Minister of Energy	Hassan Abbaspour	17 November 1979	10 September 1980		IRP
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Abolhassan Banisadr (head of ministry)	17 November 1979	29 November 1979		Nonpartisan
	Sadegh Ghotbzadeh	29 November 1979	10 September 1980		Nonpartisan
Minister of Finance	Abolhassan Banisadr	17 November 1979	10 February 1980		Nonpartisan
	Reza Salimi (head of ministry)	10 February 1980	10 September 1980		Nonpartisan
Minister of Health	Moussa Zargar	17 November 1979	June 1980		IRP
	Iradj Fazel (head of ministry)	June 1980	10 September 1980		Nonpartisan
Minister of Higher Education	Hassan Habibi	7 November 1979	10 September 1980		IRP
Minister of Housing	Seyyed Mohsen Yahyavi	17 November 1979	10 September 1980		IRP
Minister of Industries and Mines	Mahmoud Ahmadzadeh	7 November 1979	10 September 1980		FMI
Minister of Interior	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (head of ministry)	17 November 1979	27 February 1980		IRP
	Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani (head of ministry)	27 February 1980	10 September 1980		CCA
Minister of Labor	Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh	17 November 1979	10 September 1980		IRP
Minister of National Defence	Mostafa Chamran	7 November 1979	10 September 1980		FMI
Minister of National Guidance	Nasser Minachi	7 November 1979	10 September 1980		Nonpartisan
Minister of Petroleum	Ali Akbar Moinfar	7 November 1979	10 September 1980		IAE
Minister of Post and Telegraph	Mahmoud Ghandi	28 November 1979	10 September 1980		IRP
Minister of Roads	Yousef Taheri Qazvini	7 November 1979	January 1980		IAE
	Mousa Kalantari (head of ministry)	January 1980	10 September 1980		IRP
Minister without portfolio	Dariush Forouhar	7 November 1979	16 March 1980		NPI
Minister without portfolio for Plan and Budget	Ezzatollah Sahabi	7 November 1979	20 July 1980		FMI
Cabinet-level officials
Endowment Organization	Habibollah Asgaroladi	7 November 1979	11 August 1980		IRP
Department of Environment	Taghi Ebtekar	7 November 1979	11 August 1980		Nonpartisan
Physical Education Organization	Hossein Shah-Hosseini	7 November 1979	11 August 1980		NF
Recruitment Organization	Mostafa Katiraei	7 November 1979	11 August 1980		IAE
* Acting

See also

• Interim Government of Iran
• Council of the Islamic Revolution