Government of Asadollah Alam (1963–64)

The second government formed by Prime Minister Asadollah Alam was inaugurated on 19 February 1963.[1] It replaced the first government of Alam which ended on 18 February when he submitted his resignation to the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.[1] The cabinet lasted for nearly thirteen months until March 1964 when Asadollah Alam resigned from the office.[2][3] It was succeeded by the cabinet of Hassan Ali Mansur.[2][3]

Government of Asadollah Alam (1963–1964)

Cabinet of Pahlavi Iran
Prime Minister Asadollah Alam
Date formed19 February 1963 (1963-02-19)
Date dissolvedMarch 1964 (1964-03)
People and organisations
Head of stateMohammad Reza Pahlavi
Head of governmentAsadollah Alam
Total no. of members16
Member partyPeople's Party
History
PredecessorFirst Government of Asadollah Alam
SuccessorGovernment of Hassan Ali Mansur

List of ministers

The cabinet was consisted of the following sixteen members:[1]

PortfolioMinisterTook officeLeft officeParty
Prime MinisterAsadollah Alam19 February 1963March 1964 People's Party
Minister of WarAli Asghar Naqdi19 February 1963March 1964 
Minister of Foreign AffairsAbbas Aram19 February 1963March 1964 
Minister of AgricultureHasan Arsanjani19 February 19639 March 1963 
Ismail Riahi12 March 1963March 1964 
Minister of InteriorMahdi Pirastih19 February 1963March 1964 
Minister of LaborAtaollah Khosravani19 February 1963March 1964 
Minister of Telegraph and TelephoneHushang Samii19 February 1963March 1964 
Minister of FinanceAbdolhossein Behnia19 February 1963March 1964 Independent
Minister of RoadsNasrollah Moinian19 February 1963March 1964 
Minister of JusticeMohammad Bahiri19 February 1963March 1964 
Minister of HealthIsmail Riahi19 February 1963March 1964 
Minister of EducationParviz Khanlary19 February 1963March 1964 
Minister of EconomyAlinaghi Alikhani19 February 1963March 1964 Independent
Minister of StateSadegh Amirazizi19 February 1963March 1964 
Minister of StateGholam Hossein Khoshbin19 February 1963March 1964 
Minister of StateJahangir Tafazzoli19 February 1963March 1964 People's Party

Minister of Agriculture Hasan Arsanjani resigned from the office on 9 March and was replaced by Ismail Riahi.[1][4] In fact, Arsanjani was forced to resign from the office and appointed ambassador to Italy immediately after his resignation.[5] Six cabinet members were appointed to the incoming cabinet of Hassan Ali Mansour.[3]

References
  1. "Chronology September 16, 1962-March 15, 1963". Middle East Journal. 17 (1–2): 113. Winter–Spring 1963. JSTOR 4323557.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date format (link)
  2. "Hoveyda, Amir-Abbas". Encyclopedia Iranica.
  3. "Alam steps out as Iran primer". The New York Times. Tehran. 8 March 1964.
  4. Hooshmand Mirfakhraei (1984). The Imperial Iranian armed forces and the revolution of 1978-1979 (PhD thesis). State University of New York at Buffalo. p. 146. OCLC 12037858. ProQuest 303350420.
  5. Michael J. Willcocks (2015). Agent or Client: Who Instigated the White Revolution of the Shah and the People in Iran, 1963 (PhD thesis). University of Manchester. p. 194.
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