Government of Asadollah Alam (1963–64)

Government of Asadollah Alam
Cabinet of Pahlavi Iran
Prime Minister Asadollah Alam
Date formed	19 February 1963 (1963-02-19)
Date dissolved	March 1964 (1964-03)
People and organisations
Head of state	Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Head of government	Asadollah Alam
Total no. of members	16
Member party	People's Party
History
Predecessor	First Government of Asadollah Alam
Successor	Government of Hassan Ali Mansur

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 8 March 1964 when Asadollah Alam resigned from the office.^[2][3] It was succeeded by the cabinet of Hassan Ali Mansur.^[2][3]

List of ministers

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

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party
Prime Minister	Asadollah Alam	19 February 1963	March 1964		People's Party
Minister of War	Ali-Asghar Naghdi	19 February 1963	March 1964		Military
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Abbas Aram	19 February 1963	March 1964
Minister of Agriculture	Hasan Arsanjani	19 February 1963	9 March 1963
	Ismail Riahi	12 March 1963	March 1964		Military
Minister of Interior	Mahdi Pirastih	19 February 1963	March 1964
Minister of Labor	Ataollah Khosravani	19 February 1963	March 1964
Minister of Telegraph and Telephone	Hushang Samii	19 February 1963	March 1964
Minister of Finance	Abdolhossein Behnia	19 February 1963	March 1964		Independent
Minister of Roads	Nasrollah Moinian	19 February 1963	March 1964
Minister of Justice	Mohammad Baheri	19 February 1963	March 1964
Minister of Health	Ismail Riahi	19 February 1963	March 1964		Military
Minister of Education	Parviz Natel-Khanlari	19 February 1963	March 1964		Independent
Minister of Economy	Alinaghi Alikhani	19 February 1963	March 1964		Independent
Minister of State	Sadegh Amirazizi	19 February 1963	March 1964		Military
Minister of State	Gholam Hossein Khoshbin	19 February 1963	March 1964
Minister of State	Jahangir Tafazzoli	19 February 1963	March 1964		People's Party

Reshuffles and next cabinet

Minister of Agriculture Hasan Arsanjani resigned from the office on 9 March 1963 and was replaced by Ismail Riahi.^[1][4] In fact, Arsanjani was forced to resign from the office and was 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". The Middle East Journal. 17 (1–2): 113. Winter–Spring 1963. JSTOR 4323557.
2. "Hoveyda, Amir-Abbas". Encyclopædia 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.