Abolished administration 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
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.Facts on File Yearbook 1981 The assassin was identified as Masoud Keshmiri, an operative of the People's Mujahedin of Iran.
Bahonar's Prime Ministership
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
List of members of Bahonar's cabinet was as follows:
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{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Prime Minister
| minister1 = Mohammad-Javad Bahonar
| minister1_termstart = 5 August 1981
| minister1_termend = 30 August 1981
| minister1_party = Islamic Republican Party
}}
{{Cabinet table ministry
| ministry = Ministers
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Agricultural Minister
| minister1 = Mohammad Salamati
| minister1_termstart = 17 August 1981
| minister1_termend = 3 September 1981
| minister1_party = Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution Organization
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Commerce Minister
| minister1 = Habibollah Asgaroladi
| minister1_termstart = 17 August 1981
| minister1_termend = 3 September 1981
| minister1_party = Islamic Republican Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Post Minister
| minister1 = Morteza Nabavi
| minister1_termstart = 17 August 1981
| minister1_termend = 3 September 1981
| minister1_party = Islamic Republican Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Islamic Guidance Minister
| minister1 = Abdolmajid Moadikhah
| minister1_termstart = 17 August 1981
| minister1_termend = 3 September 1981
| minister1_party = Islamic Republican Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Defense Minister
| minister1 = Mousa Namjoo
| minister1_termstart = 17 August 1981
| minister1_termend = 3 September 1981
| minister1_party = Military
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Finance Minister
| minister1 = Hossein Namazi
| minister1_termstart = 17 August 1981
| minister1_termend = 3 September 1981
| minister1_party = Islamic Republican Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Education Minister
| minister1 = Ali Akbar Parvaresh
| minister1_termstart = 17 August 1981
| minister1_termend = 3 September 1981
| minister1_party = Islamic Republican Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Energy Minister
| minister1 = Hassan Ghafourifard
| minister1_termstart = 17 August 1981
| minister1_termend = 3 September 1981
| minister1_party = Islamic Republican Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Foreign Minister
| minister1 = Mir-Hossein Mousavi
| minister1_termstart = 17 August 1981
| minister1_termend = 3 September 1981
| minister1_party = Islamic Republican Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Health Minister
| minister1 = Hadi Manafi
| minister1_termstart = 17 August 1981
| minister1_termend = 3 September 1981
| minister1_party = Islamic Republican Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Housing Minister
| minister1 = Mohammad-Shahab Gonabadi
| minister1_termstart = 17 August 1981
| minister1_termend = 3 September 1981
| minister1_party = Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution Organization
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Heavy Industries Minister
| minister1 = Mostafa Hashemitaba
| minister1_termstart = 17 August 1981
| minister1_termend = 3 September 1981
| minister1_party = Nonpartisan politician
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Interior Minister
| minister1 = Kamal Nikravesh
| minister1_termstart = 17 August 1981
| minister1_termend = 3 September 1981
| minister1_party = Islamic Republican Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Justice Minister
| minister1 = Mohammad Asghari
| minister1_termstart = 17 August 1981
| minister1_termend = 3 September 1981
| minister1_party = Islamic Republican Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Labour Minister
| minister1 = Mohammad Mir-Mohammad Sadeghi
| minister1_termstart = 17 August 1981
| minister1_termend = 3 September 1981
| minister1_party = Islamic Republican Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Petroleum Minister
| minister1 = Mohammad Gharazi
| minister1_termstart = 17 August 1981
| minister1_termend = 3 September 1981
| minister1_party = Nonpartisan politician
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Roads Minister
| minister1 = {{nobold|Ahmad Amri}}
| minister1_ministryhead= y
| minister1_termstart = 5 August 1981
| minister1_termend = 3 September 1981
| minister1_party = Nonpartisan politician
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Culture Minister
| minister1 = Mohammad-Ali Najafi
| minister1_termstart = 17 August 1981
| minister1_termend = 3 September 1981
| minister1_party = Nonpartisan politician
}}
{{Cabinet table ministry
| ministry = Ministers without portfolio
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Plan and Budget Organization
| minister1 = Mohammad-Taghi Banki
| minister1_termstart = 17 August 1981
| minister1_termend = 3 September 1981
| minister1_party = Islamic Republican Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Executive Affairs
| minister1 = Behzad Nabavi
| minister1_termstart = 17 August 1981
| minister1_termend = 3 September 1981
| minister1_party = Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution Organization
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = State Welfare Organization
| minister1 = Mahmoud Rouhani
| minister1_termstart = 17 August 1981
| minister1_termend = 3 September 1981
| minister1_party = Islamic Republican Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = National Steel Company
| minister1 = Hossein Mousaviani
| minister1_termstart = 17 August 1981
| minister1_termend = 3 September 1981
| minister1_party = Islamic Republican Party
}}
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See also
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References
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