Coalition government of Ahmad Qavam
{{Infobox government cabinet
| cabinet_name = Coalition government of Ahmad Qavam
| cabinet_type = cabinet
| cabinet_number =
| jurisdiction = Iran
| image = Coalition government of Ahmad Qavam.jpg
| caption =
| flag = State flag of Iran (1933–1964).svg
| flag_border = true
| date_formed = {{Start date|1946|08|1|df=y}}
| date_dissolved = {{End date|1946|10|16|df=y}}
| government_head = Ahmad Qavam
| state_head = Mohammad Reza Shah
| members_number = 13
| political_parties = {{plainlist|
}}
| predecessor = Qavam VI
}}
Prime Minister Ahmad Qavam formed a short-lived coalition government on 1 August 1946{{cite book|last=Hasanli|first=Jamil|date=2013|title=At the Dawn of the Cold War: The Soviet-American Crisis over Iranian Azerbaijan, 1941-1946|publisher= Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|page=332|isbn= 9780742570900}} with his Democrat Party of Iran and the left-wing Tudeh Party and Iran Party. He offered three portfolios (Health, culture, and trade and industry) to the communists and gave the ministries of finance and communications to two royalists; while maintained his own control over interior and foreign ministries.{{cite book|last=Abrahamian|first=Ervand|year=1982|title=Iran Between Two Revolutions|isbn=0-691-10134-5|publisher=Princeton University Press|pages=234−237|url=https://archive.org/details/iranbetweentwore00abra_0|url-access=registration}}
According to Ervand Abrahamian, Qavam did not consult the Shah before forming his cabinet. Shah ordered Qavam to resign on 16 October 1946.{{cite book|title=Labor unions and autocracy in Iran|last=Ladjevardi|first=Habib|page=[https://archive.org/details/laborunionsautoc0000ladj/page/69 69]|year=1985|publisher=Syracuse University Press|isbn=978-0-8156-2343-4|url=https://archive.org/details/laborunionsautoc0000ladj/page/69}} Following the resignation, Qavam formed another cabinet without Tudeh and Iran parties.
Cabinet
{{Cabinet table start|hiderefcol=y}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Prime Minister
| minister1 = Ahmad Qavam
| minister1_termstart = 1 August 1946
| minister1_termend = 16 October 1946
| minister1_party = Democrat Party of Iran
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Foreign Minister
| minister1 = Ahmad Qavam
| minister1_termstart = 1 August 1946
| minister1_termend = 16 October 1946
| minister1_party = Democrat Party of Iran
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Interior Minister
| minister1 = Ahmad Qavam
| minister1_termstart = 1 August 1946
| minister1_termend = 16 October 1946
| minister1_party = Democrat Party of Iran
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Agriculture Minister
| minister1 = Shamseddin Amir-Alaei
| minister1_termstart = 1 August 1946
| minister1_termend = 16 October 1946
| minister1_party = Iran Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Culture Minister
| minister1 = Fereydoun Keshavarz
| minister1_termstart = 1 August 1946
| minister1_termend = 16 October 1946
| minister1_party = Tudeh Party of Iran
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Finance Minister
| minister1 = Abdolhossein Hazhir
| minister1_termstart = 1 August 1946
| minister1_termend = 16 October 1946
| minister1_party = Royalist
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Justice Minister
| minister1 = Allahyar Saleh
| minister1_termstart = 1 August 1946
| minister1_termend = 16 October 1946
| minister1_party = Iran Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Labor Minister
| minister1 = Mozaffar Firouz
| minister1_termstart = 1 August 1946
| minister1_termend = 16 October 1946
| minister1_party = Democrat Party of Iran
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Post & Telegraph Minister
| minister1 = Manouchehr Eghbal
| minister1_termstart = 1 August 1946
| minister1_termend = 16 October 1946
| minister1_party = Royalist
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Public Health Minister
| minister1 = Morteza Yazdi
| minister1_termstart = 1 August 1946
| minister1_termend = 16 October 1946
| minister1_party = Tudeh Party of Iran
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Roads Minister
| minister1 = Hossein Firouz
| minister1_termstart = 1 August 1946
| minister1_termend = 16 October 1946
| minister1_party = Military
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Trade and Industry Minister
| minister1 = Iraj Eskandari
| minister1_termstart = 1 August 1946
| minister1_termend = 16 October 1946
| minister1_party = Tudeh Party of Iran
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = War Minister
| minister1 = Ahmad Amir-Ahmadi
| minister1_termstart = 1 August 1946
| minister1_termend = 16 October 1946
| minister1_party = Military
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister without portfolio
| minister1 = Anoushirvan Sepahbodi
| minister1_termstart = 1 August 1946
| minister1_termend = 16 October 1946
| minister1_party = Nonpartisan politician
}}
{{Cabinet table end}}
References
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