Copy in clipboard...
Pezeshkian to present cabinet lineup to Parliament today
Alireza Salimi said on Saturday that as per the latest discussions between the Presiding Board of the Parliament and the government, a complete list of the proposed ministers will be submitted to the legislature on Sunday, IRNA reported.
The parliament member also said that all specialized committees will begin reviewing the programs, goals, and perspectives of the proposed ministers as of Monday afternoon, and this process will continue in the following days in two shifts within the committees.
The MPs’ confidence vote is set for August 17, he said.
Meanwhile, Pezeshkian issued a number of decrees on Saturday, keeping Mohammad Eslami in charge of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, the post he held in the cabinet of late President Ebrahim Raisi.
Pezeshkian appointed Hossein Afshin as the vice president for Science, Technology and Knowledge-Based Economy.
Afshin, 44, has a PhD in mechanical engineering and is a faculty member of Sharif University of Technology in Tehran.
In another decree, the president appointed Saeed Ohadi as the director of the Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs.
Ohadi used to serve as the head of Iran’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization.