List of female members of the Cabinet of Iran

This is a list of women who have served as members of the Cabinet of Iran.

List

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No. Portrait Name Office Term in office Affiliation Head of government
Assumed Left
1   Farrokhroo Parsa Minister of Education 1968 1971 New Iran Party Amir Abbas Hoveida
2   Mahnaz Afkhami Minister without portfolio
for Women's Affairs
1976 1978 Resurgence Party
Jamshid Amouzegar
3   Masoumeh Ebtekar Head of Department of Environment 1997 2005 Islamic Iran Participation Front Mohammad Khatami
2013 2017 Hassan Rouhani
Vice President
for Women's and Family Affairs
2017 2021
4 Fatemeh Javadi Head of Department of Environment 2005 2009 Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
5   Marzieh Vahid-Dastjerdi Minister of Health 2009 2013 Zeynab Society
6   Nasrin Soltankhah Head of National Elites Foundation 2009 2013
7 Fatemeh Bodaghi Vice President
for Legal Affairs
2009 2013
8   Maryam Mojtahedzadeh Vice President
for Women's and Family Affairs
2013
9   Elham Aminzadeh Vice President
for Legal Affairs
2013 2016 Hassan Rouhani
10   Shahindokht Molaverdi Vice President
for Women's and Family Affairs
2013 2019 Islamic Iran Participation Front
11   Zahra Ahmadipour Head of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization 2016 2017 Islamic Association of University Instructors
12   Laya Joneydi Vice President
for Legal Affairs
2017 2021
13   Ensieh Khazali Vice President
for Women's and Family Affairs
2021 2024 Ebrahim Raisi
14   Zahra Behrouz Azar Vice President
for Women's and Family Affairs
2024 Incumbent Masoud Pezeshkian
15   Shina Ansari Head of Department of Environment 2024 Incumbent

See also

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References

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  • Jamileh Kadivar (2016), "Chapter 8: Women and Executive Power", in Tara Povey (ed.), Women, Power and Politics in 21st Century Iran, Routledge, ISBN 9781134779895