Government of Amir-Abbas Hoveyda (1965–1967) explained

Cabinet Name:	Government of Amir Abbas Hoveyda
Jurisdiction:	Pahlavi Iran
Flag:	State flag of Iran 1964-1980.svg
Flag Border:	true
Government Head:	Amir-Abbas Hoveyda
State Head:	Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Political Party:	Iran Novin Party
Opposition Party:	People's Party
Opposition Leaders:	-->
Predecessor:	Government of Hassan Ali Mansur
Successor:	Second Government of Amir Abbas Hoveyda

The cabinet led by Prime Minister Amir Abbas Hoveyda was inaugurated on 26 January 1965 to succeed the cabinet of Hassan Ali Mansur due to the assassination of Mansur on 21 January.^[1] Like its predecessor the cabinet was led by the Iran Novin Party.^[2]

Hoveyda was the minister of finance in the previous cabinet, and it was his first premiership which would last until 1977.^[3]

List of ministers

The cabinet was consisted of the following members.^{[4] [5]}

Changes

In 1966 Abbas Aram, minister of foreign affairs, was replaced by Ardeshir Zahedi.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Memorandum From the Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research (Hughes) to Secretary of State Rusk. Office of the Historian. 28 January 1965.
2. Book: Helen Chapin Metz. Helen Chapin Metz. Iran: A Country Study. 1987. 213407459. GPO for the Library of Congress. Washington, DC. 978-0844411873.
3. Parvin Merat Amini. A Single Party State in Iran, 1975-78: The Rastakhiz Party - the Final Attempt by the Shah to Consolidate his Political Base. Middle Eastern Studies. 2002. 38. 1. 10.1080/714004438. 159. 4284214.
4. Book: S. H. Steinberg. The Statesman's Year-Book 1966-67. 1136. Palgrave Macmillan. London. 2016. 978-0-230-27095-4.
5. Book: Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts. 17–18. 1965. 1-PA21.
6. Book: Roham Alvandi. Nixon, Kissinger, and the Shah: The United States and Iran in the Cold War. Oxford University Press. 2016. 978-0-19-061068-5. Oxford; New York. 4.