Tehran, SAEDNEWS: Vice-Speaker of the Iranian parliament Ali Nikzad announced on Wednesday that the body will receive the list of new cabinet members on Saturday.
He informed that the legislators will discuss the new government's suggested ministers in an open session on the same day.
Rayeesi was elected Iran’s eighth president after he garnered almost 62 percent of the votes in the June 18 election with a turnout of 48.8 percent. He succeeds President Hassan Rouhani, who served two four-year terms in office.
The swearing-in ceremony of President Seyed Rayeesi was held at the parliament in Tehran on August 5 in the presence of high-ranking Iranian officials and foreign guests from over 70 world states.
Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei had officially endorsed Rayeesi as Iran’s 8th president in a ceremony in Tehran on August 3.
Rayeesi in a decree last Sunday appointed Mohammad Mokhber as his first deputy.
Mokhber has served in different government posts after the Islamic Revolution, the last of which was heading Iran’s Headquarters for Executing the Order of Imam (HEIKO) that has produced the home-made vaccine COV-Iran Barekat. He has PHD degree in international laws.
Also, Rayeesi appointed Gholam Hossein Esmayeeli as his chief of staff.
Esmayeeli has served in several posts, mostly in the Judiciary. He was the Judiciary spokesman before being appointed to the new post (Source: FARS NEWS).
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