Sousan Keshavarz was the 2009 nominee of Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as Minister of Education. She was voted down by the Majlis of Iran on September 3, 2009, with 49 favoring, 209 opposing, and 28 abstaining votes.[1]
Career
editKeshavarz was previously a deputy in the Education Ministry for one year.[2]
Nomination
editShe has been criticized for her lack of experience. Asadollah Abbasi, a member of the Parliamentary Education Committee, said beforehand that Mr. Ahmedinejad's nomination of Keshavarz would make it "clear that he knows nothing about education." However, MP Alaeddin Boroujerdi supported her, saying that women constitute 50 percent of the country’s population and 60 percent of the students in universities are female. He added that naming them in the new cabinet is a reformation.[2]
Following her nomination for the education ministry, Keshavarz's presentation of her policy agenda in late August 2009 made her the first woman ministerial nominee to address the Iranian parliament since the 1970s.[3]
References
edit- ^ "مجلس به سه وزیر پیشنهادی احمدی نژاد رای اعتماد نداد". 3 September 2009.
- ^ a b http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=201729 Suggested cabinet to face challenges
- ^ "Iran's parliament debates Ahmadinejad Cabinet list". Associated Press. 31 August 2009.[permanent dead link]
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