IRAN: Woman MP, Fatemeh Alia, Nominated as Iran's Education Minister

Date: 
Sunday, September 6, 2009
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Female lawmaker Fatemeh Alia said on Sunday that her nomination as education minister has become certain.

"In the light of my 20-experience in education. I have been selected as the final choice for the ministry of education," Alia told the Mehr News Agency.

Alia represents the people of Tehran at the parliament.

MP Hamid-Reza Hajji-Babaei also told the MNA that the president, in a letter to the Majlis presiding board on Sunday afternoon, declared Fatemeh Alia and Ali Zabihi as education and energy ministers respectively.

Ali Zabihi is the current chairman of the Social Security Organization.

Hajji-Babaei, a member of the Majlis presiding board, said the confirmation vote for the vacant ministerial posts will take place on Sept. 15.

On Thursday, the Majlis confirmed 18 ministerial nominees but voted down the candidates for the post of education, energy, and welfare ministers.