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Article: IRAN - Aug 16 - Ahmadi-Nejad To Let Women Join Cabinet.
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- APS Diplomat Recorder
- Article date:
- August 22, 2009
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President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad, says he will nominate at least three female ministers to his cabinet, reaching out to the women who have been particularly active in post-election protests against his government. "We have opened the circle [of management] as far as it was possible for a president", Ahmadi-Nejad said in a televised address. The nominations would see women serve in the Iranian cabinet for the first time in the Islamic republic's history. The president added that he might nominate more women to his cabinet by Aug 20, when he is due to introduce his 21 ministers to the parliament for votes of confidence. Ahmadi-Nejad's disputed re-election on June 12 ...
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