Iranian president’s pick for Minister of Cooperatives, Labor, and Social Welfare Solat Mortazavi won the vote of confidence of the Iranian Parliament on Wednesday.
176 Iranian lawmakers voted in favor of Mortazavi, 64 ones voted against him and 13 others abstained.
Mortazavi, 61, had already served in a provincial position and as deputy interior minister for political affairs.
Former Iranian labor minister Hojjatollah Abdolmaleki resigned on June 14, noting that he resigned to pave the ground for more coordination in the administration.
President Raeisi then appointed Mohammad-Hadi Zahedivafa as the caretaker of the ministry.
Zahedivafa failed to win the vote of confidence of the Iranian Parliament at a session on October 4.