Vice Presidency for Women and Family Affairs
# Vice Presidency for Women and Family Affairs

Vice Presidency for Women and Family Affairs is a cabinet-level position in Iran, headed by one of the vice presidents.

## History

Before the Iranian Revolution in 1979, only a woman served in a similar capacity. Mahnaz Afkhami assumed office as the government minister responsible for women's affairs under administration of Prime Minister Amir-Abbas Hoveyda.

Shahla Habibi was appointed as the head of newly-established 'Office of Women's Affairs' and advisor in 1991. Her deputy Masoumeh Ebtekar, was reportedly the "main driving-force" behind the office. The office was renamed to the 'Centre for Women's Participation Affairs' under administration Mohammad Khatami and remained an advisor position, with Zahra Shojaei was appointed as its head. Under Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the office was renamed to the 'Center for Women and Family Affairs' in 2005, a change that signaled the conservative attitude towards the women. Nasrin Soltankhah, Zohreh Tabibzadeh-Nouri and Maryam Mojtahedzadeh served in the capacity of heading the office until 2013, when the officeholder was promoted to a Vice President.

| Name | Office | Time in office | Appointer |
| - | - | - | - |
| Mahnaz Afkhami | Minister without Portfolio for Women's Affairs | 1976–1978 | Amir-Abbas Hoveyda |
| Shahla Habibi | Office of Women's Affairs | 1991–1997 | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani |
| Zahra Shojaei | Center for Women's Participation Affairs | 1997–2005 | Mohammad Khatami |
| Nasrin Soltankhah | Center for Women and Family Affairs | 2005–2006 | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
| Zohreh Tabibzadeh-Nouri | Center for Women and Family Affairs | 2006–2009 | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
| Maryam Mojtahedzadeh | Center for Women and Family Affairs | 2009–2013 | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |

## Vice presidents

| No. | No. | Portrait | Name | Term in office | Term in office | Affiliation | President |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | No. | Portrait | Name | Assumed | Left | Affiliation | President |
| | 1 | | Maryam Mojtahedzadeh | 27 July 2013 | 8 October 2013 | — | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
| | 2 | | Shahindokht Molaverdi | 8 October 2013 | 9 August 2017 | Islamic Iran Participation Front | Hassan Rouhani |
| | 3 | | Masoumeh Ebtekar | 9 August 2017 | 1 September 2021 |
| | 4 | | Ensieh Khazali | 1 September 2021 | Incumbent | — | Ebrahim Raisi |
