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      Iranian president appoints women to cabinet

      Published on 16 August 2009 - 1:20pm
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      Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has appointed two women to his cabinet. This is the first time women have ever been appointed to a government post in the Islamic republic.

      A 50-year-old gynaecologist has been appointed Minister of Health and a 43-year-old MP is to become Minister of Social Affairs. A third woman may also be appointed in the new cabinet.
       

       

      Photo of President Ahmadinejad by ANP

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