Ministry of Guards (Persian: وزارت سپاه, romanized: Vezārat-e Sepāh) was a government ministry in Iran between 1982 and 1989,[3] which mainly acted as a ministry of defence dedicated to logistically supply the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.[1] By having its own ministry, the Corps were able to acquire a powerful voice in the cabinet of Iran.[4] It also implied greater regulation and supervision over the Corps by placing its acquisitions and purchases under and the audit and purview of the government.[1]
Ministry overview | |
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Formed | November 1982[1] |
Dissolved | August 1989[2] |
Superseding agency |
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Jurisdiction | Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps |
Annual budget | $700 million (1987)[1] |
It mirrored the existing parallel Ministry of National Defence[4] (the word "National" was dropped in 1984) which solely supported and addressed the administrative affairs of the Iranian Army (Artesh) during these years.[2] In 1989, it was dissolved and reintegrated into the Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL),[3] in order to centralize military logistics among the Iranian Armed Forces.[2]
No. | Portrait | Minister | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref. |
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1 | Mohsen Rafighdoost (born 1940) | November 1982 | 13 September 1988 | 5 years, 317 days | [1] | |
– | Acting | Mahmoud Pakravaan13 September 1988 | 20 September 1988 | 7 days | [5] | |
2 | Ali Shamkhani (born 1955) | 20 September 1988 | 21 August 1989 | 335 days | [1] |