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Iran's president to serve as 'temporary' oil minister

05/23/2011
Eric WatkinsOil Diplomacy EditorIran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said he temporarily will oversee the country's oil portfolio following his earlier dismissal of Oil Minister Masoud Mir-Kazemi."I am the caretaker of the oil ministry," Ahmadinejad said over Iranian state television following his dismissal of Mir-Kazemi along with Industry and Mines Minister Ali Akbar Mehrabian and Welfare Minister Sadegh Mahsouli."Ministers of oil, social welfare, and industries and mines were dismissed by President Ahmadinejad in order to slim down the government's ministries from 21 to 17," said Iran's State News Agency (ISNA).The move followed a May 9 announcement that the oil min...
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