Iran's Ahmadinejad finally wins backing for new oil minister

TEHRAN (AFP) — Iran's parliament on Sunday approved President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's fourth nominee for oil minister, the ministry's current caretaker Kazem Vaziri-Hamaneh, ending a three-month-old dispute over the key post.
Vaziri-Hamaneh was widely seen as a compromise choice for the hardline president, who had been pushing for a fresh face to purge a ministry he claims has been run by a "mafia" and for Iran's huge oil revenues to be distributed among the poor.
He won the backing of 172 deputies out of the 259 present in the 290-seat Majlis. Fifty-three MPs voted against and 34 abstained.
Deputies had rejected Ahmadinejad's first choice on August 29, arguing the radical nominee lacked experience in a sector which accounts for 80 per cent of the country's export revenues.
The president's second nominee was withdrawn ahead of a vote, while the third was rejected last month.
In a brief speech, Ahmadinejad touted......

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