Shahla Habibi was appointed as the head of newly-established 'Bureau of Women's Affairs'[2] and advisor in 1992.[3] Her deputy Masoumeh Ebtekar, was reportedly the "main driving-force" behind the office.[2] 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.[2] 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.[2] 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.[4]