Second Cabinet of Václav Klaus
Appearance
Václav Klaus' Second Cabinet | |
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![]() 2nd Cabinet of Czech Republic | |
4 July 1996 - 2 January 1998 | |
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Date formed | 4 July 1996 |
Date dissolved | 2 January 1998 |
People and organisations | |
Head of state | Václav Havel |
Head of government | Václav Klaus |
No. of ministers | 15-16 |
Member party | ODS KDU-ČSL ODA |
Status in legislature | Minority (coalition) 99 / 200 (50%) |
Opposition party | ČSSD KSČM SPR-RSČ |
Opposition leader | Miloš Zeman |
History | |
Election | 1996 Czech legislative election |
Incoming formation | 1996 |
Outgoing formation | 1998 |
Predecessor | First Cabinet of Václav Klaus |
Successor | Cabinet of Josef Tošovský |
The second cabinet of Prime Minister Václav Klaus was in power from 4 July 1996 to 2 January 1998. It was a minority coalition government that consisted of ODS, KDU-ČSL and ODA. It was supported by ČSSD. Towards the end of 1997, cabinet resigned in connection with accusations of funding irregularities in the ODS.[1]
Government ministers
[edit]Portfolio | Image | Political Party |
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Prime Minister | Václav Klaus | ODS |
Deputy Prime Minister | Jan Kalvoda Jiří Skalický |
ODA |
Deputy Prime Minister | Ivan Kočárník | ODS |
Minister of Finance | Ivan Kočárník Ivan Pilip |
ODS |
Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Agriculture |
Josef Lux | KDU-ČSL |
Minister of Defence | Miloslav Výborný | KDU-ČSL |
Minister of Environment | Jiří Skalický | ODA |
Minister of Transportation | Martin Říman | ODS |
Minister of Industry and Trade | Vladimír Dlouhý Karel Kühnl |
ODA |
Minister of Economic Policy and Development | Jaromír Schneider Tomáš Kvapil |
KDU-ČSL |
Minister of Culture | Jaromír Talíř | KDU-ČSL |
Minister of Health | Jan Stráský | ODS |
Minister of Justice | Jan Kalvoda Vlasta Parkanová |
ODA |
Minister of Education, Youth and Sport | Ivan Pilip Jiří Gruša |
ODS |
Minister of Interior | Jan Ruml Jindřich Vodička |
ODS |
Minister of Labour and Social Affairs | Jindřich Vodička Stanislav Volák |
ODS |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | Josef Zieleniec Jaroslav Šedivý |
ODS |
Minister without portfolio | Pavel Bratinka | ODA |
References
[edit]- ^ "Radio Prague - Václav Klaus: the experienced and predictable". Radio. Retrieved 7 March 2017.