Cabinet Name: | Cabinet of Petr Fiala |
Cabinet Number: | 16th |
Jurisdiction: | Czech Republic |
Flag: | Flag of the Czech Republic.svg |
Incumbent: | Incumbent |
Date Formed: | 28 November 2021 |
Government Head: | Petr Fiala |
Deputy Government Head: | Vít Rakušan Marian Jurečka Vlastimil Válek Ivan Bartoš |
State Head: | Miloš Zeman Petr Pavel |
Current Number: | 17–18 |
Political Parties: | Civic Democratic Party (ODS) Mayors and Independents (STAN) KDU-ČSL TOP 09 Czech Pirate Party (Pirates) |
Legislature Status: | Majority (coalition) |
Opposition Parties: | Opposition
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Election: | 2021 Czech legislative election |
Previous: | Second Cabinet of Andrej Babiš |
The Cabinet of Petr Fiala is the current government of the Czech Republic, appointed on 17 December 2021. Following elections in October 2021, President Miloš Zeman asked Petr Fiala, as the leader of the Spolu alliance, to form a new government.[1] On 17 November 2021 Fiala presented Zeman with the names of his proposed cabinet, and Zeman agreed to appoint Fiala as the new Prime Minister on 28 November 2021.[2]
Zeman met with all the ministerial nominees during the week following Fiala's appointment, expressing disagreement with the appointment of Jan Lipavský as foreign minister.[3] [4]
The cabinet of Petr Fiala includes:[5]
Minister | Party | Office | |||||
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Took | Left | ||||||
Prime Minister | Petr Fiala | SPOLU/ ODS | 28 November 2021 | ||||
First Deputy Prime Minister Minister of the Interior | Vít Rakušan | PirSTAN/ STAN | 17 December 2021 | ||||
Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Labour and Social Affairs | Marian Jurečka | SPOLU/ KDU-ČSL | 17 December 2021 | ||||
Ivan Bartoš | PirSTAN/ Pirates | 17 December 2021 | |||||
Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Health | Vlastimil Válek | SPOLU/ TOP 09 | 17 December 2021 | ||||
Minister of Finance | Zbyněk Stanjura | SPOLU/ ODS | 17 December 2021 | ||||
Minister of Defence | Jana Černochová | SPOLU/ ODS | 17 December 2021 | ||||
Minister of Justice | Pavel Blažek | SPOLU/ ODS | 17 December 2021 | ||||
Minister of Foreign Affairs | Jan Lipavský | PirSTAN/ Pirates | 17 December 2021 | ||||
Minister of Industry and Trade | Jozef Síkela[6] | PirSTAN/ STAN | 17 December 2021 | ||||
Minister of Transport | Martin Kupka | SPOLU/ ODS | 17 December 2021 | ||||
Minister of Education, Youth and Sport | Petr Gazdík | PirSTAN/ STAN | 17 December 2021 | 30 June 2022[7] | |||
Vladimír Balaš | PirSTAN/ STAN | 1 July 2022[8] | 4 May 2023[9] | ||||
Mikuláš Bek | PirSTAN/ STAN | 4 May 2023 | |||||
Minister of Agriculture | Marian Jurečka (acting) | SPOLU/ KDU-ČSL | 17 December 2021 | 3 January 2022 | |||
Zdeněk Nekula | SPOLU/ KDU-ČSL | 3 January 2022 | 28 June 2023 | ||||
Marek Výborný | SPOLU/ KDU-ČSL | 29 June 2023[10] | |||||
Minister of the Environment | Anna Hubáčková | SPOLU/ KDU-ČSL | 17 December 2021 | 1 November 2022[11] | |||
Marian Jurečka (acting) | SPOLU/ KDU-ČSL | 1 November 2022 | 10 March 2023 | ||||
SPOLU/ KDU-ČSL | 10 March 2023[12] | ||||||
Minister of Culture | Martin Baxa | SPOLU/ ODS | 17 December 2021 | ||||
Minister for European Affairs (in the Government Office) | Mikuláš Bek | PirSTAN/ STAN | 17 December 2021 | 4 May 2023 | |||
Martin Dvořák | PirSTAN/ STAN | 4 May 2023 | |||||
Minister of Science, Research and Innovation (in the Government Office) | Helena Langšádlová | SPOLU/ TOP 09 | 17 December 2021 | 5 May 2024[13] | |||
Vacant | 5 May 2024 | 16 May 2024 | |||||
Marek Ženíšek | SPOLU/ TOP 09 | 16 May 2024[14] | |||||
Minister of Legislation (in the Government Office) Chairman of the Government Legislative Council | Michal Šalomoun | PirSTAN/ Pirates | 17 December 2021 |
Party | Seats |
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Spolu | |
Pirates and Mayors | |
Party | Seats |
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Civic Democratic Party | |
Mayors and Independents | |
KDU–ČSL | |
Czech Pirate Party | |
TOP 09 | |
Support for governing parties according to the popular vote.
Member party | Popular vote | Percentage | MPs | Ministers | Leader | |
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SPOLU | 1,493,701 | 27.79% | 71 | 11 | Petr Fiala | |
PirSTAN | 839,448 | 15.61% | 37 | 6 | Ivan Bartoš | |
Government | 2,333,149 | 43.40% | 108 | 18 | Petr Fiala | |
Czech Republic | 5,411,292 | 100% | 200 | – |
Motion of confidence Petr Fiala (SPOLU) | |||
Ballot → | 13 January 2022 | ||
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Required majority → | 97 out of 193 (simple) | ||
Abstentions | |||
Sources:[15] |