Fico's Third Cabinet
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| Fico's Third Cabinet | |
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 9th cabinet of Slovakia |
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Robert Fico in 2015
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| Date formed | 23 March 2016 |
| People and organisations | |
| Head of government | Robert Fico |
| Head of state | Andrej Kiska |
| Number of ministers | 15 |
| Member parties | Direction – Social Democracy Slovak National Party Most–Híd Network |
| Status in legislature | Coalition government |
| Opposition parties | Freedom and Solidarity Ordinary People Kotleba – People's Party Our Slovakia We Are Family |
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| Election(s) | Slovak parliamentary election, 2016 |
| Predecessor | Fico's Second Cabinet |
Robert Fico's Third Cabinet is the incumbent government of Slovakia, headed by prime minister Robert Fico. It replaced Fico's Second Cabinet on 23 March 2016 following the 2016 parliamentary election, in which Fico's Direction – Social Democracy party (Slovak: Smer-SD) lost its parliamentary majority, and met for the first time on March 30.[1][2] It consists of 15 members including the prime minister, and is composed of four parties: Smer–SD, the Slovak National Party, the Slovak-Hungarian Most–Híd party, and the Network party.[3]
Breakdown by party nomination
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Composition
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Cabinet of Slovakia[3]
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| Office | Name | Political party | Assumed office | Left office |
| Prime Minister | Robert Fico | Smer–SD | 4 April 2012 | |
| Deputy Prime Minister for Investment | Peter Pellegrini | Smer–SD | 23 March 2016 | |
| Deputy Prime Minister Minister for Interior |
Robert Kaliňák | Smer–SD | 23 March 2016 | |
| Deputy Prime Minister Minister for Justice |
Lucia Žitňanská | Most–Híd | 23 March 2016 | |
| Minister of Finance | Peter Kažimír | Smer–SD | 23 March 2016 | |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | Miroslav Lajčák | Independent(SD) | 23 March 2016 | |
| Minister of Economy | Peter Žiga | Smer–SD | 23 March 2016 | |
| Minister of Transport, Construction and Regional Development | Roman Brecely | Network | 23 March 2016 | |
| Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development | Gabriela Matečná | Independent(SNS) | 23 March 2016 | |
| Minister of Defence | Peter Gajdoš | Independent(SNS) | 23 March 2016 | |
| Minister of Labour, Social Affairs and Family | Ján Richter | Smer–SD | 23 March 2016 | |
| Minister of the Environment | László Solymos | Most–Híd | 23 March 2016 | |
| Minister of Education, Science, Research and Sport | Peter Plavčan | Independent(SNS) | 23 March 2016 | |
| Minister of Culture | Marek Maďarič | Smer–SD | 23 March 2016 | |
| Minister of Health | Tomáš Drucker | Smer–SD | 23 March 2016 | |
- Notes
- (SD) Smer–SD nominee
(SNS) Slovak National Party nominee
See also
References
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