Second Cabinet of Andrej Babiš

Second Cabinet of Andrej Babiš
Second Cabinet of Andrej Babiš
; 15th Cabinet of Czech Republic
	Andrej Babiš, Prime Minister
Date formed	27 June 2018
Date dissolved	17 December 2021
People and organisations
Head of state	Miloš Zeman
Head of government	Andrej Babiš
Deputy head of government	Jan Hamáček; Richard Brabec (2017–2019)
No. of ministers	15
Ministers removed	2
Total no. of members	17
Member parties	ANO (10 ministers); ČSSD (5 ministers)
Status in legislature	Minority coalition: 92 / 200
Opposition parties	Opposition: 108 / 200 ODS (23); Piráti (22); SPD (20); KSČM (15; since 13 April 2021); KDU-ČSL (10); TOP 09 (7); STAN (6); Unified - Alternative for Patriots (3); Tricolour Citizens' Movement (3);
History
Election	2017 Czech legislative election
Predecessor	Andrej Babiš' First Cabinet
Successor	Cabinet of Petr Fiala

The second cabinet of Andrej Babiš was a centre-left to centre-right minority coalition government in the Czech Republic, consisting of ANO 2011, a populist political movement, and the centre-left Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD). The coalition received external support from the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSČM).^[1]^[2] The head of government was Andrej Babiš, leader of ANO.

The cabinet was approved by the Chamber of Deputies on 12 July 2018 with a 105–91 vote.^[3] The Communist Party withdrew its support for the government on 13 April 2021. The government left office on 17 December 2021, and was replaced by Petr Fiala's Cabinet.

Background

The general election in 2017 was won by ANO, led by Andrej Babiš, who received 78 seats out of 200, becoming the largest party.^[4] President Miloš Zeman appointed Babiš to form a government,^[5] but all other parliamentary parties had ruled out entering a coalition with ANO due to an ongoing police investigation into Babiš's alleged subsidy fraud.^[6]^[7] In early 2018, Babiš lost a confidence vote to form an ANO minority government, with all other parties voting against.^[7] In 2018, ČSSD decided to enter coalition talks with ANO.^[8] In April, the negotiations broke down.^[9] President Miloš Zeman subsequently gave Babiš a second chance to form a government.^[10] In May, ČSSD accepted talks with ANO, with KSČM also participating to determine the conditions for its support of an ANO-ČSSD government.^[11]^[12]^[13]

Government formation

The cabinet consisted of two coalition parties. ANO, the senior coalition partner in the government, had 10 ministers (including Prime Minister). The Social Democrats had four ministers and held five ministries, as President Zeman refused to appoint Miroslav Poche, the party's nominee for Foreign Minister, and Jan Hamáček was appointed as acting Foreign Minister.^[14]

The coalition held 93 seats in the Chamber of Deputies, eight seats short of a simple majority of 101, and therefore required the support of another party to provide confidence and supply. KSČM agreed to support the minority government in exchange for cabinet support for several of their demands.^[15] With KSČM support, the government controlled a majority of 108 seats. On 15 June 2018, following approval in a referendum of party members,^[16] ČSSD formed a coalition with ANO.

The cabinet was approved by the Chamber of Deputies in the early morning of 12 July 2018 with a 105-91 vote, during a parliamentary session which had begun the previous morning.^[3] During the debate, deputies from TOP 09 left the Chamber in protest (they later returned to vote against the government), while some deputies from the Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party unfurled a Soviet flag to protest against the government being supported by the Communist Party. Street protests also took place in Prague against the role of the Communists in the government.

Resignations over plagiarism

Shortly after the formation of the cabinet, two ministers (Taťána Malá of ANO and Petr Krčál of ČSSD) resigned after being accused of plagiarism in their bachelor theses.^[17]

On 24 July 2018, another minister, Lubomír Metnar (Independent for ANO) also came under suspicion of plagiarism in his diploma thesis.^[18]

Cabinet members


Portfolio	Minister	Party		Office
Portfolio	Minister	Party		Took	Left
Prime Minister	Andrej Babiš		ANO	6 June 2018	17 December 2021
First Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Interior	Jan Hamáček		ČSSD	27 June 2018	17 December 2021
Deputy Prime Minister	Richard Brabec		ANO	27 June 2018^{[note 1]}	30 April 2019
	Alena Schillerová		Ind. for ANO	30 April 2019	17 December 2021
	Karel Havlíček		Ind. for ANO	30 April 2019	17 December 2021
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Jan Hamáček (acting)		ČSSD	27 June 2018	15 October 2018
	Tomáš Petříček			16 October 2018	12 April 2021^[19]
	Jan Hamáček (acting)			12 April 2021	21 April 2021
	Jakub Kulhánek			21 April 2021^[20]	17 December 2021
Minister of Finance	Alena Schillerová		Ind. for ANO	27 June 2018^{[note 2]}	17 December 2021
Minister of Health	Adam Vojtěch		Ind. for ANO	27 June 2018^{[note 2]}	21 September 2020
	Roman Prymula		Ind. for ANO	21 September 2020^[21]	29 October 2020
	Jan Blatný		Ind. for ANO	29 October 2020^[22]	7 April 2021
	Petr Arenberger		Ind. for ANO	7 April 2021^[23]	26 May 2021^[24]
	Adam Vojtěch		Ind. for ANO	26 May 2021^[25]	17 December 2021
Minister of the Environment	Richard Brabec		ANO	27 June 2018^{[note 1]}	17 December 2021
Minister of Labour and Social Affairs	Petr Krčál		ČSSD	27 June 2018	18 July 2018^[26]
Minister of Labour and Social Affairs	Jana Maláčová		ČSSD	30 July 2018^[27]	17 December 2021
Minister of Industry and Trade	Marta Nováková		ANO	27 June 2018	30 April 2019
Minister of Industry and Trade	Karel Havlíček		Ind. for ANO	30 April 2019^[28]	17 December 2021
Minister of Justice	Taťána Malá		ANO	27 June 2018	10 July 2018^[29]
	Jan Kněžínek		Ind. for ANO	10 July 2018^[30]	30 April 2019^[31]
	Marie Benešová		Ind. for ANO	30 April 2019^[31]	17 December 2021
Minister of Education, Youth and Sport	Robert Plaga		ANO	27 June 2018^{[note 2]}	17 December 2021
Minister of Defence	Lubomír Metnar		Ind. for ANO	27 June 2018	17 December 2021
Minister of Transport	Dan Ťok		Ind. for ANO	27 June 2018^{[note 3]}	30 April 2019^{[note 2]}
	Vladimír Kremlík		Ind. for ANO	30 April 2019^{[note 2]}	20 January 2020
	Karel Havlíček		Ind. for ANO	20 January 2020^[32]	17 December 2021
Minister for Regional Development	Klára Dostálová		Ind. for ANO	27 June 2018^{[note 2]}	17 December 2021
Minister of Agriculture	Miroslav Toman		Ind. for ČSSD	27 June 2018	17 December 2021
Minister of Culture	Antonín Staněk		ČSSD	27 June 2018	31 July 2019
Minister of Culture	Lubomír Zaorálek		ČSSD	27 August 2019^[33]	17 December 2021

Popular mandate

Support for governing parties according to the popular vote.

Member party	Popular vote	Percentage	MPs	Ministers	Leader
ANO	1,500,113	29.64%	78	10	Andrej Babiš
ČSSD	368,347	7.27%	15	5	Jan Hamáček
Government	1,868,460	36.91%	93	15	Andrej Babiš

KSČM	393,100	7.76%	15	0	Vojtěch Filip

Govt. & support	2,261,560	44.67%	108	15	Andrej Babiš
Czech Republic	5,091,065	100%	200	–

Confidence motion

Ballot →		11 July 2018
Motion of confidence Andrej Babiš (ANO)
Required majority →		99 out of 196 (simple) Y
	Yes • ANO (77) • ČSSD (14) • KSČM (14)	105 / 200
	No • ODS (25) • Pirates (22) • SPD (22) • KDU-ČSL (10) • TOP 09 (7) • STAN (5)	91 / 200
	Abstentions	0 / 200
	Absentees • ANO (1) • KSČM (1) • ČSSD (1) • STAN (1)	4 / 200
Sources:^[34]

Notes

^ ^a ^b since 29 January 2014 as Minister of the Environment within Bohuslav Sobotka's Cabinet and Andrej Babiš' First Cabinet, since 24 May 2017 as Deputy PM within Bohuslav Sobotka's Cabinet and Andrej Babiš' First Cabinet
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f since 13 December 2017 within Andrej Babiš' First Cabinet
^ since 4 December 2014 within Bohuslav Sobotka's Cabinet and Andrej Babiš' First Cabinet

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[:0-19] since 29 January 2014 as Minister of the Environment within Bohuslav Sobotka's Cabinet and Andrej Babiš' First Cabinet, since 24 May 2017 as Deputy PM within Bohuslav Sobotka's Cabinet and Andrej Babiš' First Cabinet

[:1-22] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f since 13 December 2017 within Andrej Babiš' First Cabinet

[:2-34] since 4 December 2014 within Bohuslav Sobotka's Cabinet and Andrej Babiš' First Cabinet

[1] "ČSSD v referendu schválila vládu s ANO. Babiš však ještě nemá vyhráno". iDNES.cz. 2018-06-15. Retrieved 2018-06-24.

[2] "Babiš je podruhé premiérem. Hájil, že vláda bude opřená o komunisty". iDNES.cz. 2018-06-06. Retrieved 2018-06-24.

[Arab_News-3] "Czech government wins confidence vote backed by Communists". Arab News. 12 July 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.

[4] "Billionaire candidate wins Czech election". BBC News. 22 October 2017.

[5] "Police charge Czech PM candidate Babis with subsidy fraud". Reuters. 9 October 2017.

[6] "Czech Babis gains possible support in bid for minority government". Reuters. 30 October 2017.

[auto-7] Muller, Robert (15 January 2018). "Czech PM Babis battles fraud charges as cabinet loses confidence vote". Reuters.

[8] "Czech PM will talk exclusively to social democrats on new government". Reuters. 15 March 2018.

[9] "Czech coalition talks break down". msn.com. Archived from the original on 2018-06-16. Retrieved 2018-09-03.

[10] "Czech president gives Andrej Babis 2nd chance to form gov't".

[11] [1]^{[permanent dead link]}

[12] "Czech PM Babis wants deal on ministries this week in renewed govt..." Reuters. 15 April 2018.

[13] "Czech centre left part agrees to join government". usnews.com. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 2020-10-07.

[14] "Prezident jmenoval vládu bez Pocheho. Půjde ji osobně podpořit před poslance". iDNES.cz. 2018-06-27. Retrieved 2018-06-27.

[ft.com-15] "Opposition move could end Czech wait for government". Financial Times. 12 June 2018.

[cssd.cz-16] "VNITROSTRANICKÉ REFERENDUM O VSTUPU DO VLÁDY" (PDF). ČSSD. Retrieved 2020-10-07.

[17] Second minister resigns over allegations of plagiarism

[18] "Ministr obrany Metnar má problém s diplomovou prací, řádně necitoval". iDNES.cz. July 24, 2018.

[20] "Zeman odvolal Petříčka, Hamáček chce jednat s Rusy o Sputniku. A Zaorálek váhá s přesunem". CNC. 12 April 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.

[21] "Prezident Zeman jmenoval Kulhánka ministrem zahraničí. Rusko vynechal". PRÁVO. 21 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.

[23] "Adama Vojtěcha nahradí v čele ministerstva zdravotnictví Prymula. K nelibosti opozice". E15. 21 September 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2020.

[24] "Zeman jmenoval Blatného. Strach nás paralyzuje, řekl nový šéf zdravotnictví". E15. 29 October 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.

[25] "Nový ministr zdravotnictví Arenberger je zkušeným kožním lékařem, rok a půl vedl fakultní nemocnici". Česká Televize. 7 April 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2021.

[26] "Končí ministr, kterému zlomili vaz kostlivci v podobě majetku". PRÁVO. 25 May 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.

[27] "Vrací se ministr, který nedokázal vzdorovat. Velvyslancem se stane příští rok". seznamzpravy.cz. 25 May 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.

[PBJ-28] Zeman Accepts Krcal’s Resignation, Will Appoint Malacova Next Week

[CZR-29] Incoming labour minister to propose higher parental leave benefit

[30] "Nastupující ministr průmyslu Havlíček: Mé pracovní tempo je vražedné, za workoholismus se nestydím". iRozhlas.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2019-04-15.

[31] "Ministryně spravedlnosti Malá odstoupí z funkce, obvinění ale považuje za kampaň". ČT24 (in Czech). Česká Televize. Retrieved 2018-07-09.

[32] "News site: Jan Kněžínek to become justice minister". Czech Radio. Retrieved 2018-07-10.^{[permanent dead link]}

[duben19-33] "Doprava, spravedlnost a průmysl mají nové ministry, vláda nové vicepremiéry". ČT24 (in Czech). Retrieved 2019-04-30.

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[Zaorálek-36] "Kultura má opět ministra, prezident jmenoval Lubomíra Zaorálka". ČT24 (in Czech). Retrieved 2019-04-30.

[37] "Hlasování Poslanecké sněmovny - 17/7". www.psp.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2018-07-12.

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Second Cabinet of Andrej Babiš

Background

Government formation

Resignations over plagiarism

Cabinet members

Popular mandate

Confidence motion

Notes

References

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