Fico's Third Cabinet

Robert Fico's Third Cabinet was the government of Slovakia, headed by Prime Minister Robert Fico.

Background It replaced Fico's Second Cabinet on 23 March 2016 following the 2016 parliamentary election, in which Fico's Direction – Social Democracy party () lost its parliamentary majority, and met for the first time on March 30. It consists of 15 members including the prime minister, and was originally composed of four parties: Smer–SD, the Slovak National Party, the Slovak-Hungarian Most–Híd party, and the Network party. Most of the elected MPs of Network party joined Most-Híd shortly after the elections and the party is currently dissolved.

On 15 March 2018, in the wake of the political crisis following the murder of Ján Kuciak, Fico delivered his resignation to President Andrej Kiska. New cabinet led by Peter Pellegrini was appointed on 22 March 2018.

Breakdown by party nomination

Direction – Social Democracy 9 Slovak National Party 3 Most–Híd 3 Network 1

Composition After the dissolution of the government on the 22 March 2018, most of the ministers stayed on their positions, and continued in the new cabinet of Pellegrini. + Cabinet of Slovakia Office Name Political party Assumed office Left office Prime Minister Robert Fico Smer–SD 23 March 2016 15 March 2018 Deputy Prime Minister for Investments and Informatization Peter Pellegrini Smer–SD 23 March 2016 22 March 2018 Deputy Prime MinisterMinister of Interior Robert Kaliňák Smer–SD 23 March 2016 13 March 2018 Deputy Prime MinisterMinister of Justice Lucia Žitňanská Most–Híd 23 March 2016 22 March 2018 Finance Minister Peter Kažimír Smer–SD 23 March 2016 22 March 2018 Minister of Foreign Affairs Miroslav Lajčák Independent(SD) 23 March 2016 22 March 2018 Minister of Economy Peter Žiga Smer–SD 23 March 2016 22 March 2018 Minister of Transport, Construction and Regional Development Roman Brecely Network 23 March 2016 31 August 2016 Árpád Érsek Most–Híd 31 August 2016 22 March 2018 Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Gabriela Matečná Independent(SNS) 23 March 2016 22 March 2018 Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš Independent(SNS) 23 March 2016 22 March 2018 Minister of Labour, Social Affairs and Family Ján Richter Smer–SD 23 March 2016 22 March 2018 Minister of the Environment László Sólymos Most–Híd 23 March 2016 22 March 2018 Minister of Education, Science, Research and Sport Peter Plavčan Independent(SNS) 23 March 2016 31 August 2017 Gabriela Matečná(acting) Independent(SNS) 31 August 2017 13 September 2017 Martina Lubyová Independent(SNS) 13 September 2017 22 March 2018 Minister of Culture Marek Maďarič Smer–SD 23 March 2016 7 March 2018 Peter Pellegrini(acting) Smer–SD 7 March 2018 22 March 2018 Minister of Health Tomáš Drucker Independent(SD) 23 March 2016 22 March 2018 Notes (SD) Smer–SD nominee(SNS) Slovak National Party nominee

Party composition From the election until 31 August 2016 the following parties formed the government: PartyIdeologyLeaderDeputiesMinistersSMER-SDSocial democracyRobert FicoSNSUltranationalismAndrej DankoMost-HídHungarian minority interestsBéla BugárSieťLiberal conservatismRadoslav ProcházkaTotal15 After the Sieť left the government the governing parties were the following: PartyIdeologyLeaderDeputiesMinistersSMER-SDSocial democracyRobert FicoSNSUltranationalismAndrej DankoMost-HídHungarian minority interestsBéla BugárIndependentsTotal15

See also Fico's First Cabinet

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