The second Gyurcsány government took its oath of office on June 9, 2006, following the first Gyurcsány government in power. It was the seventh government after the regime change. The majority of the government consisted of the Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP), which won the 2006 elections, and the Alliance of Free Democrats (SZDSZ) until 30 April 2008, when the SZDSZ recalled its ministers and left the coalition. The head of government was Ferenc Gyurcsány (MSZP). On April 14, 2009, the Parliament passed a vote of no confidence against Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány. Since 2006, the Cabinet had suffered from the aftermath of the burnt-out Őszöd speech and the subsequent demonstration series. Nor was it good for the government to try to take control of the crackdown on the protesters by deploying police officers without an identification number, which the national side has since called only the 2006 police terror. The declining GDP debt-to-GDP ratio and the borrowed IMF loan also weighed heavily on the downturn.
Party breakdown
Beginning of term Party breakdown of cabinet ministers in the beginning of term: Independents8 MSZP7 SZDSZ2
End of term Party breakdown of cabinet ministers in the end of term: MSZP9 Independents7 Somogyért1 Vote in Parliament Election of the Prime MinisterFerenc Gyurcsány (MSZP) Ballot → 9 June 2006 Required majority → 194 out of 386 Abstain
Composition OfficeImageIncumbentPolitical partyIn officePrime MinisterFerenc GyurcsányMSZP9 June 2006 – 20 April 2009Minister of the Prime Minister's OfficeGyörgy SzilvásyIndependent9 June 2006 – 30 June 2007Péter KissMSZP30 June 2007 - 20 April 2009Minister of Local Government (until 30 April 2008 as Minister of Local Government and Local Development)Mónika LamperthMSZP9 June 2006 - 30 June 2007Gordon BajnaiMSZP30 June 2007 - 14 May 2008István GyeneseiSomogyért14 May 2008 - 20 April 2009Minister of Foreign AffairsKinga GönczIndependent9 June 2006 – 20 April 2009Minister of FinanceJános VeresIndependent9 June 2006 – 20 April 2009Minister of National Development and EconomyGordon BajnaiMSZP9 June 2006 – 20 April 2009Minister of Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentJózsef GráfMSZP9 June 2006 – 20 April 2009Minister of Justice and Law EnforcementJózsef PetréteiIndependent9 June 2006 - 31 May 2007Albert TakácsIndependent31 May 2007 - 17 February 2008Tibor DraskovicsIndependent17 February 2008 - 20 April 2009Minister of HealthLajos MolnárSZDSZ9 June 2006 - 6 April 2007János KókaSZDSZ7 April 2007 - 22 April 2007Ágnes HorváthSZDSZ22 April 2007 - 30 April 2008Tamás SzékelyIndependent30 April 2008 - 20 April 2009Minister of Social Affairs and LabourPéter KissMSZP9 June 2006 - 30 June 2007Mónika LamperthMSZP30 June 2007 - 30 April 2008Erika SzűcsMSZP30 April 2008 - 20 April 2009Minister of Education and CultureIstván HillerMSZP9 June 2006 – 20 April 2009Minister of DefenceImre SzekeresMSZP9 June 2006 – 20 April 2009Minister of Environment and WaterMiklós PersányiIndependent9 June 2006 - 6 May 2007Gábor FodorSZDSZ6 May 2007 - 30 April 2008Imre SzabóMSZP30 April 2008 - 20 April 2009Minister without portfolio for coordination of social policyTibor DraskovicsIndependent9 June 2006 – 20 April 2009Minister without portfolio for civilian intelligence servicesGyörgy SzilvásyIndependent9 June 2006 – 20 April 2009Minister without portfolio for Research DevelopmentKároly MolnárIndependent9 June 2006 – 20 April 2009Minister of Transport, Communications and Energy (as minister for economy and transport until 30 April 2008)János KókaSZDSZ9 June 2006 - 7 December 2007Csaba KákosyIndependent7 December 2007 - 30 April 2008Pál SzabóIndependent30 April 2008 - 30 November 2008Csaba MolnárMSZP30 November 2008 - 20 April 2009
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