Between 27 June 1990 and 22 April 1991, prime minister of Slovakia Vladimír Mečiar formed his first cabinet in his first term in this office although Ján Budaj led the elections. It was the first Slovak government formed after democratic election. On 22 April 1991, SNR parliament removed Prime Minister Vladimír Mečiar from the office and he was replaced by KDH leader Ján Čarnogurský.
Government ministers OfficeMinisterPolitical PartyIn officePrime MinisterVladimír MečiarVPN27 June 1990 – 22 April 1991Minister of Labour, Social Affairs and FamilyStanislav NovákDS27 June 1990 – 22 April 1991Minister of FinanceMichal KováčVPN27 June 1990 – 22 April 1991Minister of EconomyJozef BelcákKDH27 June 1990 – 22 April 1991Minister of AgricultureMichal DžatkoKDH27 June 1990 – 22 April 1991Minister of InteriorAnton AndrášKDH27 June 1990 – 22 November 1990Ladislav PittnerKDH22 November 1990 – 22 April 1991Minister of JusticeLadislav KošťaVPN27 June 1990 – 22 April 1991Minister of EducationLadislav KováčVPN27 June 1990 – 6 September 1990Ján PišútVPN6 September 1990 – 22 April 1991Minister of CultureLadislav SnopkoVPN27 June 1990 – 22 April 1991Minister of HealthAlojz RakúsKDH22 November 1990 – 22 April 1991Minister of Foreign AffairsMilan KňažkoVPN6 September 1990 – 22 April 1991Minister for Administration and Privatisation of National PropertyAugustín Marián HúskaVPN27 June 1990 – 22 April 1991Minister of EnvirovmentIvan TirpákKDH27 June 1990 – 22 April 1991Minister of Construction and Civil EngineeringJozef DubníčekDS27 June 1990 – 22 April 1991Minister of State ControlMartin HvozdíkVPN27 June 1990 – 22 April 1991Minister of IndustriesJán HolčíkDS27 June 1990 – 22 April 1991
Deputy Prime Ministers MinisterPolitical PartyIn officeNotesVladimír OndrušVPN27 June 1990 – 22 April 1991Ján ČarnogurskýKDH27 June 1990 – 22 April 1991Jozef KučerákVPN27 June 1990 – 22 April 1991Gábor ZászlósVPN27 June 1990 – 22 April 1991
Party composition PartyIdeologyLeaderDeputiesMinistersVPNLiberalismJán BudajKDHChristian democracyJán ČarnogurskýDSConservatismJán HolčíkTotal20
Issues
Conflicts and formation of HZDS In 1990 the political landscape of the Czech Republic and Slovakia started to develop and many new political parties were formed, mainly from the Civic Forum and the VPN. By the end of 1990, some of Mečiar's partners in the VPN began distancing themselves from him. First, the party split into two fractions in early March 1991: Mečiar supporters (mostly members of his cabinet) and Mečiar opponents (led by the VPN chairman Fedor Gál). On 23 April 1991, the Presidium of the Slovak parliament (Slovak National Council) deposed him as Prime Minister of Slovakia and he was replaced by Ján Čarnogurský, the leader of the Christian Democratic Movement. Three days later, the VPN officially split in two: the Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (HZDS) and the remaining VPN (since October 1991 called ODÚ-VPN, later just ODÚ). Mečiar was elected as HZDS chairman in June 1991.
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