Fico's Third Cabinet

Fico's Third Cabinet
9th cabinet of Slovakia
Incumbent
Robert Fico in 2015
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
History
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

Direction – Social Democracy	9
Slovak National Party	3
Most–Híd	3
Network	0

Composition

Cabinet of Slovakia[3]
Office	Name	Political party	Assumed office	Left office
Prime Minister	Robert Fico	Smer–SD	23 March 2016
Deputy Prime Minister for Investments and Informatization	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 Árpád Érsek	Network Most–Híd	23 March 2016 31 August 2016	31 August 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	Independent^(SD)	23 March 2016

Notes

^(SD) Smer–SD nominee
^(SNS) Slovak National Party nominee

See also

• Fico's First Cabinet

References

1. "Slovakia's Fico to lead his third government". EurActiv. 24 March 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
2. "New government meets for first time, appoints state secretaries". The Slovak Spectator. 31 March 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
3. "Meet Slovakia's new cabinet". The Slovak Spectator. 22 March 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2016.