Mirek Topolánek's Second Cabinet

The Government of the Czech Republic since January 9, 2007 was formed by a coalition of the victorious Civic Democratic Party (ODS, 9 seats) with the small Christian and Democratic Union - Czechoslovak People's Party (KDU-ČSL, 5 seats) and the Green Party (SZ, 4 seats). It had 18 members; initially four of the appointed ministers were women but two subsequently resigned and were replaced with men. On 24 March 2009, during the Czech presidency of the European Union, Topolánek's second cabinet suffered defeat in a parliamentary vote of no confidence, 101–96, in the 200-seat lower house.[1] Prime minister Topolánek stated that he would resign.[1]

Mirek Topolánek's Second Cabinet
17th Cabinet of Czech Republic
9 January 2007 - 8 May 2009
Date formed	9 January 2007
Date dissolved	8 May 2009
People and organisations
Head of state	Václav Klaus
Head of government	Mirek Topolánek
No. of ministers	18
Member party	ODS KDU-ČSL SZ
Status in legislature	Majority (coalition) 100 / 200 (50%)
Opposition party	ČSSD KSČM
Opposition leader	Jiří Paroubek
History
Election(s)	2006 Czech legislative election
Incoming formation	2007
Outgoing formation	2009
Predecessor	Mirek Topolánek's First Cabinet
Successor	Jan Fischer's Cabinet

Members of the Cabinet

Portfolio	Minister	Political party	In Office
Prime Minister	Mirek Topolánek	ODS
Deputy Prime Minister Minister for European Affairs	Alexandr Vondra	ODS
Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Labour and Social Affairs	Petr Nečas	ODS
First Deputy Prime minister	Vlasta Parkanová	KDU-ČSL	23 January 2009 – 8 May 2009
	Jiří Čunek	KDU-ČSL	9 January 2007 – 13 November 2007
Deputy Prime Minister Minister of the Environment	Martin Bursík	SZ
Minister of Interior	Ivan Langer	ODS
Minister of Industry and Trade	Martin Říman	ODS
Minister of Justice	Jiří Pospíšil	ODS
Minister of Transportation	Petr Bendl	ODS	23 January 2009 – 8 May 2009
	Aleš Řebíček	ODS	9 January 2007 – 23 May 2009
Minister of Health	Daniela Filipiová	ODS
	Tomáš Julínek	ODS
Minister of Agriculture	Petr Gandalovič	ODS
Minister of Finance	Miroslav Kalousek	KDU-ČSL
Minister of Culture	Václav Jehlička	KDU-ČSL
	Helena Třeštíková	KDU-ČSL
Minister of Defence	Vlasta Parkanová	KDU-ČSL
Minister without Portfolio	Pavel Svoboda	KDU-ČSL
	Cyril Svoboda	KDU-ČSL
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Karel Schwarzenberg	non-partisan for SZ
Minister of Education, Youth and Physical training	Ondřej Liška	SZ	4 December 2007 – 8 May 2009
	Dana Kuchtová	SZ	9 January 2007 – 4 October 2007
Minister of Regional development	Cyril Svoboda	KDU-ČSL
	Jiří Čunek	KDU-ČSL
Minister without Portfolio (Human rights and minorities)	Michael Kocáb	non-partisan for SZ
	Džamila Stehlíková	SZ

Vote of No Confidence

Czech Republic Government vote of No Confidence

24 March 2009
Location	Chamber of Deputies
Results
Response Votes % Yes 101 51.27% No 96 48.73% Valid votes 197 100.00% Invalid or blank votes 0 0.00% Total votes 197 100.00%
52 signatures are needed for calling a vote of no confidence.

A vote of no confidence in the government was held on 24 March 2009.[2] It was the first time since the dissolution of Czechoslovakia that Czech government had lost a vote of No Confidence.[3] Vote was held during Czech Presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2009.[4]

101 MPs voted for the motion of No Confidence. Some MPs from the governing coalition voted for the motion, including Vlastimil Tlustý, Jan Schwippel, Věra Jakubková and Olga Zubová.[5] cabinet of Jan Fischer was appointed in May 2009.[6]

Notes

1. Dan Bilefsky (2009-03-24). "Czech leader loses vote of confidence". International Herald Tribune. Retrieved 8 January 2009.
2. "Sněmovna vyslovila nedůvěru vládě Mirka Topolánka". iROZHLAS (in Czech). Retrieved 11 December 2017.
3. "Vláda padla. Pohřbili ji Tlustý, Schwippel, Jakubková a Zubová". iDNES.cz. 24 March 2009. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
4. "Nic nového, říká historie EU k pádu vlády v předsednické zemi". iDNES.cz. 24 March 2009. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
5. "Vláda Mirka Topolánka padla. Rebelové ji potopili". TÝDEN.cz. 24 March 2009. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
6. "Překlenovací kabinet Jana Fischera začal úřadovat". iROZHLAS (in Czech). Retrieved 11 December 2017.