The Fourteenth Government of the Republic of Croatia ( hr, Četrnaesta Vlada Republike Hrvatske) was the

Croatian Government The Government of Croatia ( hr, Vlada Hrvatske), formally the Government of the Republic of Croatia ( hr, Vlada Republike Hrvatske), commonly abbreviated to Croatian Government ( hr, hrvatska Vlada), is the main executive branch of government ...

cabinet formed on 19 October 2016, following the 2016 election. It was led by

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Andrej Plenković Andrej Plenković ( ; born 8 April 1970) is a Croatian politician who has been serving as the prime minister of Croatia since 19 October 2016. He was previously one of eleven Croatian members of the European Parliament, serving from Croatia's ...

. The cabinet was dissolved on 23 July 2020 and was succeeded by a new government presided over by Plenković.

Overview

When naming the members of his own cabinet Plenković chose to retain eight ministers from the then outgoing Orešković cabinet: *

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remained Minister of Finance * Vlaho Orepić remained Minister of the Interior (until 27 April 2017) *

Ante Šprlje Ante Šprlje (born 20 August 1979) is a Croatian lawyer who served as the Minister of Justice in the cabinets of Prime Ministers Tihomir Orešković and Andrej Plenković from 22 January 2016 until being dismissed by Plenković on 27 April 2017 ...

remained Minister of Justice (until 27 April 2017) *

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became Minister of Agriculture after serving as Minister of Regional Development and EU Funds under Orešković *

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remained Minister of Construction and Spatial Planning (until 9 June 2017) *

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remained Minister of Environment, while getting the addition of Energy to his ministerial portfolio (until 27 April 2017) *

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remained Minister of Maritime Affairs, Transport and Infrastructure *

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remained Minister of Croatian Veterans, which was renamed from the Ministry of Veterans' Affairs in the previous cabinet The cabinet was originally constituted by a coalition agreement between the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) and

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(Most) and was voted into office by the

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on 19 October 2016, being approved by 91 out of 151 Members of Parliament. In April 2017, however, disagreements between HDZ and MOST over the ongoing crisis involving

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and the role of Finance minister

in possibly being able to avert the crisis led to the collapse of the coalition and Most's four cabinet ministers (

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, Vlaho Orepić,

and

) being removed from their posts by Prime Minister Plenković. On 9 June 2017 HDZ agreed on a coalition with the centrist

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(HNS), and a cabinet reshuffle took place, with HNS being given two ministries in the cabinet. However, only 5 of HNS' 9 MPs agreed to support the new coalition, leading to a split within the party and the expulsion of the four rebellious MPs from HNS. The new make-up of the cabinet was approved on the same day by a majority of 78 out of 151 Members of the

. Following the reshuffle of 9 June 2017, two ministers from the previous make-up were given new portfolios: *

, previously serving as Minister of Construction and Spatial Planning became Minister of Public Administration *

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, previously serving as Minister of Labour and Pension System became Minister of Environmental Protection and Energy. According to a regular monthly survey of political preferences conducted by Ipsos agency in November 2017, 74% of respondents thought Croatia was moving in a wrong direction, while 20% though opposite. The level of pessimism was highest since the approval of Plenković's cabinet a year earlier. According to the same survey, Government's policies were not supported by 62% of respondents, opposite to 29% who thought differently.

Motions of confidence

Party breakdown

Party breakdown of cabinet ministers:

List of ministers

Former members

References

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