Robert Fico's Third Cabinet was government of

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, headed by prime minister

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. It replaced Fico's Second Cabinet on 23 March 2016 following the 2016 parliamentary election, in which Fico's

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party ( sk, Smer-SD) lost its parliamentary majority, and met for the first time on March 30. It consists of 15 members including the prime minister, and was originally composed of four parties: Smer–SD, the

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, the Slovak-Hungarian

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party, and the

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party. Most of the elected MPs of Network party joined Most-Híd shortly after the elections and the party is currently dissolved. On 15 March 2018, in the wake of the political crisis following the murder of Ján Kuciak, Fico delivered his resignation to President Andrej Kiska. New cabinet led by

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was appointed on 22 March 2018.

Breakdown by party nomination

Composition

After the dissolution of the government on the 22 March 2018, most of the ministers stayed on their positions, and continued in the new cabinet of Pellegrini. ;Notes :^(SD) Smer–SD nominee
^(SNS)

nominee

References

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Breakdown by party nomination

Composition

See also

References