The Second Kubilius Cabinet was the 15th cabinet of Lithuania since 1990. It consisted of the

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and 13 government ministers (14 after the

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was re-established in 2009).

History

After the parliamentary elections in October,

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appointed

Andrius Kubilius Andrius Kubilius (born 8 December 1956) is a Lithuanian politician who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2019. He served as Prime Minister of Lithuania from 1999 to 2000 and again from 2008 to 2012.LR Vyriausio ...

, the leader of the

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, as the Prime Minister on 28 November 2008. Kubilius had previously headed the 10th cabinet between 1999 and 2000. The 15th cabinet received its mandate and started its work on 9 December 2008, after the

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gave assent to its program. The coalition, which formed on 17 November 2008, and supported the government named itself as "Coalition of Change". In first two months of 2010

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dissenters formed new Christian Party. By this time, the government lost its majority and relied on Lithuanian Peasants Popular Union support, which lasted up until October of the same year. In September, 2011 National Resurrection Party merged with the

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, what reduced the number of parties participating in coalition from four to three. By April 2012 the government lost majority in Seimas. Despite an economic crisis and austerity measures implemented to face it, the cabinet became the first government of Lithuania since the independence to serve the full four-year term of the Tenth Seimas, returning its mandate on 16 November 2012, after the elections to the Seimas in October. The government continued to serve in an acting capacity until the

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started its work on 13 December 2012.

Cabinet

The following ministers served on Kubilius Cabinet.

References

{{Cabinets of Lithuania , state=expanded Kubilius2 2008 establishments in Lithuania 2012 disestablishments in Lithuania Cabinets established in 2008 Cabinets disestablished in 2012