Robert Fico's Second Cabinet is the former government of
Slovakia
Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the ...
, headed by prime minister
Robert Fico
Robert Fico (; born 15 September 1964) is a Slovak politician who served as the prime minister of Slovakia from 2006 to 2010 and from 2012 to 2018 (when he resigned). He has been the first leader of the Direction – Social Democracy (SMER-SD) ...
. Appointed on 4 April 2012, it consists of 14 members, 11 from the
Direction - Social Democracy
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party ( sk, Smer-SD) and three independents. It replaced
Iveta Radicova's cabinet after gaining an absolute majority in the Slovak parliament following the
2012 Slovak parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Slovakia on 10 March 2012 to elect the 150 members of the National Council. The elections followed the fall of Prime Minister Iveta Radičová's Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party-led ...
.
This was the first time since the breakup of
Czechoslovakia
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that any party had won an absolute majority, though Smer-SD fell seven seats short of a three-fifths majority to unilaterally amend the constitution.
Fico's Second Cabinet was replaced by
Fico's Third Cabinet
Robert Fico's Third Cabinet was 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 ( s ...
on 23 March 2016.
Composition
Following the
2012 Slovak parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Slovakia on 10 March 2012 to elect the 150 members of the National Council. The elections followed the fall of Prime Minister Iveta Radičová's Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party-led ...
, the current prime minister,
Robert Fico
Robert Fico (; born 15 September 1964) is a Slovak politician who served as the prime minister of Slovakia from 2006 to 2010 and from 2012 to 2018 (when he resigned). He has been the first leader of the Direction – Social Democracy (SMER-SD) ...
is serving with his government since 4 April 2012.
BBC News, 9 July 2010
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See also
*Fico's First Cabinet
Robert Fico's First Cabinet was the cabinet of Slovakia from 2006 to 2010, under the leadership of Prime Minister Robert Fico
Robert Fico (; born 15 September 1964) is a Slovak politician who served as the prime minister of Slovakia from 2006 t ...
References
External links
Official website (in Slovak)
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Cabinets established in 2012
Direction – Social Democracy
Slovak government cabinets
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