Kirkilas Cabinet was the 14th cabinet of Lithuania since 1990. It consisted of the

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and 13 government ministers.

History

Formation

Distribution of seats in the Seimas as of 1 July 2006

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resigned as the Prime Minister of the 13th government on 1 June 2006. After this event, the

Homeland Union The Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats ( lt, Tėvynės sąjunga Lietuvos krikščionys demokratai, TS–LKD), also known colloquially simply as the Conservatives, is a centre-right political party in Lithuania. It has 18,000 mem ...

, the Liberal Movement and the

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tried to form ruling coalition (so called "Coalition of Breakthrough") of their one, but the

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and the

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also tried to do so. Attempt made by latter two parties was successful and new coalition also included the Civic Democratic Party and the

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. After the interim Prime Minister,

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failed to gather sufficient level of support in the parliament (only 53 members of the parliament belonged to new four party coalition), the

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appointed

Gediminas Kirkilas Gediminas Kirkilas (, born 30 August 1951) is a Lithuanian politician who was Prime Minister of Lithuania from 2006 to 2008. Life and career Kirkilas was born in Vilnius in 1951. After returning from mandatory military service, from 1972 to 197 ...

of the

as the Prime Minister on 6 July 2006. Although, possibility of

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of Seimas in 2007 was raised by spring and summer of 2006, the 14th cabinet received its mandate and started work on 18 July 2006, after the

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gave assent to its program (main opposition party – the Homeland Union – abstained in the voting).

Minority and majority governments

The government served as minority government from July 2006 to January 2008. Agreement between the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania and the Homeland Union had fixed term of six months, which could have been extended for other six months etc. By the end of 2007 Homeland Union withdraw its support for minority government and search of possible support from other parties began. In January 2008, the government became majority one when the New Union (Social Liberals) joined ruling coalition after weeks of negotiations, although the New Union (Social Liberals) in April 2007 already agreed to support minority government. The government continued to serve until the end of the term of the Ninth Seimas, returning its mandate on 17 November 2008, soon after the elections to the Seimas in October. The government continued to serve in an acting capacity until the Second Kubilius Cabinet started its work on 9 December 2008.

Cabinet

The following ministers served on Kirkilas Cabinet.

References

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