First Cabinet of Václav Klaus
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{{Infobox government cabinet
|cabinet_name = Václav Klaus' First Cabinet
|cabinet_number = 1st
|jurisdiction = Czech Republic
|flag = Coat of arms of the Czech Republic.svg
|incumbent =1 January 1993 - 4 July 1996
|image = Vaclav Klaus headshot.jpg
|date_formed = 2 July 1992
|date_dissolved = 4 July 1996
|government_head = Václav Klaus
|government_head_history =
|state_head = Václav Havel
|current_number = 17-19
|former_members_number =
|total_number =
|political_party = ODS
KDU-ČSL
ODA
KDS
|legislature_status=Majority (Coalition)
105 / 200{{spaces|em}}(53%)
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|boxwidth=200
|party1=76
|partycolor1={{party color|Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic)}}
|party2=15
|partycolor2={{party color|Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party|KDU-ČSL}}
|party3=14
|partycolor3={{party color|Civic Democratic Alliance|ODA}}
}}
|opposition_cabinet =
|opposition_party = KSČM
ČSSD
LSU
SPR-RSČ
|opposition_leader = Jiří Svoboda
Miroslav Grebeníček
|election = 1992 Czech legislative election
|last_election =
|legislature_term =
|budget =
|incoming_formation = 1992
|outgoing_formation = 1996
|previous = Petr Pithart's Cabinet
|successor = Second Cabinet of Václav Klaus
}}
The first cabinet of Prime Minister Václav Klaus was in power from 2 July 1992 to 4 July 1996. The Czech Republic became an independent sovereign state on 1 January 1993 and thus this government was the first one after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia. It consisted of Civic Democratic Party (ODS), Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party (KDU-ČSL), Civic Democratic Alliance (ODA) and Christian Democratic Party (KDS).{{cite book | last=Buksiński | first=Tadeusz | title=Democracy in Western and Post-communist Countries | publisher=Peter Lang | publication-place=Frankfurt am Main Berlin Bern Brüssel New York Oxford Wien | date=2009 | isbn=978-3-631-58543-6 | page=236}}{{cite book | last=Jarosz | first=Adam | last2=Olszewski | first2=Krzysztof | title=Central Europe on the Threshold of the 21st Century | publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing | publication-place=Newcastle upon Tyne | date=2014-07-24 | isbn=978-1-4438-6483-1 | page=291}}
Government ministers
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! Portfolio ! Image ! Name ! Political Party |
Prime Minister
| 75px !style="background-color:{{party color|ODS}}; color:white" | ODS |
Deputy Prime Minister
| !style="background-color:#0000FF; color:white" |ODA |
Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Finance | !style="background-color:{{party color|ODS}}; color:white" | ODS |
Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Agriculture | 75px !style="background-color:{{party color|KDU-CSL}}; color:white" |KDU-ČSL |
Minister of Defence
| 75px !style="background-color:{{party color|KDU-CSL}}; color:white" |KDU-ČSL |
Minister for Competition
| 75px !style="background-color:{{party color|KDU-CSL}}; color:white" |KDU-ČSL |
Minister of Environment
| !style="background-color:{{party color|ODS}}; color:white" | ODS |
Minister of Transportation
| !style="background-color:{{party color|ODS}}; color:white" | ODS |
Minister of Industry and Trade
| 75px !style="background-color:#0000FF; color:white" |ODA |
Minister of Economic Policy and Development
| !style="background-color:{{party color|ODS}}; color:white" | ODS |
Minister of Defence
| | Vilém Holáň3 !style="background-color:{{party color|KDU-CSL}}; color:white" |KDU-ČSL |
Minister of Culture
| !style="background-color:{{party color|KDU-CSL}}; color:white" |KDU-ČSL |
Minister of Health
| | Petr Lom5 !style="background-color:{{party color|ODS}}; color:white" | ODS |
Minister of State Comptrol
| !style="background-color:{{party color|ODS}}; color:white" | ODS |
Minister of Justice
| | Jiří Novák !style="background-color:{{party color|ODS}}; color:white" | ODS |
Minister of Education
| 75px | Ivan Pilip6 !style="background-color:{{party color|ODS}}; color:white" | ODS |
Minister of Education
| | Petr Piťha7 !style="background-color:#00008B; color:white" | KDS |
Minister of Health
| | Luděk Rubáš8 !style="background-color:{{party color|ODS}}; color:white" | ODS |
Minister of Interior
| 75px | Jan Ruml !style="background-color:{{party color|ODS}}; color:white" | ODS |
Minister for National Assets and Privatization
| !style="background-color:#0000FF; color:white" |ODA |
Minister of Health
| 75px | Jan Stráský9 !style="background-color:{{party color|ODS}}; color:white" | ODS |
Minister of Culture
| 75px | Pavel Tigrid10 !style="background-color:{{party color|KDU-CSL}}; color:white" |KDU-ČSL |
Minister of Labour and Social Affairs
| !style="background-color:{{party color|ODS}}; color:white" | ODS |
Minister of Foreign Affairs
| !style="background-color:{{party color|ODS}}; color:white" | ODS |
Notes
- 1 In office from January 1993 to 22 September 1994
- 2 In office from 10 October 1995 to 4 July 1996
- 3 In office from 22 September 1994 to 4 July 1996
- 4 In office from 2 July 1992 to 17 January 1994
- 5 In office from 2 July 1992 to 22 June 1993
- 6 In office from 2 May 1994 to 4 July 1996
- 7 In office from 2 July 1992 to 27 April 1994
- 8 In office from 23 June 1993 to 10 October 1995
- 9 In office from 10 October 1995 to 4 July 1996
- 10 In office from 19 January 1994 to 4 July 1996
References
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