First Cabinet of Václav Klaus

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|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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|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}}

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|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

class="wikitable"

! Portfolio

! Image

! Name

! Political Party

Prime Minister

| 75px

| Václav Klaus

!style="background-color:{{party color|ODS}}; color:white" | ODS

Deputy Prime Minister

|

| Jan Kalvoda

!style="background-color:#0000FF; color:white" |ODA

Deputy Prime Minister
Minister of Finance

|

| Ivan Kočárník

!style="background-color:{{party color|ODS}}; color:white" | ODS

Deputy Prime Minister
Minister of Agriculture

| 75px

| Josef Lux

!style="background-color:{{party color|KDU-CSL}}; color:white" |KDU-ČSL

Minister of Defence

| 75px

| Antonín Baudyš1

!style="background-color:{{party color|KDU-CSL}}; color:white" |KDU-ČSL

Minister for Competition

| 75px

| Stanislav Bělehrádek

!style="background-color:{{party color|KDU-CSL}}; color:white" |KDU-ČSL

Minister of Environment

|

| František Benda

!style="background-color:{{party color|ODS}}; color:white" | ODS

Minister of Transportation

|

| Vladimír Budínský2

!style="background-color:{{party color|ODS}}; color:white" | ODS

Minister of Industry and Trade

| 75px

| Vladimír Dlouhý

!style="background-color:#0000FF; color:white" |ODA

Minister of Economic Policy and Development

|

| Karel Dyba

!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

|

| Jindřich Kabát4

!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

|

| Igor Němec

!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

|

| Jiří Skalický

!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

|

| Jindřich Vodička

!style="background-color:{{party color|ODS}}; color:white" | ODS

Minister of Foreign Affairs

|

| Josef Zieleniec

!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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