Andrej Babiš II government

Andrej Babiš government
15. Government of the Czech Republic
Prime Minister	Andrej Babiš
choice	2017
Legislative period	8th.
Appointed by	President of the Republic of Miloš Zeman
education	June 27, 2018
Duration	2 years and 66 days
predecessor	Government of Andrej Babiš I
composition
Party (s)	ANO 2011 , ČSSD
minister	14th
representation
Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic	93/200
Opposition leader	Marek Benda ( ODS )

The Andrej Babiš government is the incumbent government of the Czech Republic .

The minority government between the parties ANO and ČSSD was sworn in by President Miloš Zeman on June 27, 2018 and then had to face a vote of confidence in the House of Representatives within 30 days . On July 12, 2018, after a long meeting, the government expressed its confidence in the government with 105 to 91 votes. 4 MPs did not take part in the vote. For the majority in the House of Representatives, the cabinet relies on the votes of the communist KSČM , which is now part of the government again for the first time since the Velvet Revolution , albeit indirectly.

The government followed the first cabinet of Andrej Babiš which had found no majority in the House. With the vote of confidence, a longer period of 264 days came to an end after the 2017 House of Representatives elections , during which a government was in office without the confidence of parliament.

The Foreign Ministry remained vacant when it was sworn in, as President Miloš Zeman refused to appoint Miroslav Poche , the candidate proposed by the Social Democrats and nominated by Prime Minister Babiš . The ČSSD chairman and new interior minister Jan Hamáček acted as head of the foreign ministry. Finally, in October 2018, the parties agreed on Tomáš Petříček as the new Foreign Minister.

After just a few days in office, Justice Minister Taťána Malá and Labor Minister Petr Krčál announced their resignation following allegations of plagiarism. On April 30, 2019 there was a triple change of minister at ANO. Marie Benešová's appointment as the new Minister of Justice followed the announcement by the public prosecutor that he would bring charges against Babiš because of his conflict of interests with regard to the subsidies for the Agrofert holding. This was followed by demonstrations against the government in several cities and finally a large rally on Prague's Letná level with 200,000 participants, according to the police. It was the largest political demonstration since the Velvet Revolution .

Immediately before the 30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution , major protests against the government broke out again on November 16, 2019. Several hundred thousand people called for Andrej Babiš to resign.

Ruling parties

Political party		Party chairperson	Political orientation	MPs	European party / group
	Political Movement Action Dissatisfied Citizens 2011 (ANO)	Andrej Babiš	Liberal conservatism, populism	78/200	ALDE / RE
	Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD)	Jan Hamáček	Social democracy	15/200	SPE / S&D

supporter

Political party		Party chairperson	Political orientation	MPs	European party / group
	Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSČM)	Vojtěch Filip	Communism, marxism	15/200	- / GUE / NGL

composition

Office or department	Surname		Political party
Prime Minister	Andrej Babiš			ANO
First Deputy Prime Minister; Internal affairs until October 15, 2018 entrusted with: Foreign affairs	Jan Hamáček			ČSSD
Finances Deputy Prime Minister from April 30, 2019	Alena Schillerová			non-party (ANO proposal)
Environment until April 30, 2019 Deputy Prime Minister	Richard Brabec			ANO
Foreign	Tomáš Petříček from October 16, 2018			ČSSD
defense	Lubomír Metnar			non-party (ANO proposal)
health	Adam Vojtěch			non-party (ANO proposal)
Work and social	Petr Krčál until July 18, 2018			ČSSD
	Jana Maláčová from July 30, 2018			ČSSD
Industry and trade from January 20, 2020 entrusted with: Transport	Marta Nováková until April 30, 2019			non-party (ANO proposal)
	Karel Havlíček from April 30, 2019			non-party (ANO proposal)
Judiciary	Taťána Malá until July 10, 2018			ANO
	Jan Kněžínek July 10, 2018 to April 30, 2019			non-party (ANO proposal)
	Marie Benešová from April 30, 2019			non-party (ANO proposal)
School system, youth and sport	Robert Plaga			ANO
traffic	Dan Ťok until April 30, 2019			non-party (ANO proposal)
	Vladimír Kremlík from April 30, 2019 to January 20, 2020			non-party (ANO proposal)
Regional development	Klára Dostálová			non-party (ANO proposal)
Agriculture	Miroslav Toman			non-party (proposal by ČSSD)
Culture	Antonín Staněk until July 31, 2019			ČSSD
	Lubomír Zaorálek from August 27, 2019			ČSSD

Individual evidence

1. ^ Demonstration against the government on the Letná plain. ČT24 on June 23, 2019.
2. ^ Mass protest against Babis in Prague. In: orf.at . November 16, 2019, accessed November 16, 2019.
3. ↑ Zeman appoints Jana Maláčová Minister for Labor and Social Affairs . Article dated July 30, 2018, accessed July 30, 2018.
4. ↑ ^{a b} Czech Minister of Transport surprisingly dismissed. In: derstandard.at . January 21, 2020, accessed January 22, 2020.
5. ↑ Radio Praha: Jan Kněžínek is to become the new Minister of Justice ( Memento from July 10, 2018 in the Internet Archive ). Article dated July 10, 2018, accessed July 10, 2018.