Vladimír Špidla government

The Špidla government or the Vladimír Špidla government was the government of the Czech Republic from July 12, 2002 to August 4, 2004. Members of the parties ČSSD , KDU-ČSL and US-DEU were represented in it. This government introduced the Czech Republic into the European Union with effect from May 1, 2004 .

The Social Democratic Prime Minister Miloš Zeman , who was in office until 2002, had already handed over the chairmanship of the ČSSD to his Vice Prime Minister Vladimír Špidla before the parliamentary elections in 2002 and had declared that he would no longer be available as Prime Minister after the elections. Špidla was therefore the top candidate in the elections. The Social Democrats were again the strongest political force before the ODS under the leadership of Václav Klaus , with slight losses . President Havel then commissioned Špidla to form a government. Špidla decided not to continue the cooperation with the ODS by means of an opposition treaty that had been practiced up to the elections and instead formed a coalition government with the parties KDU-ČSL and US-DEU, which had stood as an electoral alliance . With 101 out of 200 seats in the House of Representatives, this government was able to rely on a slim majority. Špidla was sworn in by the president on July 12, 2002, and ministers were appointed on July 15. On August 7, 2002, the government won the House of Representatives' confidence with 101 votes to 98 .

During the reign there were more and more disputes within the ČSSD . Among other things, the party was unable to agree on a common candidate to succeed the outgoing President Václav Havel . In the presidential election by the Czech Parliament on February 28, 2003, the former ODS chairman Václav Klaus was surprisingly able to prevail in the third round , after three candidates from the Social Democrats (including Miloš Zeman in the second round ), especially from his own ranks had not received the necessary support. The polls of the Social Democrats and the Prime Minister therefore plummeted despite the fact that they successfully joined the EU during the reign . After a severe defeat of the ČSSD in the 2004 European elections , Špidla announced his resignation as prime minister and party leader on June 26, 2004. On July 2, 2004, he officially submitted his resignation to the President, which also meant the resignation of the entire cabinet under Czech law. The Špidla government remained provisionally in office until the appointment of Stanislav Gross' government on August 4, 2004. Gross continued the previous coalition.

composition

Department	minister	Political party		Taking office	End of office
Prime Minister	Vladimír Špidla		ČSSD	July 15, 2002	August 4, 2004
1. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior	Stanislav Gross		ČSSD	July 15, 2002	August 4, 2004
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister	Cyril Svoboda		KDU-ČSL	July 15, 2002	August 4, 2004
Deputy Prime Minister	Pavel Rychetský		ČSSD	July 15, 2002	August 5, 2003
	Bohuslav Sobotka		ČSSD	October 30, 2003	August 4, 2004
put. Prime Minister for Science, Research and Human Rights	Petr Mareš		US-DEU	July 15, 2002	August 4, 2004
Finance minister	Bohuslav Sobotka		ČSSD	July 15, 2002	August 4, 2004
Defense Minister	Jaroslav Tvrdík		ČSSD	July 15, 2002	June 9, 2003 (resignation June 3, 2003 )
	Miroslav Kostelka		ČSSD	June 9, 2003	August 4, 2004
Minister for Industry and Trade	Jiří Rusnok		ČSSD	July 15, 2002	March 19, 2003
	Milan Urban		ČSSD	March 19, 2003	August 4, 2004
Minister of Justice	Pavel Rychetský		ČSSD	July 15, 2002	August 5, 2003
	Vladimír Špidla (in charge of administration)		ČSSD	August 6, 2003	September 16, 2003
	Karel Čermák		independent	September 16, 2003	June 15, 2004
	Vladimír Špidla (in charge of administration)		ČSSD	June 15, 2004	August 4, 2004
Minister for Labor and Social Affairs	Zdeněk Škromach		ČSSD	July 15, 2002	August 4, 2004
Minister of transport	Milan Šimonovský		KDU-ČSL	July 15, 2002	August 4, 2004
Minister of Agriculture	Jaroslav Palas		ČSSD	July 15, 2002	August 4, 2004
Minister of Health	Marie Součková		ČSSD	July 15, 2002	April 14, 2004
	Jozef Kubinyi		ČSSD	April 14, 2004	August 4, 2004
Minister for School, Education and Youth	Petra Buzková		ČSSD	July 15, 2002	August 4, 2004
Minister of Culture	Pavel Dostál		ČSSD	July 15, 2002	August 4, 2004
Environment Minister	Libor Ambrozek		KDU-ČSL	July 15, 2002	August 4, 2004
Minister for Regional Development	Pavel Němec		US-DEU	July 15, 2002	August 4, 2004
Minister of Informatics	Vladimír Mlynář		US-DEU	July 15, 2002	August 4, 2004

Individual evidence

1. ^ [1] Radio Prague , report of August 8, 2002, accessed on April 16, 2013.
2. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from July 26, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Radio Prague , report from June 26, 2004, accessed on April 16, 2013.