Second Cabinet of Václav Klaus

Václav Klaus' Second Cabinet
2nd Cabinet of Czech Republic
4 July 1996 - 2 January 1998

Date formed	4 July 1996
Date dissolved	2 January 1998
People and organisations
Head of state	Václav Havel
Head of government	Václav Klaus
No. of ministers	15-16
Member party	ODS KDU-ČSL ODA
Status in legislature	Minority (coalition) 99 / 200 (50%)
Opposition party	ČSSD KSČM SPR-RSČ
Opposition leader	Miloš Zeman
History
Election(s)	1996 Czech legislative election
Incoming formation	1996
Outgoing formation	1998
Predecessor	First Cabinet of Václav Klaus
Successor	Cabinet of Josef Tošovský

The second cabinet of Prime Minister Václav Klaus was in power from 4 July 1996 to 2 January 1998. It was a minority coalition government that consisted of ODS, KDU-ČSL and ODA. It was supported by ČSSD. Towards the end of 1997, cabinet resigned in connection with accusations of funding irregularities in the ODS.^[1]

Government ministers

Portfolio	Image	Political Party
Prime Minister	Václav Klaus	ODS
Deputy Prime Minister	Jan Kalvoda Jiří Skalický	ODA
Deputy Prime Minister	Ivan Kočárník	ODS
Minister of Finance	Ivan Kočárník Ivan Pilip	ODS
Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Agriculture	Josef Lux	KDU-ČSL
Minister of Defence	Miloslav Výborný	KDU-ČSL
Minister of Environment	Jiří Skalický	ODA
Minister of Transportation	Martin Říman	ODS
Minister of Industry and Trade	Vladimír Dlouhý Karel Kühnl	ODA
Minister of Economic Policy and Development	Jaromír Schneider Tomáš Kvapil	KDU-ČSL
Minister of Culture	Jaromír Talíř	KDU-ČSL
Minister of Health	Jan Stráský	ODS
Minister of Justice	Jan Kalvoda Vlasta Parkanová	ODA
Minister of Education, Youth and Sport	Ivan Pilip Jiří Gruša	ODS
Minister of Interior	Jan Ruml Jindřich Vodička	ODS
Minister of Labour and Social Affairs	Jindřich Vodička Stanislav Volák	ODS
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Josef Zieleniec Jaroslav Šedivý	ODS
Minister without portfolio	Pavel Bratinka	ODA

References

↑ "Radio Prague - Václav Klaus: the experienced and predictable". Radio. Retrieved 7 March 2017.

Cabinets of the Czech Republic
Czech Socialist Republic	Rázl, NF (1969) Kempný and Korčák, NF (1969-1971) Korčák II, NF (1971-6) Korčák III, NF (1976-1981) Korčák IV, NF (1981-1986) Korčák, Adamec, Pitra and Pithart, NF+OF (1986-1990)
Part of Czech and Slovak Federative Republic	Korčák, Adamec, Pitra and Pithart, NF+OF (1986-1990) Pithart, OF+KDU+HSD-SMS (1990-2) Klaus I, ODS+KDU-ČSL+ODA+KDS (1992–6)
Czech Republic (since 1993)	Klaus I, ODS+KDU-ČSL+ODA+KDS (1992–6) Klaus II, ODS+KDU-ČSL+ODA (1996–8) Tošovský, ODS+KDU-ČSL+ODA (1998) Zeman, ČSSD (1998–2002) Špidla, ČSSD+KDU-ČSL+US-DEU (2002–4) Gross, ČSSD+KDU-ČSL+US-DEU (2004–2005) Paroubek, ČSSD+KDU-ČSL+US-DEU (2005–2006) Topolánek I, ODS (2006-2007) Topolánek II, ODS+KDU-ČSL+SZ (2007–2009) Fischer, ODS+ČSSD+SZ (2009–2010) Nečas, ODS+TOP 09+VV (2010–2013) Rusnok (2013–2014) Sobotka, ČSSD+ANO+KDU-ČSL (2014–2017) Babiš I, ANO (2017–2018) Babiš II, ANO+ČSSD (2018–2021) Fiala, ODS+STAN+KDU-ČSL+TOP 09+Piráti (2021–)

Václav Klaus
2nd President of the Czech Republic (2003–2013) 3rd President of the Chamber of Deputies (1998–2002) 1st Prime Minister of the Czech Republic (1993–1998)
Civic Forum	1990 Czechoslovak parliamentary election Interparliamentary Club of the Democratic Right Marián Čalfa's Second Cabinet Civic Forum leadership election, 1990 Marián Čalfa's Third Cabinet
ODS party leader	Civic Democratic Party leadership election, April 1991 Civic Democratic Party leadership election, November 1991 1992 Czech legislative election 1992 Czechoslovak parliamentary election 1992 Civic Democratic Party leadership election Jan Stráský's Cabinet 1993 Civic Democratic Party leadership election 1994 Civic Democratic Party leadership election 1995 Civic Democratic Party leadership election 1996 Czech legislative election 1996 Civic Democratic Party leadership election 1997 Civic Democratic Party leadership election 1997–1998 Czech political crisis 1998 Czech legislative election 1998 President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic election 1999 Civic Democratic Party leadership election Opposition agreement Czech TV crisis 2001 Civic Democratic Party leadership election 2002 Czech legislative election 2002 President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic election
Prime Minister	Václav Klaus' First Cabinet Constitution of the Czech Republic Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms Dissolution of Czechoslovakia Privatization in the Czech Republic Václav Klaus' Second Cabinet Czech–German Declaration 1997 Central European flood
President	2003 Czech presidential election Stanislav Gross' Cabinet Jiří Paroubek's cabinet Mirek Topolánek's First Cabinet Mirek Topolánek's Second Cabinet 2008 Czech presidential election Ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon Jan Fischer's Cabinet General debate of the sixty-fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly Petr Nečas' Cabinet General debate of the sixty-sixth session of the United Nations General Assembly Attack in Chrastava Václav Klaus' Amnesty Treaty establishing the European Stability Mechanism General debate of the sixty-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly Impeachment attempt
Expresident	Václav Klaus' Institute National Council of European Resistance Tricolour Citizens' Movement
Family	Livia Klausová (spouse) Václav Klaus Jr. (son)
Books	Blue, not Green Planet Blue Planet in Peril Czech Way Dismantling Socialism: A Road to Market Economy II Great Economists are my Inspiration Economical Theory and Economical Reform European Integration Without Illusions Marx' Political Theory and Political Economy New Notes from Journeys Notes from Journeys A Road to Market Economy We, Europe an the World Where Tomorrow starts
See also	Civic Democratic Party Klausism
Category:Václav Klaus

Civic Democratic Party (ODS)
Leaders	Václav Klaus Mirek Topolánek Petr Nečas Martin Kuba (interim) Petr Fiala
Leadership elections	1991 (April) 1991 (November) 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1999 2001 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024
Presidential candidates	1993 and 1998 Václav Havel 2003 and 2008 Václav Klaus 2013 Přemysl Sobotka 2018 Mirek Topolánek 2023 Pavel Fischer Petr Pavel Danuše Nerudová
Presidential election primaries	2012
Governments	Čalfa Pithart Stráský Klaus I Klaus II Tošovský Topolánek I Topolánek II Fischer Nečas Fiala
Organisation	Blue Team CEVRO Liberal Conservative Academy Chamber of Deputies Caucus EStat.cz Pravý Břeh Senate Caucus Young Civic Democrats Young Conservatives
Affiliations	Current European Conservatives and Reformists Party European Conservatives and Reformists International Democrat Union SPOLU Former ED European Democrat Union EPP-ED MER
History and related topics	1997–1998 Czech political crisis 2009 Czech Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2013 Czech political corruption scandal Center for Economics and Politics CEVRO Institute Christian Democratic Party Civic Democratic Party (Slovakia) Civic Forum Democratic Bloc Denní Telegraf Freeholder Party of the Czech Republic Interparliamentary Club of the Democratic Right Klausism Modrá je dobrá Opposition Agreement Privatization in the Czech Republic Tricolour Citizens' Movement Young Right Vyšehrad Proclamation

KDU–ČSL
Leaders	Jan Šrámek František Šabata Jan Šrámek Alois Petr Josef Plojhar Antonín Pospíšil Rostislav Petera František Toman Zbyněk Žalman Josef Bartončík Josef Lux Jan Kasal Cyril Svoboda Miroslav Kalousek Jan Kasal (interim) Jiří Čunek Cyril Svoboda Michaela Šojdrová (interim) Pavel Bělobrádek Marek Výborný Marian Jurečka
Leadership elections	1990 (April) 1990 (September) 1992 1995 1999 2001 2003 2005 2006 2009 2010 2013 2015 2017 2019 2020 2022 2024
Presidential candidates	Tomáš Masaryk Edvard Beneš Klement Gottwald Antonín Zápotocký Antonín Novotný Ludvík Svoboda Gustáv Husák Václav Havel Petr Pithart Jaroslava Moserová Jan Sokol Václav Klaus Zuzana Roithová Jiří Drahoš Pavel Fischer Petr Pavel Danuše Nerudová
Organisation	Young Populars Christian Social Platform New Voice Institute of Political and Economical Studies Institute for Christian Democratic Politics Women's Association
Alliances	Current European People's Party European People's Party Group Centrist Democrat International SPOLU Former Christian and Democratic Union Four-Coalition National Front Pětka Populars and Mayors

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