First Cabinet of Václav Klaus

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Václav Klaus' First Cabinet
1st Cabinet of Czech Republic
1 January 1993 - 4 July 1996

Date formed	2 July 1992
Date dissolved	4 July 1996
People and organisations
Head of state	Václav Havel
Head of government	Václav Klaus
No. of ministers	17-19
Member party	ODS KDU-ČSL ODA KDS
Status in legislature	Majority (coalition) 105 / 200 (53%)
Opposition party	KSČM ČSSD LSU SPR-RSČ
Opposition leader	Jiří Svoboda Miroslav Grebeníček
History
Election	1992 Czech legislative election
Incoming formation	1992
Outgoing formation	1996
Predecessor	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).

Government ministers

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Portfolio	Name	Political Party
Prime Minister	Václav Klaus	ODS
Deputy Prime Minister	Jan Kalvoda	ODA
Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Finance	Ivan Kočárník	ODS
Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Agriculture	Josef Lux	KDU-ČSL
Minister of Defence	Antonín Baudyš¹	KDU-ČSL
Minister for Competition	Stanislav Bělehrádek	KDU-ČSL
Minister of Environment	František Benda	ODS
Minister of Transportation	Vladimír Budínský²	ODS
Minister of Industry and Trade	Vladimír Dlouhý	ODA
Minister of Economic Policy and Development	Karel Dyba	ODS
Minister of Defence	Vilém Holáň³	KDU-ČSL
Minister of Culture	Jindřich Kabát⁴	KDU-ČSL
Minister of Health	Petr Lom⁵	ODS
Minister of State Comptrol	Igor Němec	ODS
Minister of Justice	Jiří Novák	ODS
Minister of Education	Ivan Pilip⁶	ODS
Minister of Education	Petr Piťha⁷	KDS
Minister of Health	Luděk Rubáš⁸	ODS
Minister of Interior	Jan Ruml	ODS
Minister for National Assets and Privatization	Jiří Skalický	ODA
Minister of Health	Jan Stráský⁹	ODS
Minister of Culture	Pavel Tigrid¹⁰	KDU-ČSL
Minister of Labour and Social Affairs	Jindřich Vodička	ODS
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Josef Zieleniec	ODS

Notes

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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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v t e 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–)

v t e 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

v t e 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 Group (EP) International Democracy 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

v t e 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 Marek Výborný
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