Cabinet of Andrej Plenković I
The Fourteenth Government of the Republic of Croatia (Croatian: Četrnaesta Vlada Republike Hrvatske) was the Croatian Government cabinet formed on 19 October 2016, following the 2016 election.[1] It was led by Prime Minister Andrej Plenković. The cabinet was dissolved on 23 July 2020 and was succeeded by a new government presided over by Plenković.
First Plenković cabinet | |
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 14th Cabinet of the Republic of Croatia | |
| 2016–2020 | |
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| Date formed | 19 October 2016 |
| Date dissolved | 23 July 2020 |
| People and organisations | |
| Head of state | Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović (2016–2020) Zoran Milanović (2020) |
| Head of government | Andrej Plenković |
| Deputy head of government | Davor Božinović Damir Krstičević Zdravko Marić Predrag Štromar |
| No. of ministers | 20 |
| Ministers removed | 16 |
| Total no. of members | 34 (including former members) |
| Member parties | Croatian Democratic Union Croatian People's Party (since June 2017) with support from SDSS, HDS, HSLS, HDSSB, BM 365 and NS-R Former parties: Bridge of Independent Lists (junior coalition partner until April 2017) Hrast (providing parliamentary support until April 2018) |
| Status in legislature | Minority coalition government |
| Opposition party | Social Democratic Party |
| Opposition leader | Zoran Milanović (2016) Davor Bernardić (2016–2020) Zlatko Komadina (Acting; 2020) |
| History | |
| Election(s) | 2016 election |
| Legislature term(s) | 2016–2020 |
| Predecessor | Cabinet of Tihomir Orešković |
| Successor | Cabinet of Andrej Plenković II |
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Overview
When naming the members of his own cabinet Plenković chose to retain eight ministers from the then outgoing Orešković cabinet:
- Zdravko Marić remained Minister of Finance
- Vlaho Orepić remained Minister of the Interior (until 27 April 2017)
- Ante Šprlje remained Minister of Justice (until 27 April 2017)
- Tomislav Tolušić became Minister of Agriculture after serving as Minister of Regional Development and EU Funds under Orešković
- Lovro Kuščević remained Minister of Construction and Spatial Planning (until 9 June 2017)
- Slaven Dobrović remained Minister of Environment, while getting the addition of Energy to his ministerial portfolio (until 27 April 2017)
- Oleg Butković remained Minister of Maritime Affairs, Transport and Infrastructure
- Tomo Medved remained Minister of Croatian Veterans, which was renamed from the Ministry of Veterans' Affairs in the previous cabinet
The cabinet was originally constituted by a coalition agreement between the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) and Bridge of Independent Lists (Most) and was voted into office by the Croatian Parliament on 19 October 2016, being approved by 91 out of 151 Members of Parliament. In April 2017, however, disagreements between HDZ and MOST over the ongoing crisis involving Agrokor and the role of Finance minister Zdravko Marić in possibly being able to avert the crisis led to the collapse of the coalition and Most's four cabinet ministers (Ivan Kovačić, Vlaho Orepić, Slaven Dobrović and Ante Šprlje) being removed from their posts by Prime Minister Plenković. On 9 June 2017 HDZ agreed on a coalition with the centrist Croatian People's Party-Liberal Democrats (HNS), and a cabinet reshuffle took place, with HNS being given two ministries in the cabinet. However, only 5 of HNS' 9 MPs agreed to support the new coalition, leading to a split within the party and the expulsion of the four rebellious MPs from HNS. The new make-up of the cabinet was approved on the same day by a majority of 78 out of 151 Members of the Croatian Parliament.
Following the reshuffle of 9 June 2017, two ministers from the previous make-up were given new portfolios:
- Lovro Kuščević, previously serving as Minister of Construction and Spatial Planning became Minister of Public Administration
- Tomislav Ćorić, previously serving as Minister of Labour and Pension System became Minister of Environmental Protection and Energy.
According to a regular monthly survey of political preferences conducted by Ipsos agency in November 2017, 74% of respondents thought Croatia was moving in a wrong direction, while 20% though opposite. The level of pessimism was highest since the approval of Plenković's cabinet a year earlier. According to the same survey, Government's policies were not supported by 62% of respondents, opposite to 29% who thought differently.[2]
Motions of confidence
| Vote on the confirmation of the 14th Government of the Republic of Croatia | |||
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| Ballot | 19 October 2016 | ||
| Absentees | 12 / 151 |
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| Required majority | 76 Yes votes out of 151 votes (Absolute majority of the total number of Members of Parliament) | ||
| Yes | 91 / 151 |
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| No | 45 / 151 |
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| Abstentions | 3 / 151 |
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| Vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Andrej Plenković | |||
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| Ballot | 11 November 2017 | ||
| Absentees | 14 / 151 |
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| Required majority | 76 Yes votes, Abstentions or Absentees out of 151 votes (Absolute majority of the total number of Members of Parliament) | ||
| Yes | 59 / 151 |
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| No | 78 / 151 |
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| Abstentions | 0 / 151 |
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Party breakdown
Party breakdown of cabinet ministers:
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List of ministers
Former members
References
- "Pretužni Orešković predao vlast Plenkoviću: "Hrvatska ima sjajnu budućnosti" - Vijesti - Index.hr". index.hr. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
- "NOVI CROBAROMETAR HDZ i dalje nezaustavljivo pada, vladi ne vjeruje gotovo nitko, Živi zid sve jači".
- "Novi list".
- "Novi list".
- "Vlada Republike Hrvatske - Članovi Vlade".