Fico's Third Cabinet

Fico's Third Cabinet
9th Cabinet of Slovakia
Robert Fico in 2015
Date formed	23 March 2016 (2016-03-23)
Date dissolved	22 March 2018 (2018-03-22)
People and organisations
Head of state	Andrej Kiska
Head of government	Robert Fico
No. of ministers	15
Member parties	Direction – Social Democracy Slovak National Party Most–Híd Network
Status in legislature	Coalition government
Opposition parties	Freedom and Solidarity Ordinary People Kotleba – People's Party Our Slovakia We Are Family
History
Election	2016 Slovak parliamentary election
Predecessor	Fico's Second Cabinet
Successor	Pellegrini's Cabinet

Robert Fico's Third Cabinet was government of Slovakia, headed by prime minister Robert Fico. It replaced Fico's Second Cabinet on 23 March 2016 following the 2016 parliamentary election, in which Fico's Direction – Social Democracy party (Slovak: Smer-SD) lost its parliamentary majority, and met for the first time on March 30. It consists of 15 members including the prime minister, and was originally composed of four parties: Smer–SD, the Slovak National Party, the Slovak-Hungarian Most–Híd party, and the Network party. Most of the elected MPs of Network party joined Most-Híd shortly after the elections and the party is currently dissolved.

On 15 March 2018, in the wake of the political crisis following the murder of Ján Kuciak, Fico delivered his resignation to President Andrej Kiska. New cabinet led by Peter Pellegrini was appointed on 22 March 2018.

Breakdown by party nomination

Direction – Social Democracy	9
Slovak National Party	3
Most–Híd	3
Network	0

Composition

After the dissolution of the government on the 22 March 2018, most of the ministers stayed on their positions, and continued in the new cabinet of Pellegrini. Template:Fico's Third Cabinet

See also

• Fico's First Cabinet