First Cabinet of Václav Klaus

Václav Klaus' First Cabinet
9th Cabinet of Czech Republic
2 July 1992 - 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	Václav Klaus' Second Cabinet

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

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

Notes

• 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