Cabinet of Bohuslav Sobotka

Cabinet of Bohuslav Sobotka
13th Cabinet of Czech Republic
29 January 2014 - 13 December 2017
Bohuslav Sobotka, Prime Minister
Date formed	29 January 2014 (2014-01-29)
Date dissolved	13 December 2017 (2017-012-13)
People and organisations
Head of state	Miloš Zeman
Head of government	Bohuslav Sobotka
Deputy head of government	Richard Brabec Pavel Bělobrádek
No. of ministers	15
Total no. of members	17
Member parties	Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD) ANO 2011 (ANO) Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party (KDU-ČSL)
Status in legislature	Majority (coalition) 111 / 200 (56%)
Opposition parties	Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia TOP 09 Civic Democratic Party (ODS) Dawn of Direct Democracy
Opposition leader	Vojtěch Filip
History
Election	2013 Czech legislative election
Predecessor	Jiří Rusnok's Cabinet
Successor	Andrej Babiš' First Cabinet

Cabinet of Bohuslav Sobotka was the governing body of the Czech Republic from 2014 to 2017. Bohuslav Sobotka was designated Prime Minister by President Miloš Zeman on 17 January 2014. The cabinet was sworn in on 29 January 2014.^[1][2] It was replaced by Andrej Babiš' Cabinet in December 2017.

The members of the government were Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD), ANO 2011 (ANO) and Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party (KDU-ČSL) as coalition agreement with eight senior ministers from ČSSD, six from ANO, and three from KDU-ČSL.

Government ministers

Ministry	Minister	Political party	In office
Prime Minister	Bohuslav Sobotka	ČSSD	January 17, 2014 – December 13, 2017
First Deputy Prime Minister (from May 24, 2017) Minister of the Environment	Richard Brabec	ANO	January 29, 2014 – December 13, 2017 (continues in Andrej Babiš' First Cabinet and Andrej Babiš' Second Cabinet)
First Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Finance	Andrej Babiš	ANO	January 29, 2014 – May 24, 2017
Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Science and Research	Pavel Bělobrádek	KDU-ČSL	January 29, 2014 – December 13, 2017
Minister of Finance	Ivan Pilný	ANO	May 24, 2017 – December 13, 2017
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Lubomír Zaorálek	ČSSD	January 29, 2014 – December 13, 2017
Minister of Interior	Milan Chovanec	ČSSD	January 29, 2014 – December 13, 2017
Minister of Labour and Social Affairs	Michaela Marksová	ČSSD	January 29, 2014 – December 13, 2017
Minister of Industry and Trade	Jan Mládek	ČSSD	January 29, 2014 – February 28, 2017
	Jiří Havlíček	ČSSD	April 4, 2017 – December 13, 2017
Minister of Health	Svatopluk Němeček	ČSSD	January 29, 2014 – November 30, 2016
	Miloslav Ludvík	ČSSD	December 1, 2016 – December 13, 2017
Minister of Justice	Helena Válková	ANO	January 29, 2014 – March 1, 2015
	Robert Pelikán	ANO	March 12, 2015 – December 13, 2017 (continues in Andrej Babiš' First Cabinet)
Minister of Education, Youth and Sport	Marcel Chládek	ČSSD	January 29, 2014 – June 5, 2015
	Kateřina Valachová	ČSSD	June 17, 2015 – June 21, 2017
	Stanislav Štech	ČSSD	June 21, 2017 – December 13, 2017
Minister of Defence	Martin Stropnický	ANO	January 29, 2014 – December 13, 2017
Minister of Transport	Antonín Prachař	ANO	January 29, 2014 - November 13, 2014
	Dan Ťok	ANO	December 4, 2014 – December 13, 2017 (continues in Andrej Babiš' First Cabinet and Andrej Babiš' Second Cabinet)
Minister for Regional Development	Věra Jourová	ANO	January 29, 2014 – October 3, 2014
	Karla Šlechtová	ANO	October 8, 2014 – December 13, 2017
Minister of Agriculture	Marian Jurečka	KDU-ČSL	January 29, 2014 – December 13, 2017
Minister of Culture	Daniel Herman	KDU-ČSL	January 29, 2014 – December 13, 2017
Minister for Human Rights and Equal Opportunities	Jiří Dienstbier Jr.	ČSSD	January 29, 2014 – November 30, 2016
	Jan Chvojka	ČSSD	December 1, 2016 - December 13, 2017

References

1. "Nová vláda je po jednání na Hradě a ve Sněmovně blíž ke jmenování". České Noviny (in Czech). Czech News Agency. 22 January 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
2. Janicek, Karel (29 January 2014). "New Czech Republic coalition government sworn in". Seattle Post Intelligencer. Archived from the original on 29 January 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2014.