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Mečiar's Second Cabinet | |
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 1st Cabinet ofSlovakia | |
| 24 June 1992 – 15 March 1994 | |
 Vladimír Mečiar in 2004 | |
| Date formed | 24 June 1992 |
| Date dissolved | 15 March 1994 |
| People and organisations | |
| Head of state | Václav Havel (1992) Jan Stráský (1992, acting) Vladimír Mečiar (1993, acting) Michal Kováč (1993–1994) |
| Head of government | Vladimír Mečiar |
| Head of government's history | 1990–1991 |
| No. of ministers | 18 |
| Ministers removed | 8 |
| Totalno. of members | 26 |
| Member party | HZDS SNS |
| Status in legislature | MajorityCoalition (1992–1994) MinorityCoalition (1994) |
| Opposition party | SDĽ KDH MKM – EGY |
| Opposition leader | Peter Weiss |
| History | |
| Election | 1992 Slovak parliamentary election |
| Incoming formation | 1992 |
| Outgoing formation | 1994 |
| Predecessor | Čarnogurský's Cabinet |
| Successor | Moravčík's Cabinet |
Between 24 June 1992 and 15 March 1994, prime minister of SlovakiaVladimír Mečiar formed his second cabinet in his second consecutive term in this office.Slovakia became anindependentsovereign state on 1 January 1993 and thus thisgovernment was the first one after thedissolution of Czechoslovakia. On 11 March 1994, Mečiar's second cabinet suffered defeat in a parliamentary vote of no confidence, 78–2–2, in the 150-seatNR SR after PresidentMichal Kováč criticized Mečiar's governing methods, leading to a vote of no confidence in parliament and a defection of a third of HZDS deputies, who later reformed as a new party, theDemocratic Union (DU).[1]
| Office | Minister | Political Party | In office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prime Minister | Vladimír Mečiar | HZDS | 24 June 1992 – 15 March 1994 | |
| Minister of Transport, Posts and Telecommunications | Roman Hofbauer | HZDS | 24 June 1992 – 15 March 1994 | |
| Minister of Labour, Social Affairs and Family | Oľga Keltošová | HZDS | 24 June 1992 – 15 March 1994 | |
| Minister of Finance | Július Tóth | HZDS | 24 June 1992 – 15 March 1994 | |
| Minister of Economy | Ľudovít Černák | SNS | 24 June 1992 – 19 March 1993 | |
| Jaroslav Kubečka | HZDS | 19 March 1993 – 10 November 1993 | ||
| Ján Ducký | HZDS | 10 November 1993 – 15 March 1994 | ||
| Minister of Agriculture | Peter Baco | HZDS | 24 June 1992 – 15 March 1994 | |
| Minister of Interior | Jozef Tuchyňa | HZDS | 24 June 1992 – 15 March 1994 | |
| Minister of Defence | Imrich Andrejčák | HZDS | 24 June 1992 – 15 March 1994 | |
| Minister of Justice | Katarína Tóthová | HZDS | 24 June 1992 – 15 March 1994 | |
| Minister of Education | Dušan Slobodník (acting) | HZDS | 24 June 1992 – 26 September 1992 | |
| Matúš Kučera | HZDS | 26 September 1992 – 22 June 1993 | ||
| Roman Kováč (acting) | HZDS | 22 June 1993 – 10 November 1993 | ||
| Jaroslav Paška | SNS | 10 November 1993 – 15 March 1994 | ||
| Minister of Culture | Dušan Slobodník | HZDS | 24 June 1992 – 15 March 1994 | |
| Minister of Health | Viliam Soboňa | HZDS | 24 June 1992 – 24 November 1993 | |
| Irena Belohorská | HZDS | 24 November 1993 – 15 March 1994 | ||
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | Milan Kňažko | HZDS | 24 June 1992 – 19 March 1993 | |
| Jozef Moravčík | HZDS | 19 March 1993 – 15 March 1994 | ||
| Minister for Administration and Privatisation of National Property | Ľubomír Dolgoš | HZDS | 24 June 1992 – 19 March 1993 | |
| Vladimír Mečiar (acting) | HZDS | 19 March 1993 – 15 March 1994 | ||
| Minister of Envirovment | Jozef Zlocha | HZDS | 24 June 1992 – 15 March 1994 | |
| Minister of State Control | Roman Kováč (acting) | HZDS | 24 June 1992 – 15 March 1994 | |
| Minister | Political Party | In office | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roman Kováč | HZDS | 24 June 1992 – 15 March 1994 | ||
| Milan Kňažko | HZDS | 24 June 1992 – 25 February 1994 | ||
| Marián Andel | SNS | 24 June 1992 – 10 November 1993 | ||
| Jozef Prokeš | SNS | 24 June 1992 – 10 November 1993 | ||
| Party | Ideology | Leader | Deputies | Ministers | |
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| HZDS | Slovak nationalism | Vladimír Mečiar | 74 / 150 | 15 / 18 | |
| SNS | Ultranationalism | Jozef Prokeš | 15 / 150 | 3 / 18 | |
| Total | 89 / 150 | 18 | |||
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| Slovakia (since 1993) |
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