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Second Cabinet of Andrej Babiš
15th Cabinet of Czech Republic
Andrej Babiš, Prime Minister
Date formed	27 June 2018
Date dissolved	17 December 2021
People and organisations
Head of state	Miloš Zeman
Head of government	Andrej Babiš
Deputy head of government	Jan Hamáček Richard Brabec (2017–2019)
No. of ministers	15
Ministers removed	2
Total no. of members	17
Member parties	ANO (10 ministers) ČSSD (5 ministers)
Status in legislature	Minority coalition: 92 / 200
Opposition parties	Opposition:108 / 200 ODS (23) Piráti (22) SPD (20) KSČM (15; since 13 April 2021) KDU-ČSL (10) TOP 09 (7) STAN (6) Unified - Alternative for Patriots (3) Tricolour Citizens' Movement (3)
History
Election	2017 Czech legislative election
Predecessor	Andrej Babiš' First Cabinet
Successor	Cabinet of Petr Fiala

The second cabinet of Andrej Babiš was a centre-left to centre-right minority coalition government in the Czech Republic, consisting of ANO 2011, a populist political movement, and the centre-left Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD). The coalition received external support from the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSČM). The head of government was Andrej Babiš, leader of ANO.

The cabinet was approved by the Chamber of Deputies on 12 July 2018 with a 105–91 vote. The Communist Party withdrew its support for the government on 13 April 2021. The government left office on 17 December 2021, and was replaced by Petr Fiala's Cabinet.

Background

The general election in 2017 was won by ANO, led by Andrej Babiš, who received 78 seats out of 200, becoming the largest party. President Miloš Zeman appointed Babiš to form a government, but all other parliamentary parties had ruled out entering a coalition with ANO due to an ongoing police investigation into Babiš's alleged subsidy fraud. In early 2018, Babiš lost a confidence vote to form an ANO minority government, with all other parties voting against. In 2018, ČSSD decided to enter coalition talks with ANO. In April, the negotiations broke down. President Miloš Zeman subsequently gave Babiš a second chance to form a government. In May, ČSSD accepted talks with ANO, with KSČM also participating to determine the conditions for its support of an ANO-ČSSD government.

Government formation

The cabinet consisted of two coalition parties. ANO, the senior coalition partner in the government, had 10 ministers (including Prime Minister). The Social Democrats had four ministers and held five ministries, as President Zeman refused to appoint Miroslav Poche, the party's nominee for Foreign Minister, and Jan Hamáček was appointed as acting Foreign Minister.

The coalition held 93 seats in the Chamber of Deputies, eight seats short of a simple majority of 101, and therefore required the support of another party to provide confidence and supply. KSČM agreed to support the minority government in exchange for cabinet support for several of their demands. With KSČM support, the government controlled a majority of 108 seats. On 15 June 2018, following approval in a referendum of party members, ČSSD formed a coalition with ANO.

The cabinet was approved by the Chamber of Deputies in the early morning of 12 July 2018 with a 105-91 vote, during a parliamentary session which had begun the previous morning. During the debate, deputies from TOP 09 left the Chamber in protest (they later returned to vote against the government), while some deputies from the Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party unfurled a Soviet flag to protest against the government being supported by the Communist Party. Street protests also took place in Prague against the role of the Communists in the government.

Resignations over plagiarism

Shortly after the formation of the cabinet, two ministers (Taťána Malá of ANO and Petr Krčál of ČSSD) resigned after being accused of plagiarism in their bachelor theses.

On 24 July 2018, another minister, Lubomír Metnar (Independent for ANO) also came under suspicion of plagiarism in his diploma thesis.

Cabinet members

Popular mandate

Support for governing parties according to the popular vote.

Confidence motion

Motion of confidence Andrej Babiš (ANO)
Ballot →		11 July 2018
Required majority →		99 out of 196 (simple) Y
	Yes • ANO (77) • ČSSD (14) • KSČM (14)	105 / 200
	No • ODS (25) • Pirates (22) • SPD (22) • KDU-ČSL (10) • TOP 09 (7) • STAN (5)	91 / 200
	Abstentions	0 / 200
	Absentees • ANO (1) • KSČM (1) • ČSSD (1) • STAN (1)	4 / 200
Sources:

Notes

1. ^ since 29 January 2014 as Minister of the Environment within Bohuslav Sobotka's Cabinet and Andrej Babiš' First Cabinet, since 24 May 2017 as Deputy PM within Bohuslav Sobotka's Cabinet and Andrej Babiš' First Cabinet
2. ^ since 13 December 2017 within Andrej Babiš' First Cabinet
3. since 4 December 2014 within Bohuslav Sobotka's Cabinet and Andrej Babiš' First Cabinet

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v t e Cabinets of the Czech Republic
Czech Socialist Republic	Rázl, NF (1969) Kempný and Korčák, NF (1969-1971) Korčák II, NF (1971-6) Korčák III, NF (1976-1981) Korčák IV, NF (1981-1986) Korčák, Adamec, Pitra and Pithart, NF+OF (1986-1990)
Part of Czech and Slovak Federative Republic	Korčák, Adamec, Pitra and Pithart, NF+OF (1986-1990) Pithart, OF+KDU+HSD-SMS (1990-2) Klaus I, ODS+KDU-ČSL+ODA+KDS (1992–6)
Czech Republic (since 1993)	Klaus I, ODS+KDU-ČSL+ODA+KDS (1992–6) Klaus II, ODS+KDU-ČSL+ODA (1996–8) Tošovský, ODS+KDU-ČSL+ODA (1998) Zeman, ČSSD (1998–2002) Špidla, ČSSD+KDU-ČSL+US-DEU (2002–4) Gross, ČSSD+KDU-ČSL+US-DEU (2004–2005) Paroubek, ČSSD+KDU-ČSL+US-DEU (2005–2006) Topolánek I, ODS (2006-2007) Topolánek II, ODS+KDU-ČSL+SZ (2007–2009) Fischer, ODS+ČSSD+SZ (2009–2010) Nečas, ODS+TOP 09+VV (2010–2013) Rusnok (2013–2014) Sobotka, ČSSD+ANO+KDU-ČSL (2014–2017) Babiš I, ANO (2017–2018) Babiš II, ANO+ČSSD (2018–2021) Fiala, ODS+STAN+KDU-ČSL+TOP 09+Piráti (2021–)

v t e Andrej Babiš
12th Prime Minister of the Czech Republic (2017–2021) Deputy Prime Minister of the Czech Republic (2014–2017) Minister of Finance (2014–2017) Leader of ANO 2011 (2012–present)
Party leadership	2012 ANO leadership election 2013 ANO leadership election 2013 Czech legislative election Bohuslav Sobotka's Cabinet Institute for Politics and Society Czech Republic Government Vote of No Confidence, 2015 2015 ANO leadership election 2017 ANO leadership election 2017 Czech government crisis 2017 Czech legislative election 2019 ANO leadership election 2021 Czech legislative election 2022 ANO 2011 leadership election 2023 Czech presidential election
Premiership	Andrej Babiš' First Cabinet Paris Peace Forum European Fiscal Compact Andrej Babiš' Second Cabinet Storks Nest affair 2018 Czech political crisis Je to na nás! Takuba Task Force COVID-19 pandemic in the Czech Republic International reactions to the 2020 Belarusian presidential election and protests International reactions to the 2021 United States Capitol attack Conclusions on Russia′s involvement in Vrbětice warehouses explosions Pandora Papers 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference 2021–2022 inflation surge Belarus–European Union border crisis
Family	Andrej Babiš Jr. (son) Monika Babišová (second wife)
See also	Agrofert ANO 2011 Mafra Matrix AB Milion chvilek pro demokracii Patriots for Europe
Category:Andrej Babiš

v t e ANO 2011
Leaders	Andrej Babiš
Leadership elections	2012 2013 2015 2017 2019 2022 2024
Presidential candidates	Andrej Babiš
Governments	Sobotka Babiš I Babiš II
Organisation	Chamber of Deputies Caucus Institute for Politics and Society Senate Caucus Young ANO
History and related topics	2017 Czech government crisis 2018 Czech political crisis Matrix AB

• Andrej Babiš
• ANO 2011
• Czech Social Democratic Party
• Czech government cabinets
• 2010s establishments in the Czech Republic
• Cabinets established in 2018
• 2018 in the Czech Republic
• Coalition governments of the Czech Republic
• Cabinets disestablished in 2021
• 2017 Czech legislative election