Government of the Czech Republic

Government of the Czech Republic
Vláda České republiky
Central government
Overview
Established	1 January 1993 (1993-01-01)
State	Czech Republic
Leader	Prime Minister
Appointed by	Presidential nomination with Chamber of Deputies confirmation
Responsible to	Chamber of Deputies
Headquarters	Straka Academy Prague
Website	http://www.vlada.cz/en

The Government of the Czech Republic (Czech: Vláda České republiky) exercises executive power in the Czech Republic. The members of the government are the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic (Chairman of the Government), the deputy ministers and other ministers. It has its legal basis in the Constitution of the Czech Republic.

Overview

The government is led by the Prime Minister, who selects all the remaining ministers. Government of the Czech Republic is responsible to the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic.

The Prime Minister is appointed by the President of the Czech Republic (currently Miloš Zeman). He or she succeeds to the presidency if the current president dies, is incapacitated, or resigns. The current Prime Minister is Bohuslav Sobotka.

Straka Academy, Seat of the Government of the Czech Republic.

Cabinet room of the Government in Straka Academy.

Czech Republic
This article is part of a series on the politics and government of the Czech Republic
Constitution Constitutional acts Charter of Fundamental Rights and Basic Freedoms
Executive Power President (list) Miloš Zeman Government Prime Minister (list) Bohuslav Sobotka
Parliament Senate Chamber of Deputies
Judiciary Constitutional Court Supreme Court Supreme Administrative Court High Courts Regional Courts District Courts
Recent elections Legislative: 2006 2010 2013 Senate: 2010 2012 2014 2016 European: 2004 2009 2014 Presidential: 2003 2008 2013
Political parties
Foreign relations
Administrative divisions Regions Districts
Other countries Atlas Czech Republic portal

Current Cabinet

Current government is 13th from year 1993 and dissolution of Czechoslovakia and it has 17 members + prime minister. The cabinet consists of the following members:^[1]

Advisory and Working Bodies of the Government

Councils

• National Security Council
• Government Legislative Council
• Inter-ministerial Commission for Roma Community Affairs
• Government Council for Human Rights
• Government Council for National Minorities
• Research and Development Council
• Government Council for Drug Policy Coordination
• Government Dislocation Commission
• Government Board for People with Disabilities
• Government Commissioner for Human Rights
• The Government Council for Equal Opportunities for Women and Men
• Committee for EU
• Independent Panel on the Assessment of the Czech Republic's Long-Term Energy Requirements

Bodies not provided for by the Government Office

• Government Council for Sustainable Development
• The Czech Government Council for Health Care and Environment
• The Government Council for Safety, Hygiene and Health at Work
• Government Council for Seniors and Population Ageing
• Czech Republic Government Council for Road Safety
• National Co-ordination Group for Digital Broadcasting in the CR
• The Czech Commission for UNESCO
• The Central Flood Commission
• The Czech Republics' Council for Quality (in Czech only)
• Government Council for the Revitalization of Areas Affected by Flooding
• Commission on the Management of Occurrences of Infectious Diseases in the Czech Republic
• Government Council for the Information Society
• Commission for the Reconciliation of Relations between the State and Churches and Religious Societies
• Czech Republic Government Council - Investment Council

References

1. ↑ Governmental Structure

Current members of the Czech Cabinet
Babiš Sobotka Bělobrádek
Brabec Chovanec Chvojka Herman Jurečka Marksová-Tominová Mládek Ludvík Stropnický Šlechtová Ťok Pelikán Prouza Valachová Zaorálek

Cabinets of the Czech Republic
Klaus I, ODS+KDU-ČSL+ODA+KDS (1992–6) Klaus II, ODS+KDU-ČSL+ODA (1996–7) Tošovský, caretaker government (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) 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–)

Governments of the member states of the European Union as of 6 December 2016
Kern (Austria) Michel (Belgium) Borisov II (Bulgaria) Plenković (Croatia) Anastasiades (Cyprus) Sobotka (Czech Republic) Løkke Rasmussen III (Denmark) Ratas (Estonia) Sipilä (Finland) Cazeneuve (France) Merkel III (Germany) Tsipras II (Greece) Orbán III (Hungary) Kenny II (Ireland) Renzi (Italy) Kučinskis (Latvia) Butkevičius (Lithuania) Bettel (Luxembourg) Muscat (Malta) Rutte II (Netherlands) Szydło (Poland) Costa (Portugal) Cioloș (Romania) Fico III (Slovakia) Cerar (Slovenia) Rajoy II (Spain) Löfven (Sweden) May (United Kingdom)
Juncker Commission