Fico's First Cabinet

Fico's First Cabinet
6th Cabinet of Slovakia
4 July 2006 – 8 July 2010
Robert Fico in 2008
Date formed	4 July 2006
Date dissolved	8 July 2010
People and organisations
Head of state	Ivan Gašparovič
Head of government	Robert Fico
No. of ministers	16
Ministers removed	12
Total no. of members	28
Member party	Smer-SD ĽS-HZDS SNS
Status in legislature	Majority Coalition
Opposition party	SDKÚ – DS SMK KDH
Opposition leader	Mikuláš Dzurinda
History
Election	2006 Slovak parliamentary election
Incoming formation	2006
Outgoing formation	2010
Predecessor	Dzurinda's Second Cabinet
Successor	Radičová's Cabinet

Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico formed his first cabinet from 2006 to 2010. President Ivan Gašparovič appointed the cabinet on 4 July 2006.^[1]

Government ministers

Office	Minister	Political Party		In office
Prime Minister	Robert Fico		Direction–Social Democracy	4 July 2006 – 8 July 2010
Minister of Labour, Social Affairs and Family	Viera Tomanová		Direction–Social Democracy	4 July 2006 – 8 July 2010
Minister of Finance	Ján Počiatek		Direction–Social Democracy	4 July 2006 – 8 July 2010
Minister of Economy	Ľubomír Jahnátek		Direction–Social Democracy	4 July 2006 – 8 July 2010
Minister of Agriculture	Miroslav Jureňa		ĽS-HZDS	4 July 2006 – 28 November 2007
	Zdenka Kramplová		ĽS-HZDS	28 November 2007 – 18 August 2008
	Stanislav Becík [sk]		ĽS-HZDS	18 August 2008 – 16 September 2009
	Vladimír Chovan		ĽS-HZDS	16 September 2009 – 8 July 2010
Minister of Interior	Robert Kaliňák		Direction–Social Democracy	4 July 2006 – 8 July 2010
Minister of Defence	František Kašický		Direction–Social Democracy	4 July 2006 – 30 January 2008
	Jaroslav Baška		Direction–Social Democracy	30 January 2008 – 8 July 2010
Minister of Justice	Štefan Harabin		ĽS-HZDS	4 July 2006 – 23 June 2009
	Robert Fico (Acting)		Direction–Social Democracy	23 June 2009 – 3 July 2009
	Viera Petríková		ĽS-HZDS	3 July 2009 – 8 July 2010
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Ján Kubiš		Direction–Social Democracy	4 July 2006 – 26 January 2009
	Miroslav Lajčák		Direction–Social Democracy	26 January 2009 – 8 July 2010
Minister of Education	Ján Mikolaj		Slovak National Party	4 July 2006 – 8 July 2010
Minister of Culture	Marek Maďarič		Direction–Social Democracy	4 July 2006 – 8 July 2010
Minister of Health	Ivan Valentovič [sk]		Direction–Social Democracy	4 July 2006 – 3 June 2008
	Richard Raši		Direction–Social Democracy	3 June 2008 – 8 July 2010
Minister of the Environment	Jaroslav Izák		Slovak National Party	4 July 2006 – 18 August 2008
	Ján Chrbet [sk]		Slovak National Party	18 August 2008 – 5 May 2009
	Ján Mikolaj (Acting)		Slovak National Party	6 May 2009 – 20 May 2009
	Viliam Turský		Slovak National Party	20 May 2009 – 28 August 2009
	Dušan Čaplovič (Acting)		Direction–Social Democracy	28 August 2009 – 28 October 2009
	Jozef Medveď		Direction–Social Democracy	29 October 2009 – 30 June 2010
Minister of Construction and Regional Development	Marian Janušek		Slovak National Party	4 July 2006 – 15 April 2009
	Igor Štefanov		Slovak National Party	15 April 2009 – 11 April 2010
	Ján Mikolaj (Acting)		Slovak National Party	11 April 2010 – 30 June 2010
Minister of Transport, Post and Telecommunications	Ľubomír Vážny		Direction–Social Democracy	4 July 2006 – 8 July 2010

Deputy Prime Ministers

Minister	Political Party		In office	Notes
Robert Kaliňák		Direction–Social Democracy	4 July 2006 – 8 July 2010	1st Deputy Prime Minister
Dušan Čaplovič		Direction–Social Democracy	4 July 2006 – 8 July 2010	Deputy Prime Minister of Knowledge-Based Society, European Affairs, Human Rights and Minorities
Ján Mikolaj		Slovak National Party	4 July 2006 – 8 July 2010
Štefan Harabin		ĽS-HZDS	4 July 2006 – 23 June 2009
Viera Petríková		ĽS-HZDS	3 July 2009 – 8 July 2010	Replaced Štefan Harabin

Party composition

Party		Ideology	Leader	Deputies	Ministers
	SMER-SD	Social democracy	Robert Fico	50 / 150	11 / 16
	SNS	Ultranationalism	Ján Slota	20 / 150	3 / 16
	ĽS-HZDS	Slovak nationalism	Vladimír Mečiar	15 / 150	2 / 16
Total				85 / 150	16

Confidence motion

Motion of confidence Robert Fico (SMER-SD)
Ballot →		4 August 2006
Required majority →		68 out of 135 (simple) Y
	Yes • SMER-SD (49) • SNS (18) • ĽS-HZDS (13)	80 / 150
	No • SDKÚ-DS (29) • KDH (11) • SMK (15)	55 / 150
	Abstentions	0 / 150
	Absentees • SMER-SD (1) • SNS (2) • ĽS-HZDS (2) • SDKÚ-DS (2) • KDH (3) • SMK (5)	15 / 150
Sources:[2]

See also

• Fico's Second Cabinet

References

1. "Vláda Roberta Fica má prvé výročie". Sme (in Slovak). SITA. 1 July 2007. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
2. "Národná rada Slovenskej republiky - hlasovanie poslancov". www.nrsr.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 4 August 2006.

External links

• Official Website (in Slovak)