Mečiar's First Cabinet

Mečiar's First Cabinet
7th Cabinet of Slovakia (Czechoslovakia)
27 June 1990 – 22 April 1991
Vladimír Mečiar in 2004
Date formed	27 June 1990
Date dissolved	22 April 1991
People and organisations
Head of state	Václav Havel
Head of government	Vladimír Mečiar
No. of ministers	18
Ministers removed	2
Total no. of members	20
Member party	VPN KDH DS
Status in legislature	Majority Grand Coalition
Opposition party	SNS KSS MKDH
Opposition leader	Víťazoslav Moric
History
Election	1990 Slovak parliamentary election
Incoming formation	1990
Outgoing formation	1991
Predecessor	Čič's Cabinet
Successor	Čarnogurský's Cabinet

Between 27 June 1990 and 22 April 1991, prime minister of Slovakia Vladimír Mečiar formed his first cabinet in his first term in this office although Ján Budaj led the elections. It was the first Slovak government formed after democratic election. On 22 April 1991, SNR parliament removed Prime Minister Vladimír Mečiar from the office and he was replaced by KDH leader Ján Čarnogurský.

Government ministers

Office	Minister	Political Party		In office
Prime Minister	Vladimír Mečiar		VPN	27 June 1990 – 22 April 1991
Minister of Labour, Social Affairs and Family	Stanislav Novák		DS	27 June 1990 – 22 April 1991
Minister of Finance	Michal Kováč		VPN	27 June 1990 – 22 April 1991
Minister of Economy	Jozef Belcák		KDH	27 June 1990 – 22 April 1991
Minister of Agriculture	Michal Džatko		KDH	27 June 1990 – 22 April 1991
Minister of Interior	Anton Andráš		KDH	27 June 1990 – 22 November 1990
	Ladislav Pittner		KDH	22 November 1990 – 22 April 1991
Minister of Justice	Ladislav Košťa		VPN	27 June 1990 – 22 April 1991
Minister of Education	Ladislav Kováč		VPN	27 June 1990 – 6 September 1990
	Ján Pišút		VPN	6 September 1990 – 22 April 1991
Minister of Culture	Ladislav Snopko		VPN	27 June 1990 – 22 April 1991
Minister of Health	Alojz Rakús		KDH	22 November 1990 – 22 April 1991
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Milan Kňažko		VPN	6 September 1990 – 22 April 1991
Minister for Administration and Privatisation of National Property	Augustín Marián Húska		VPN	27 June 1990 – 22 April 1991
Minister of Envirovment	Ivan Tirpák		KDH	27 June 1990 – 22 April 1991
Minister of Construction and Civil Engineering	Jozef Dubníček		DS	27 June 1990 – 22 April 1991
Minister of State Control	Martin Hvozdík		VPN	27 June 1990 – 22 April 1991
Minister of Industries	Ján Holčík		DS	27 June 1990 – 22 April 1991

Deputy Prime Ministers

Minister	Political Party		In office	Notes
Vladimír Ondruš		VPN	27 June 1990 – 22 April 1991
Ján Čarnogurský		KDH	27 June 1990 – 22 April 1991
Jozef Kučerák		VPN	27 June 1990 – 22 April 1991
Gábor Zászlós		VPN	27 June 1990 – 22 April 1991

Party composition

Party		Ideology	Leader	Deputies	Ministers
	VPN	Liberalism	Ján Budaj	48 / 150	11 / 18
	KDH	Christian democracy	Ján Čarnogurský	31 / 150	6 / 18
	DS	Conservatism	Ján Holčík	7 / 150	3 / 18
Total				86 / 150	20

Issues

Conflicts and formation of HZDS

In 1990 the political landscape of the Czech Republic and Slovakia started to develop and many new political parties were formed, mainly from the Civic Forum and the VPN. By the end of 1990, some of Mečiar's partners in the VPN began distancing themselves from him. First, the party split into two fractions in early March 1991: Mečiar supporters (mostly members of his cabinet) and Mečiar opponents (led by the VPN chairman Fedor Gál). On 23 April 1991, the Presidium of the Slovak parliament (Slovak National Council) deposed him as Prime Minister of Slovakia and he was replaced by Ján Čarnogurský, the leader of the Christian Democratic Movement. Three days later, the VPN officially split in two: the Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (HZDS) and the remaining VPN (since October 1991 called ODÚ-VPN, later just ODÚ). Mečiar was elected as HZDS chairman in June 1991.^[1]

References

1. a.s, Petit Press. "Kedy bolo premiérom ťažko?". www.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 28 August 2025.