Kubilius Cabinet II

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Kubilius Cabinet II
2008–2012
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Date formed9 December 2008 (2008-12-09)
Date dissolved13 December 2012 (2012-12-13)
People and organisations
Head of state Valdas Adamkus (2008–2009)
Dalia Grybauskaitė (2009–2012)
Head of government Andrius Kubilius
Member parties   Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats
   National Resurrection Party
   Liberal Movement
   Liberal and Centre Union
  parliamentary group "One Lithuania" (2009–2010) [1]
Status in legislature Majority coalition government (2008–2010 and 2010–2012)
Minority (2010) and (2012) supported by Lithuanian Peasants Popular Union (2010) [2] [3]
Opposition parties   Social Democratic Party of Lithuania
   Order and Justice
   Labour Party
  Mixed Group (Lithuanian Peasants Popular Union) (2009–2010) [4]
   Christian Party (2010–2012)
Opposition leader Gediminas Kirkilas (2008–2009), Valentinas Mazuronis (2009–2010; 2011–2012), Vytautas Gapšys (2010, 2011, 2012), Algirdas Butkevičius (2010–2011; 2012) [5]
History
Election 2008
Legislature term Tenth Seimas
Predecessor Kirkilas Cabinet
Successor Butkevičius Cabinet

The Second Kubilius Cabinet was the 15th cabinet of Lithuania since 1990. It consisted of the Prime Minister and 13 government ministers (14 after the Ministry of Energy was re-established in 2009). The coalition consisted of the Homeland Union, National Resurrection Party (which suffered a split with both factions leaving the coalition by 2010), Liberal Movement, and the Liberal and Centre Union (which was later joined by a faction of the National Resurrection Party).

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History

After the parliamentary elections in October, President Valdas Adamkus appointed Andrius Kubilius, the leader of the Homeland Union, as the Prime Minister on 28 November 2008. Kubilius had previously headed the 10th cabinet between 1999 and 2000. The 15th cabinet received its mandate and started its work on 9 December 2008, after the Seimas gave assent to its program. [6]

The coalition, which formed on 17 November 2008 and supported the government named itself the "Coalition of Change". [7]

In first two months of 2010 National Resurrection Party dissenters formed the new Christian Party. By this time, the government lost its majority and had to rely on support from the Lithuanian Peasants Popular Union, which lasted up until October of the same year, when the coalition once again got a majority. [2] [8] In September 2011 the National Resurrection Party merged with the Liberal and Centre Union, which reduced the number of parties in the coalition from four to three. By April 2012 the government once again lost its majority in the Seimas.

Despite an economic crisis and the unpopular austerity measures that the government implemented to face it, the cabinet became the first government of Lithuania since independence to serve the full four-year term of the Tenth Seimas, [9] returning its mandate on 16 November 2012 [10] after the elections to the Seimas in October. The government continued to serve in an acting capacity until the Butkevičius Cabinet started its work on 13 December 2012. [11]

Cabinet

The following ministers served on Kubilius Cabinet. [6]

PositionNamePartyFromTo
Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius Homeland Union 9 December 200813 December 2012
Ministry of Agriculture Kazimieras Starkevičius Homeland Union 9 December 200813 December 2012
Ministry of Culture Remigijus Vilkaitis National Resurrection Party 9 December 20081 July 2010 [12]
Arūnas Gelūnas Independent 2 July 201013 December 2012
Ministry of Economy Dainius Kreivys Homeland Union 9 December 200817 March 2011 [13]
Rimantas Žylius Independent 17 March 201113 December 2012
Ministry of Education and Science Gintaras Steponavičius Liberal Movement 9 December 200813 December 2012
Ministry of Energy Arvydas Sekmokas Independent 10 February 2009 [14] 13 December 2012
Ministry of Environment Gediminas Kazlauskas Independent 9 December 200813 December 2012
Ministry of Finance Algirdas Šemeta Independent 9 December 200830 June 2009
Ingrida Šimonytė Independent 3 July 200913 December 2012
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Vygaudas Ušackas Independent 9 December 200826 January 2010
Audronius Ažubalis Homeland Union 29 January 201013 December 2012
Ministry of Health Algis Čaplikas Liberal and Centre Union 9 December 200822 February 2010 [15]
Raimondas Šukys 1 March 201013 December 2012
Ministry of the Interior Raimundas Palaitis Liberal and Centre Union 9 December 200826 March 2012 [16]
Artūras Melianas 16 April 201213 December 2012
Ministry of Justice Remigijus Šimašius Liberal Movement 9 December 200813 December 2012
Ministry of Defence Rasa Juknevičienė Homeland Union 9 December 200813 December 2012
Ministry of Social Security and Labour Rimantas Dagys Homeland Union 9 December 200822 July 2009 [17]
Donatas Jankauskas 22 July 200913 December 2012
Ministry of Transport and Communications Eligijus Masiulis Liberal Movement 9 December 200813 December 2012

References

  1. ↑ Frakcija viena lietuva ima spausti [ dead link ]
  2. 1 2 "Valstiečiai pasirašys susitarimą dėl paramos A.Kubiliaus Vyriausybei". DELFI.
  3. ↑ Freedom in the World 2011: The Annual Survey of Political Rights and Civil Liberties. Freedom House. November 2011. ISBN   9781442209947.
  4. ↑ Mišrios Seimo narių grupės pareiškimas: valstiečiai liaudininkai Seime dirbs opozicijoje
  5. ↑ "Seimo valdyba". Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  6. 1 2 "Ankstesnės Vyriausybės. Po 1990 metų". Government of the Republic of Lithuania.
  7. ↑ www.DELFI.lt, Atnaujinta 12 30, Rasa Lukaitytė. "Pasirašyta Permainų koalicijos sutartis". DELFI.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ↑ House, Freedom (November 2011). Freedom in the World 2011: The Annual Survey of Political Rights and Civil Liberties. ISBN   9781442209947.
  9. ↑ "Lithuania's final sprint". The Economist. 7 September 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  10. ↑ "DĖL LIETUVOS RESPUBLIKOS VYRIAUSYBĖS GRĄŽINAMŲ ĮGALIOJIMŲ PRIĖMIMO IR PAVEDIMO JAI LAIKINAI EITI PAREIGAS". Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  11. ↑ "Dėl lietuvos respublikos vyriausybės atsistatydinimo". Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  12. ↑ "DĖL LIETUVOS RESPUBLIKOS KULTŪROS MINISTRO R. VILKAIČIO ATSISTATYDINIMO". Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  13. ↑ "DĖL LIETUVOS RESPUBLIKOS ŪKIO MINISTRO D. KREIVIO ATSISTATYDINIMO". Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  14. ↑ "Energetikos ministerija - Istorija". Government of the Republic of Lithuania. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  15. ↑ "DĖL LIETUVOS RESPUBLIKOS SVEIKATOS APSAUGOS MINISTRO A. ČAPLIKO ATSISTATYDINIMO". Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  16. ↑ "DĖL LIETUVOS RESPUBLIKOS VIDAUS REIKALŲ MINISTRO R. PALAIČIO ATSISTATYDINIMO". Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  17. ↑ "DĖL LIETUVOS RESPUBLIKOS VYRIAUSYBĖS GRĄŽINAMŲ ĮGALIOJIMŲ PRIĖMIMO IR PAVEDIMO JAI LAIKINAI EITI SAVO PAREIGAS". Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
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