Skvernelis Cabinet

Skvernelis Cabinet
2016–2020
Date formed December 13, 2016 (2016-12-13)
People and organisations
Head of state Dalia Grybauskaitė
Head of government Saulius Skvernelis
Member parties Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union, Social Democratic Party of Lithuania (2016–2017)
Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union, Social Democratic Labour Political group (2017–2018)
Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union, Social Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania (from 2018)
Status in legislature (2016–2017)
Minority (from 2017) with Order and Justice confidence & supply (from 2018)
[1]
Opposition parties Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, Liberal Movement, Order and Justice (2016–2017)
Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, Liberal Movement, Order and Justice, Social Democratic Party of Lithuania (from 2017)
Opposition leader None
History
Legislature term(s) Twelfth Seimas
Predecessor Butkevičius Cabinet

Skvernelis Cabinet is the 17th cabinet of Lithuania since 1990. It consists of the Prime Minister, who is the Head of Government, and 14 government ministers from the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union and the Social Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania.

History

After the parliamentary elections in 2016, President Dalia Grybauskaitė appointed Saulius Skvernelis, an independent politician who had led the electoral list of Peasants and Greens Union, as the Prime Minister on 22 November 2016. The cabinet received its mandate on 13 December 2016.[2]

On April 22, 2017 the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania elected its new chairman, Gintautas Paluckas. After his election, Gintautas Paluckas stated that he will seek to change coalition agreement made in winter of 2016[3]. By the summer of 2017 the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union and the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania disagreements on various issues (most notably on public forest enterprices) became more pronounced. In July, 2017 the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania announced that it will conduct districts opinion polling, which final results came on September 23, 2017[4].

Majority of the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania branches voted for withdrawal from coalition, but majority of party's political group in Seimas (10 members of parliament of 17) disagreed with this decision. In return, majority of the party's Political group (12 members of 17 in political group) formed political groups' coalition with the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union[5]. As new coalition lacked members (only 69 members of the parliament were in this coalition), from October 2017 government became minority one.

By the end of 2017 12 members of 17, which belonged Social Democratic Party of Lithuania political group, formed Social Democratic Labour political group. On March 24, 2018 this political group became part of new Social Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania. On April 24, 2018 this party and Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union formed an official coalition.[6]

By the summer 2018, negotiations started between Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union, Social Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania and Order and Justice on possible cooperation. On September 11, 2018 these parties signed confidence and supply agreement.

Cabinet

Position Name Party Time
From To
Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis Independent December 13, 2016
Education and Science Jurgita Petrauskienė Independent December 13, 2016
Energy Žygimantas Vaičiūnas Independent December 13, 2016
Finance Vilius Šapoka Independent December 13, 2016
Economy Mindaugas Sinkevičius LSDP December 13, 2016 October 13, 2017
Virginijus Sinkevičius LVŽS November 28, 2017
Transport and Communications Rokas Masiulis Independent December 13, 2016
Culture Liana Ruokytė-Jonsson Independent December 13, 2016
Defence Raimundas Karoblis Independent December 13, 2016
Social Security and Labour Linas Kukuraitis Independent December 13, 2016
Agriculture Bronius Markauskas LVŽS December 13, 2016 May 14, 2018
Giedrius Surplys LVŽS May 15, 2018
Interior Eimutis Misiūnas Independent December 13, 2016
Foreign Affairs Linas Antanas Linkevičius LSDP December 13, 2016
Independent
Justice Milda Vainiutė Independent December 13, 2016 March 6, 2018
Elvinas Jankevičius Independent May 15, 2018
Environment Kęstutis Navickas Independent December 13, 2016
Health Aurelijus Veryga Independent December 13, 2016

References

  1. ↑ "„Tvarka ir teisingumas" pasirašė bendro darbo su valdančiaisiais sutartį". LRT.lt. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  2. ↑ "Septynioliktoji Vyriausybė pradeda darbą". Government of Lithuania. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  3. ↑ https://www.vz.lt/verslo-aplinka/2017/04/22/naujuoju-lsdp-pirmininku-isrinktas-paluckas
  4. ↑ https://www.alfa.lt/straipsnis/50197171/socdemu-galvosukis-del-koalicijos-ant-kortos-pastatytas-ir-palucko-likimas
  5. ↑ https://lietuvosdiena.lrytas.lt/aktualijos/2017/09/25/news/socialdemokratai-susipyko-frakcija-koalicijos-nepaliks-2671841/
  6. ↑ https://www.15min.lt/naujiena/aktualu/lietuva/r-karbauskio-valstieciai-pasirase-sutarti-su-g-kirkilo-socdarbieciais-teisingumo-ministru-gali-tapti-a-skardziaus-bendrapartietis-56-961494

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