Cabinet of Andrej Plenković

The Fourteenth Government of the Republic of Croatia (Croatian: Četrnaesta Vlada Republike Hrvatske) is the Croatian Government cabinet currently being led by Prime Minister Andrej Plenković. It was formed on 19 October 2016, following the 2016 election.[1]

Plenković cabinet
14th Cabinet of the Republic of Croatia
Date formed	19 October 2016 (2016-10-19)
People and organisations
Head of state	Zoran Milanović (2020–) Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović (2016–2020)
Head of government	Andrej Plenković
Deputy head of government	Davor Božinović Damir Krstičević Zdravko Marić Predrag Štromar
No. of ministers	20
Total no. of ministers	36 (including former members)
Member parties	Croatian Democratic Union Croatian People's Party (since June 2017) with support from SDSS, HDS, HSLS, HDSSB, BM 365 and NS-R Former parties: Bridge of Independent Lists (junior coalition partner until April 2017) Hrast (providing parliamentary support until April 2018)
Status in legislature	Minority coalition government
Opposition party	Social Democratic Party
Opposition leader	Zoran Milanović (2016) Davor Bernardić (2016–present)
History
Election(s)	2016 election
Legislature term(s)	2016–2020
Predecessor	Cabinet of Tihomir Orešković

Croatia
This article is part of a series on the politics and government of Croatia
Constitution Constitutional Act on the Rights of National Minorities in the Republic of Croatia
Executive President (list) Zoran Milanović Cabinet (list) Prime Minister: Andrej Plenković
Legislative Sabor (parliament) Speaker: Gordan Jandroković Current members Opposition Leader: Davor Bernardić
Judiciary Supreme Court Constitutional Court State's Attorney Office National Judicial Council
Political parties in Sabor Social Democratic Party (SDP) Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats (HNS-LD) Croatian Democratic Alliance of Slavonia and Baranja (HDSSB) Istrian Democratic Assembly (IDS) Croatian Party of Pensioners (HSU) Croatian Peasant Party (HSS) Bridge of Independent Lists (MOST) Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS) Independent Democratic Serb Party (SDSS) People's Party - Reformists (NS-R) Human Shield (ŽZ) Milan Bandić 365 - The Party of Labour and Solidarity (MB 365) Democratic Union of Hungarians of Croatia (DZMH)
Elections and referendums Recent elections Presidential: 2014–15 2019–20 Parliamentary: 2016 next Local: 2013 2017 European: 2014 2019 Recent referendums 1991 (independence) 2012 (EU membership) 2013 (constitution)
Administrative divisions Counties (Županije) Towns (Gradovi) Municipalities (Općine)
Foreign relations Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs Diplomatic missions Passport Visa requirements Politics of the European Union
Other countries

When naming the members of his own cabinet Plenković chose to retain eight ministers from the then outgoing Orešković cabinet:

• Zdravko Marić remained Minister of Finance
• Vlaho Orepić remained Minister of the Interior (until 27 April 2017)
• Ante Šprlje remained Minister of Justice (until 27 April 2017)
• Tomislav Tolušić became Minister of Agriculture after serving as Minister of Regional Development and EU Funds under Orešković
• Lovro Kuščević remained Minister of Construction and Spatial Planning (until 9 June 2017)
• Slaven Dobrović remained Minister of Environment, while getting the addition of Energy to his ministerial portfolio (until 27 April 2017)
• Oleg Butković remained Minister of Maritime Affairs, Transport and Infrastructure
• Tomo Medved remained Minister of Croatian Veterans, which was renamed from the Ministry of Veterans' Affairs in the previous cabinet

The cabinet was originally constituted by a coalition agreement between the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) and Bridge of Independent Lists (Most) and was voted into office by the Croatian Parliament on 19 October 2016, being approved by 91 out of 151 Members of Parliament. In April 2017, however, disagreements between HDZ and MOST over the ongoing crisis involving Agrokor and the role of Finance minister Zdravko Marić in possibly being able to avert the crisis led to the collapse of the coalition and Most's four cabinet ministers (Ivan Kovačić, Vlaho Orepić, Slaven Dobrović and Ante Šprlje) being removed from their posts by Prime Minister Plenković. On 9 June 2017 HDZ agreed on a coalition with the centrist Croatian People's Party-Liberal Democrats (HNS), and a cabinet reshuffle took place, with HNS being given two ministries in the cabinet. However, only 5 of HNS' 9 MPs agreed to support the new coalition, leading to a split within the party and the expulsion of the four rebellious MPs from HNS. The new make-up of the cabinet was approved on the same day by a majority of 78 out of 151 Members of the Croatian Parliament.

Following the reshuffle of 9 June 2017, two ministers from the previous make-up were given new portfolios:

• Lovro Kuščević, previously serving as Minister of Construction and Spatial Planning became Minister of Public Administration
• Tomislav Ćorić, previously serving as Minister of Labour and Pension System became Minister of Environmental Protection and Energy.

According to a regular monthly survey of political preferences conducted by Ipsos agency in November 2017, 74% of respondents thought Croatia was moving in a wrong direction, while 20% though opposite. The level of pessimism was highest since the approval of Plenković's cabinet a year earlier. According to the same survey, Government's policies were not supported by 62% of respondents, opposite to 29% who thought differently.[2]