Cabinet crisis explained

A cabinet crisis, government crisis or political crisis refers to a situation where an incumbent government is unable to form or function, is toppled through an uprising, or collapses.^[1] Political crises may correspond with, cause or be caused by economic crisis, and may spread between neighbouring countries.^[2]

Examples of cabinet crises

Belgium

• 2007–2011 Belgian political crisis
• 2010–2011 Belgian government formation
• 2019–2020 Belgian government formation

Czech Republic

• 1997–1998 Czech political crisis

France

• May 1958 crisis in France

Germany

• 2018 German government crisis

Iceland

• Cabinet of Björn Þórðarson (1942–44 caretaker government)^[3]
• Klaustur Affair

Iraq

• 2022 Iraqi political crisis

Italy

• 2008 Italian government crisis
• 2019 Italian government crisis
• 2021 Italian government crisis
• 2022 Italian government crisis

Netherlands

• Dutch childcare benefits scandal

Malawi

• 1964 Malawi cabinet crisis^[4]

Malaysia

• 2020–2022 Malaysian political crisis

Maldives

• 2011–2013 Maldives political crisis
• 2018 Maldives political crisis

Spain

• 2015–2016 Spanish government formation
• 2018–2023 Spanish institutional crisis

Sri Lanka

• 2022 Sri Lankan political crisis

Sweden

• 1936 Swedish government crisis
• 1978 Swedish government crisis
• 1981 Swedish government crisis
• 2018–2019 Swedish government formation
• 2021 Swedish government crisis

Thailand

• 2005–2006 Thai political crisis
• 2008 Thai political crisis

Tunisia

• 2013–2014 Tunisian political crisis
• Mechichi Cabinet
• 2021 Tunisian political crisis

United Kingdom

• War cabinet crisis, May 1940
• Westland affair
• 2018 British cabinet reshuffle
• July 2022 United Kingdom government crisis
• October 2022 United Kingdom government crisis
• 2024 Scottish government crisis

See also

• Budget crisis
• Constitutional crisis
• Government shutdown
• Gridlock (politics)

References

1. Chang . Roberto . 2007-11-01 . Financial crises and political crises . Journal of Monetary Economics . en . 54 . 8 . 2409–2420 . 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2007.03.001 . 10510904 . 0304-3932.
2. Vaugirard . V. . 2007 . Financial instability, political crises and contagion . Recherches Économiques de Louvain . en . 73 . 4 . 347–367 . 10.3917/rel.734.0347 . 0770-4518. free .
3. Web site: Hvað er átt við með stjórnarkreppu og hefur slíkt ástand áður ríkt á Íslandi?.
4. Book: Baker, Colin . Revolt of the Ministers: The Malawi Cabinet Crisis 1964-1965 . 2001-03-23 . Bloomsbury Publishing . 978-0-85771-642-2 . en.