Cabinet Name: | Milanović cabinet |
Cabinet Number: | 12th |
Jurisdiction: | the Republic of Croatia |
Flag: | Flag_of_Croatia.svg |
Flag Border: | true |
Incumbent: | 2011–2016 |
Date Formed: | 23 December 2011 |
Date Dissolved: | 22 January 2016 |
Government Head: | Zoran Milanović |
State Head: | Ivo Josipović (2011–2015) Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović (2015–2016) |
Current Number: | 21 (on 22 January 2016) |
Former Members Number: | 9 |
Total Number: | 30 (including former members) |
Political Party: | Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP) Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats (HNS) Istrian Democratic Assembly (IDS) with support from HSU and SDSS |
Legislature Status: | Majority coalition government |
Election: | 2011 election |
Legislature Term: | 2011–2015 |
Opposition Party: | Croatian Democratic Union |
Opposition Leader: | Jadranka Kosor (2011–2012) Tomislav Karamarko (2012–2016) |
Deputy Government Head: | Radimir Čačić (2011–2012) Vesna Pusić (2012–2016) |
Previous: | Cabinet of Jadranka Kosor |
Successor: | Cabinet of Tihomir Orešković |
The Twelfth Government of the Republic of Croatia (hr|Dvanaesta Vlada Republike Hrvatske) was the Croatian Government cabinet led by Prime Minister Zoran Milanović. It was in office from 23 December 2011 until 22 January 2016. It was formed following the November 2011 election won by the centre-left Kukuriku coalition.
By taking office at the age of 45, Zoran Milanović became the second-youngest Prime Minister since Croatia's independence.[1] In addition, his cabinet was also the youngest cabinet in the same period, with an average age of 48.[1] It was surpassed by the succeeding cabinet of Tihomir Orešković, with an average age of 46.
Cabinet members came from three out of the four parties of the winning coalition, leaving only the single-issue Croatian Party of Pensioners (HSU) without representation:
The Milanović cabinet endured a major change when the first deputy prime minister Radimir Čačić resigned in November 2012 following his vehicular manslaughter conviction in Hungary.[2] Also, Milanović's government underwent the most cabinet changes of any Croatian government to date. Namely, nine ministers in total were replaced before the cabinet's term of office expired in January 2016.
Vote on the confirmation of the 12th Government of the Republic of Croatia | ||||
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Ballot | 23 December 2011 | |||
Absentees | ||||
Required majority | 76 Yes votes out of 151 votes (Absolute majority of the total number of Members of Parliament) | |||
Yes | ||||
No | ||||
Abstentions | ||||
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The number of ministries rose to 20, up from 16 in the preceding centre-right Cabinet of Jadranka Kosor. None of the previous ministers retained their position, and several ministries were renamed or had their portfolios reorganized:
Only two cabinet members have previously held senior executive posts - from 2000 to 2003 Slavko Linić held the position of Deputy Prime Minister and Radimir Čačić was Minister of Public Works, Construction and Reconstruction, both under Prime Minister Ivica Račan.
Party breakdown of cabinet ministers:
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Minister | Party | Portfolio | Period | ||
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Zlatko Komadina | SDP | Minister of Maritime Affairs, Transport and Infrastructure | 23 December 2011 – 4 April 2012[4] | ||
Mirela Holy | SDP | Minister of Environmental Protection and Nature | 23 December 2011 – 7 June 2012[5] | ||
HNS | Deputy Prime Minister (for Economic Issues) Minister of Economy | 23 December 2011 – 14 November 2012 [6] | |||
Veljko Ostojić | IDS | Minister of Tourism | 23 December 2011 – 9 March 2013[7] | ||
SDP | Deputy Prime Minister (for Home, Foreign and European Affairs) | 23 December 2011 – 1 July 2013 | |||
SDP | Minister of Finance | 23 December 2011 – 6 May 2014 | |||
Rajko Ostojić | SDP | Minister of Health | 23 December 2011 – 11 June 2014 | ||
Željko Jovanović | SDP | Minister of Science, Education and Sports | 23 December 2011 – 11 June 2014 | ||
Andrea Zlatar-Violić | HNS | Minister of Culture | 23 December 2011 –25 March 2015 |