Second Cabinet of Václav Klaus

The second cabinet of Prime Minister Václav Klaus was in power from 4 July 1996 to 2 January 1998. It was a minority coalition government that consisted of ODS, KDU-ČSL and ODA. It was supported by ČSSD. Towards the end of 1997, cabinet resigned in connection with accusations of funding irregularities in the ODS.

Václav Klaus' Second Cabinet
2nd Cabinet of Czech Republic
4 July 1996 - 2 January 1998
Date formed	4 July 1996
Date dissolved	2 January 1998
People and organisations
Head of state	Václav Havel
Head of government	Václav Klaus
No. of ministers	15-16
Member party	ODS KDU-ČSL ODA
Status in legislature	Minority (coalition) 99 / 200 (50%)
Opposition party	ČSSD KSČM SPR-RSČ
Opposition leader	Miloš Zeman
History
Election	1996 Czech legislative election
Incoming formation	1996
Outgoing formation	1998
Predecessor	First Cabinet of Václav Klaus
Successor	Cabinet of Josef Tošovský

Government ministers

Portfolio	Image	Political Party
Prime Minister	Václav Klaus	ODS
Deputy Prime Minister	Jan Kalvoda Jiří Skalický	ODA
Deputy Prime Minister	Ivan Kočárník	ODS
Minister of Finance	Ivan Kočárník Ivan Pilip	ODS
Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Agriculture	Josef Lux	KDU-ČSL
Minister of Defence	Miloslav Výborný	KDU-ČSL
Minister of Environment	Jiří Skalický	ODA
Minister of Transportation	Martin Říman	ODS
Minister of Industry and Trade	Vladimír Dlouhý Karel Kühnl	ODA
Minister of Economic Policy and Development	Jaromír Schneider Tomáš Kvapil	KDU-ČSL
Minister of Culture	Jaromír Talíř	KDU-ČSL
Minister of Health	Jan Stráský	ODS
Minister of Justice	Jan Kalvoda Vlasta Parkanová	ODA
Minister of Education, Youth and Sport	Ivan Pilip Jiří Gruša	ODS
Minister of Interior	Jan Ruml Jindřich Vodička	ODS
Minister of Labour and Social Affairs	Jindřich Vodička Stanislav Volák	ODS
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Josef Zieleniec Jaroslav Šedivý	ODS
Minister without portfolio	Pavel Bratinka	ODA