Cabinet of Andrej Plenković I

The Fourteenth Government of the Republic of Croatia (Croatian: Četrnaesta Vlada Republike Hrvatske) was the Croatian Government cabinet formed on 19 October 2016, following the 2016 election.^[1] It was led by Prime Minister Andrej Plenković. The cabinet was dissolved on 23 July 2020 and was succeeded by a new government presided over by Plenković.

First Plenković cabinet
14th Cabinet of the Republic of Croatia
2016–2020
Date formed	19 October 2016 (2016-10-19)
Date dissolved	23 July 2020 (2020-07-23)
People and organisations
Head of state	Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović (2016–2020) Zoran Milanović (2020)
Head of government	Andrej Plenković
Deputy head of government	Davor Božinović Damir Krstičević Zdravko Marić Predrag Štromar
No. of ministers	20
Ministers removed	16
Total no. of members	34 (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 (2016–2020) Zlatko Komadina (Acting; 2020)
History
Election	2016 election
Legislature terms	2016–2020
Predecessor	Cabinet of Tihomir Orešković
Successor	Cabinet of Andrej Plenković II

Overview

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

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% thought 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]

Motions of confidence

Vote on the confirmation of the 14th Government of the Republic of Croatia
Ballot		19 October 2016
	Absentees	12 / 151
Required majority		76 Yes votes out of 151 votes (Absolute majority of the total number of Members of Parliament)
	Yes	91 / 151	Y
	No	45 / 151
	Abstentions	3 / 151
Sources:[3]

Vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Andrej Plenković
Ballot		11 November 2017
	Absentees	14 / 151
Required majority		76 Yes votes, Abstentions or Absentees out of 151 votes (Absolute majority of the total number of Members of Parliament)
	Yes	59 / 151
	No	78 / 151	N
	Abstentions	0 / 151
Sources:[4]

Party breakdown

Party breakdown of cabinet ministers:

Croatian Democratic Union	18
Independent	2
Croatian People's Party	1

List of ministers

Portfolio	Minister		Took office	Left office	Party
Prime Minister's Office
Prime Minister		Andrej Plenković	19 October 2016	23 July 2020	HDZ
Deputy Prime Ministers
Minister of the Interior		Davor Božinović	9 June 2017	23 July 2020	HDZ
Minister of Defence		Damir Krstičević	19 October 2016	23 July 2020	HDZ
Minister of Finance		Zdravko Marić	19 October 2016	23 July 2020	Ind.(HDZ)
Minister of Construction and Spatial Planning		Predrag Štromar	9 June 2017	23 July 2020	HNS
Ministers
Minister of Agriculture		Marija Vučković	22 July 2019	23 July 2020	HDZ
Minister of Foreign and European Affairs		Gordan Grlić-Radman	22 July 2019	23 July 2020	HDZ
Minister of Public Administration		Ivan Malenica	22 July 2019	23 July 2020	HDZ
Minister of Justice		Dražen Bošnjaković	9 June 2017	23 July 2020	HDZ
Minister of Economy, Entrepreneurship and Crafts		Darko Horvat	25 May 2018	23 July 2020	HDZ
Minister of Regional Development and EU funds		Marko Pavić	22 July 2019	23 July 2020	HDZ
Minister of Environmental Protection and Energy		Tomislav Ćorić	9 June 2017	23 July 2020	HDZ
Minister of Maritime Affairs, Transport and Infrastructure		Oleg Butković	19 October 2016	23 July 2020	HDZ
Minister of Labour and Pension System		Josip Aladrović	22 July 2019	23 July 2020	HDZ
Minister of Health		Vili Beroš	31 January 2020	23 July 2020	HDZ
Minister of Demographics, Family, Youth and Social Policy		Vesna Bedeković	22 July 2019	23 July 2020	HDZ
Minister of Croatian Veterans		Tomo Medved	19 October 2016	23 July 2020	HDZ
Minister of Science and Education		Blaženka Divjak	9 June 2017	23 July 2020	Ind.(HNS)
Minister of Culture		Nina Obuljen Koržinek	19 October 2016	23 July 2020	HDZ
Minister of Tourism		Gari Cappelli	19 October 2016	23 July 2020	HDZ
Minister of State Property		Mario Banožić	22 July 2019	23 July 2020	HDZ
Source:[5]

Former members

Minister		Party	Portfolio	Period	Days in office
	Slaven Dobrović	Most	Minister of Environmental Protection and Energy	22 January 2016 – 27 April 2017	461
	Vlaho Orepić	Most	Minister of the Interior	22 January 2016 – 27 April 2017	461
	Ante Šprlje	Independent	Minister of Justice	22 January 2016 – 27 April 2017	461
	Ivan Kovačić	Most	Minister of Public Administration Deputy Prime Minister	19 October 2016 – 28 April 2017	191
	Pavo Barišić	HDZ	Minister of Science and Education	19 October 2016 – 9 June 2017	233
	Lovro Kuščević	HDZ	Minister of Construction and Spatial Planning Minister of Public Administration	22 January 2016 – 9 June 2017 9 June 2017 – 8 July 2019	504 759
	Tomislav Ćorić	HDZ	Minister of Labour and Pension System	19 October 2016 – 9 June 2017	233
	Davor Ivo Stier	HDZ	Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Deputy Prime Minister	19 October 2016 – 12 June 2017	236
	Martina Dalić	HDZ	Minister of Economy, Entrepreneurship and Crafts	19 October 2016 – 14 May 2018	572
	Goran Marić [hr; pl; ru; uk]	HDZ	Minister of State Property	15 November 2016 – 15 July 2019	972
	Nada Murganić	HDZ	Minister of Demographics, Family, Youth and Social Policy	19 October 2016 – 17 July 2019	1,001
	Tomislav Tolušić	HDZ	Minister of Agriculture	19 October 2016 – 17 July 2019	1,001
	Gabrijela Žalac	HDZ	Minister of Regional Development and EU Funds	19 October 2016 – 17 July 2019	1,001
	Marko Pavić	HDZ	Minister of Labour and Pension System	9 June 2017 – 17 July 2019	768
	Marija Pejčinović Burić	HDZ	Minister of Foreign and European Affairs	19 June 2017 – 17 July 2019	758
	Milan Kujundžić	HDZ	Minister of Health	19 October 2016 – 28 January 2020	1,186