Mečiar's Second Cabinet

Between 24 June 1992 and 15 March 1994, prime minister of Slovakia Vladimír Mečiar formed his second cabinet in his second consecutive term in this office. Slovakia became an independent sovereign state on 1 January 1993 and thus this government was the first one after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia. On 11 March 1994, Mečiar's second cabinet suffered defeat in a parliamentary vote of no confidence, 78–2–2, in the 150-seat NR SR after President Michal Kováč criticized Mečiar's governing methods, leading to a vote of no confidence in parliament and a defection of a third of HZDS deputies, who later reformed as a new party, the Democratic Union (DU).^[1]

Mečiar's Second Cabinet
1st Cabinet of Slovakia
24 June 1992 – 15 March 1994
Vladimír Mečiar in 2004
Date formed	24 June 1992
Date dissolved	15 March 1994
People and organisations
Head of state	Václav Havel (1992) Jan Stráský (1992, acting) Vladimír Mečiar (1993, acting) Michal Kováč (1993–1994)
Head of government	Vladimír Mečiar
Head of government's history	1990–1991
No. of ministers	20
Ministers removed	8
Total no. of members	28
Member party	HZDS SNS
Status in legislature	Majority Coalition (1992–1994) 89 / 150 (59%) Minority Coalition (1994) 65 / 150 (43%)
Opposition party	SDĽ KDH MKM – EGY
Opposition leader	Peter Weiss
History
Election	1992 Slovak parliamentary election
Incoming formation	1992
Outgoing formation	1994
Predecessor	Čarnogurský's Cabinet
Successor	Moravčík's Cabinet

Government ministers

Office	Minister	Political Party		In office
Prime Minister	Vladimír Mečiar		HZDS	24 June 1992 – 15 March 1994
Minister of Transport, Posts and Telecommunications	Roman Hofbauer		HZDS	24 June 1992 – 15 March 1994
Minister of Labour, Social Affairs and Family	Oľga Keltošová		HZDS	24 June 1992 – 15 March 1994
Minister of Finance	Július Tóth		HZDS	24 June 1992 – 15 March 1994
Minister of Economy	Ľudovít Černák		SNS	24 June 1992 – 19 March 1993
	Jaroslav Kubečka		HZDS	19 March 1993 – 10 November 1993
	Ján Ducký		HZDS	10 November 1993 – 15 March 1994
Minister of Agriculture	Peter Baco		HZDS	24 June 1992 – 15 March 1994
Minister of Interior	Jozef Tuchyňa		HZDS	24 June 1992 – 15 March 1994
Minister of Defence	Imrich Andrejčák		HZDS	24 June 1992 – 15 March 1994
Minister of Justice	Katarína Tóthová		HZDS	24 June 1992 – 15 March 1994
Minister of Education	Dušan Slobodník (acting)		HZDS	24 June 1992 – 26 September 1992
	Matúš Kučera		HZDS	26 September 1992 – 22 June 1993
	Roman Kováč (acting)		HZDS	22 June 1993 – 10 November 1993
	Jaroslav Paška		SNS	10 November 1993 – 15 March 1994
Minister of Culture	Dušan Slobodník		HZDS	24 June 1992 – 15 March 1994
Minister of Health	Viliam Soboňa		HZDS	24 June 1992 – 24 November 1993
	Irena Belohorská		HZDS	24 November 1993 – 15 March 1994
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Milan Kňažko		HZDS	24 June 1992 – 19 March 1993
	Jozef Moravčík		HZDS	19 March 1993 – 15 March 1994
Minister for Administration and Privatisation of National Property	Ľubomír Dolgoš		HZDS	24 June 1992 – 19 March 1993
	Vladimír Mečiar (acting)		HZDS	19 March 1993 – 15 March 1994
Minister of Envirovment	Jozef Zlocha		HZDS	24 June 1992 – 15 March 1994
Minister of State Control	Roman Kováč (acting)		HZDS	24 June 1992 – 15 March 1994

Deputy Prime Ministers

Minister	Political Party		In office	Notes
Roman Kováč		HZDS	24 June 1992 – 15 March 1994
Milan Kňažko		HZDS	24 June 1992 – 25 February 1994
Marián Andel		SNS	24 June 1992 – 10 November 1993
Jozef Prokeš		SNS	24 June 1992 – 10 November 1993