Second Gyurcsány Government

The Second Gyurcsány Government took its oath of office on June 9, 2006, following the First Gyurcsány Government in power. This is the seventh government after the regime change. The majority of the government consisted of the Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP), which won the 2006 elections, and the Alliance of Free Democrats (SZDSZ) until 30 April 2008, when the SZDSZ recalled its ministers and left the coalition.^[1][2] The head of government was Ferenc Gyurcsány (MSZP). On April 14, 2009, the Parliament passed a vote of no confidence against Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány. Since 2006, the Cabinet had suffered from the aftermath of the burnt-out Őszöd speech and the subsequent demonstration series. Nor was it good for the government to try to take control of the crackdown on the protesters by deploying police officers without an identification number, which the national side has since called only the 2006 police terror. The declining GDP debt-to-GDP ratio and the borrowed IMF loan also weighed heavily on the downturn.^[3][4]

Second Gyurcsány Government
68th Cabinet of Hungary
Gyurcsány in 2007
Date formed	9 June 2006
Date dissolved	14 April 2009
People and organisations
Head of state	László Sólyom (Ind.)
Head of government	Ferenc Gyurcsány
Member party	MSZP, SZDSZ (until 30 April 2008), Association for Somogy
Status in legislature	Majority Coalition (2006–2008) 210 / 386 (54%) Minority (from 30 April 2008) 187 / 386 (48%)
Opposition party	Fidesz, KDNP, SZDSZ (from 30 April 2008, MDF
Opposition leader	Tibor Navracsics (Fidesz) Zsolt Semjén (KDNP) Gábor Fodor, János Kóka (SZDSZ) Ibolya Dávid (MDF)
History
Election	9 and 23 April 2006
Outgoing election	-
Legislature term	2006-2010
Predecessor	First Gyurcsány Government
Successor	Bajnai Government

Party breakdown

Beginning of term

Party breakdown of cabinet ministers in the beginning of term:

Independents	8
MSZP	7
SZDSZ	2

End of term

Party breakdown of cabinet ministers in the end of term:

MSZP	9
Independents	7
Association for Somogy	1

Composition

Office	Image	Incumbent	Political party		In office
Prime Minister		Ferenc Gyurcsány		MSZP	9 June 2006 – 20 April 2009
Minister of the Prime Minister's Office		György Szilvásy		Independent	9 June 2006 – 30 June 2007
		Péter Kiss		MSZP	30 June 2007 - 20 April 2009
Minister of Local Government (until 30 April 2008 as Minister of Local Government and Local Development)		Mónika Lamperth		MSZP	9 June 2006 - 30 June 2007
		Gordon Bajnai		MSZP	30 June 2007 - 14 May 2008
		István Gyenesei		Association for Somogy	14 May 2008 - 20 April 2009
Minister of Foreign Affairs		Kinga Göncz		Independent	9 June 2006 – 20 April 2009
Minister of Finance		János Veres		Independent	9 June 2006 – 20 April 2009
Minister of National Development and Economy		Gordon Bajnai		MSZP	9 June 2006 – 20 April 2009
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development		József Gráf		MSZP	9 June 2006 – 20 April 2009
Minister of Justice and Law Enforcement		József Petrétei		Independent	9 June 2006 - 31 May 2007
		Albert Takács		Independent	31 May 2007 - 17 February 2008
		Tibor Draskovics		Independent	17 February 2008 - 20 April 2009
Minister of Health		Lajos Molnár		SZDSZ	9 June 2006 - 6 April 2007
		János Kóka		SZDSZ	7 April 2007 - 22 April 2007
		Ágnes Horváth		SZDSZ	22 April 2007 - 30 April 2008
		Tamás Székely		Independent	30 April 2008 - 20 April 2009
Minister of Social Affairs and Labour		Péter Kiss		MSZP	9 June 2006 - 30 June 2007
		Mónika Lamperth		MSZP	30 June 2007 - 30 April 2008
		Erika Szűcs		MSZP	30 April 2008 - 20 April 2009
Minister of Education and Culture		István Hiller		MSZP	9 June 2006 – 20 April 2009
Minister of Defence		Imre Szekeres		MSZP	9 June 2006 – 20 April 2009
Minister of Environment and Water		Miklós Persányi		Independent	9 June 2006 - 6 May 2007
		Gábor Fodor		SZDSZ	6 May 2007 - 30 April 2008
		Imre Szabó		MSZP	30 April 2008 - 20 April 2009
Minister without portfolio for coordination of social policy		Tibor Draskovics		Independent	9 June 2006 – 20 April 2009
Minister without portfolio for civilian intelligence services		György Szilvásy		Independent	9 June 2006 – 20 April 2009
Minister without portfolio for Research Development		Károly Molnár		Independent	9 June 2006 – 20 April 2009
Minister of Transport, Communications and Energy (as minister for economy and transport until 30 April 2008)		János Kóka		SZDSZ	9 June 2006 - 7 December 2007
		Csaba Kákosy		Independent	7 December 2007 - 30 April 2008
		Pál Szabó		Independent	30 April 2008 - 30 November 2008
		Csaba Molnár		MSZP	30 November 2008 - 20 April 2009