Cabinet of Peter Pellegrini
Pellegrini's Cabinet | |
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10th Cabinet of Slovakia | |
Pellegrini in 2019 | |
| Date formed | 22 March 2018 |
| Date dissolved | 21 March 2020 |
| People and organisations | |
| Head of state | Andrej Kiska Zuzana Čaputová |
| Head of government | Peter Pellegrini |
| No. of ministers | 15 |
| Member parties | |
| Status in legislature |
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| Opposition parties | |
| Opposition leader | Richard Sulík |
| History | |
| Outgoing election | 2016 Slovak parliamentary election |
| Predecessor | Fico's Third Cabinet |
| Successor | Matovič's Cabinet |
Pellegrini's Cabinet is the former government of Slovakia, headed by prime minister Peter Pellegrini. It was formed on 22 March 2018, after the Prime Minister Robert Fico resigned, as a result of the popular protests following the murder of Ján Kuciak and his fiancée, Martina Kušnírová. According to the Slovak Constitution, if the Prime Minister resigns, the entire government resigns as well. Nevertheless, the composition of the government was to a large extent the same as the previous government. All members of the Smer-SD, SNS and Most-Híd parties supported the re-constructed government.
The cabinet was approved by the National Council on 26 March 2018 with an 81-61 vote, while protests erupted in the streets of Bratislava. It was replaced by the Cabinet of Igor Matovič after the 2020 parliamentary election.