Government of the Czech Republic

Government of the Czech Republic
Vláda České republiky
Overview
Established	1993
State	Czech Republic
Leader	Prime Minister
Appointed by	Presidential nomination with Chamber of Deputies confirmation
Responsible to	Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic
Headquarters	Straka Academy Prague
Website	http://www.vlada.cz/en

The Government of the Czech Republic (Czech: Vláda České republiky) exercises executive power in the Czech Republic. The members of the government are the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic (Chairman of the Government), the deputy ministers and other ministers. It has its legal basis in the Constitution of the Czech Republic.

Overview

The government is led by the Prime Minister, who selects all the remaining ministers. Government of the Czech Republic is responsible to the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic.

The Prime Minister is appointed by the President of the Czech Republic (currently Miloš Zeman). He or she succeeds to the presidency if the current president dies, is incapacitated, or resigns. The current Prime Minister is Bohuslav Sobotka.

Straka Academy, Seat of the Government of the Czech Republic.

Cabinet room of the Government in Straka Academy.

Current Cabinet

Current government is 13th from year 1993 and dissolution of Czechoslovakia and it has 17 members + prime minister. The cabinet consists of the following members:^[1]

Cabinet of the Czech Republic
Office	Name	Political party
Chairman of the Government	Bohuslav Sobotka	ČSSD
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Lubomír Zaorálek	ČSSD
Minister of the Interior	Milan Chovanec	ČSSD
Finance Minister	Andrej Babiš	ANO 2011
Minister of Defense	Martin Stropnický	ANO 2011
Minister of Science and Research	Pavel Bělobrádek	KDU-ČSL
Minister of Justice	Robert Pelikán	nominated by ANO 2011
Minister of Industry and Trade	Jan Mládek	ČSSD
Minister for Regional Development	Karla Šlechtová	nominated by ANO 2011
Ministry of Health	Svatopluk Němeček	ČSSD
Minister of Labour and Social Affairs	Michaela Marksová-Tominová	ČSSD
Minister of Education, Youth and Sports	Kateřina Valachová	nominated by ČSSD
Minister of Transport	Dan Ťok	ANO 2011
Minister of Culture	Daniel Herman	KDU-ČSL
Minister of the Environment	Richard Brabec	ANO 2011
Minister of Culture	Daniel Herman	KDU-ČSL
Minister for Human Rights and Equal Opportunities	Jiří Dienstbier Jr.	ČSSD
Minister of Agriculture	Marian Jurečka	KDU-ČSL

Advisory and Working Bodies of the Government

Councils

• National Security Council
• Government Legislative Council
• Inter-ministerial Commission for Roma Community Affairs
• Government Council for Human Rights
• Government Council for National Minorities
• Research and Development Council
• Government Council for Drug Policy Coordination
• Government Dislocation Commission
• Government Board for People with Disabilities
• Government Commissioner for Human Rights
• The Government Council for Equal Opportunities for Women and Men
• Committee for EU
• Independent Panel on the Assessment of the Czech Republic's Long-Term Energy Requirements

Bodies not provided for by the Government Office

• Government Council for Sustainable Development
• The Czech Government Council for Health Care and Environment
• The Government Council for Safety, Hygiene and Health at Work
• Government Council for Seniors and Population Ageing
• Czech Republic Government Council for Road Safety
• National Co-ordination Group for Digital Broadcasting in the CR
• The Czech Commission for UNESCO
• The Central Flood Commission
• The Czech Republics' Council for Quality (in Czech only)
• Government Council for the Revitalization of Areas Affected by Flooding
• Commission on the Management of Occurrences of Infectious Diseases in the Czech Republic
• Government Council for the Information Society
• Commission for the Reconciliation of Relations between the State and Churches and Religious Societies
• Czech Republic Government Council - Investment Council

References

1. Governmental Structure