Paksas Cabinet II

The Second Paksas Cabinet was the 11th cabinet of Lithuania since 1990. It consisted of the Prime Minister and 13 government ministers (Ministry of Government Reforms and Municipalities was merged into the Ministry of the Interior at the start of the term).[6]

Paksas Cabinet II
2000–2001
Date formedNovember 8, 2000 (2000-11-08)
Date dissolvedJuly 12, 2001 (2001-07-12)
People and organisations
Head of stateValdas Adamkus
Head of governmentRolandas Paksas
Member partiesLiberal Union of Lithuania, New Union (Social Liberals), United parliamentary group (Lithuanian Centre Union, Modern Christian-Democratic Union, Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania)[1][2]
Status in legislature
Minority with Peasants and New Democracy parties' parliamentary group confidence & supply (2000–2001)
Minority (2001)
Opposition partySocial-Democratic Coalition (Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania, Social Democratic Party of Lithuania, Union of the Russians of Lithuania),[3]
Social Democratic Party of Lithuania, Homeland Union, Peasants and New Democracy parties' parliamentary group[4] (2001)
Opposition leaderVytenis Povilas Andriukaitis[5]
History
Legislature term(s)Eighth Seimas
PredecessorKubilius Cabinet I
SuccessorBrazauskas Cabinet I

History

Rolandas Paksas, the leader of the Liberal Union of Lithuania, was appointed the Prime Minister by President Valdas Adamkus on 27 October 2000, after the elections earlier in October. Paksas had previously headed a Homeland Union government in 1999. The 11th government, consisting of the "New Politics" coalition led by the Liberal Union and the New Union (Social Liberals), received its mandate and started its work on 9 November 2000, after the Seimas gave assent to its program.[7]

This government was the first one formed without the Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania or the Homeland Union since 1992.

The government served for less than a year before disagreements within the coalition brought it down. By the mid-June, 2001 New Union (Social Liberals) started negotiations with Social Democratic Party of Lithuania. The government, led by Rolandas Paksas, resigned on 20 June 2001, but continued to serve in an acting capacity, with Eugenijus Gentvilas as the acting Prime Minister, until the new government, headed by Algirdas Brazauskas started its work on 12 July 2001.

Cabinet

The following ministers served on the Second Paksas Cabinet.[7]

Position Name Party From To
Prime Minister Rolandas Paksas Liberal Union of Lithuania 9 November 2000 20 June 2001
Ministry of Agriculture Kęstutis Kristinaitis Independent[Note 1] 9 November 2000 12 July 2001
Ministry of Culture Gintautas Kėvišas Liberal Union of Lithuania 9 November 2000 12 July 2001
Ministry of Economy Eugenijus Maldeikis Liberal Union of Lithuania 9 November 2000 14 February 2001[9]
Eugenijus Gentvilas 15 February 2001 12 July 2001
Ministry of Education and Science Algirdas Monkevičius New Union (Social Liberals) 9 November 2000 12 July 2001
Ministry of Environment Henrikas Žukauskas Liberal Union of Lithuania 9 November 2000 12 July 2001
Ministry of Finance Jonas Lionginas Liberal Union of Lithuania 9 November 2000 12 July 2001
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Antanas Valionis New Union (Social Liberals) 9 November 2000 12 July 2001
Ministry of Health Vinsas Janušonis Independent[Note 1] 9 November 2000 2 April 2001[10]
Konstantinas Dobrovolskis New Union (Social Liberals) 15 May 2001 12 July 2001
Ministry of the Interior Vytautas Markevičius Independent[Note 1] 9 November 2000 12 July 2001
Ministry of Justice Gintautas Bartkus Independent[Note 2] 9 November 2000 12 July 2001
Ministry of Defence Linas Linkevičius Independent[Note 2] 9 November 2000 12 July 2001
Ministry of Social Security and Labour Vilija Blinkevičiūtė New Union (Social Liberals) 9 November 2000 12 July 2001
Ministry of Transport and Communications Gintaras Striaukas Liberal Union of Lithuania 9 November 2000 24 January 2001
Dailis Alfonsas Barakauskas 24 January 2001 12 July 2001
  1. Nominated by New Union (Social Liberals)[8]
  2. Nominated by Liberal Union of Lithuania[8]

References
  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20010203165500/http://www.lls.lt/lls_naujienos_pareiskimai_koal_sutartis.html
  2. https://www.delfi.lt/news/daily/lithuania/rpaksas-bandys-formuoti-mazumos-vyriausybe.d?id=361665
  3. https://www.delfi.lt/news/daily/lithuania/lddp-ir-lsdp-stovi-bendro-kelio-pradzioje.d?id=180197
  4. https://www.delfi.lt/news/daily/lithuania/seime-bus-dar-viena-opozicine-frakcija.d?id=312546
  5. http://www3.lrs.lt/docs3/kad4/w3_lrs.padalinys-p_pad_id=35&p_kalb_id=1&p_int_tv_id=784&p_kade_id=4.htm
  6. "Jungsis Vidaus reikalų ir Valdymo reformų ministerijos". Delfi.lt. BNS. 4 May 2000. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  7. "Ankstesnės Vyriausybės. Po 1990 metų". Government of the Republic of Lithuania.
  8. "Prezidentas patvirtino Vyriausybės sudėtį". Delfi.lt. BNS. 30 October 2000. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  9. "Dėl Lietuvos Respublikos ūkio ministro E.Maldeikio atsistatydinimo". Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  10. "Dėl Lietuvos Respublikos sveikatos apsaugos ministro V.Janušonio atsistatydinimo". Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
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