The Thirteenth Government of the Republic of Croatia (Croatian: Trinaesta Vlada Republike Hrvatske) was the Croatian Government cabinet led by Prime MinisterTihomir Orešković. It was the government cabinet of Croatia between 22 January until 19 October 2016. It was formed following the 2015 election. The negotiation process leading to its formation was the longest in Croatian history, totaling at a record 76 days. On 16 June 2016, Orešković's government lost a motion of no confidence in the Parliament with 125 MPs voting for, 15 against and 2 abstaining. As a result, the Orešković cabinet served in an acting capacity until a new government took office after the 2016 election.
The first change in the cabinet's make-up occurred just 6 days into its term when Minister of Veterans' Affairs Mijo Crnoja resigned on 28 January 2016 over a controversy involving him listing an abandoned wooden structure in Samobor as his place of residence while in reality living in Zagreb. He had done so in order to pay a lower surtax. After holding lengthy meetings behind closed doors during a period of several days, the Prime Minister and his two Deputies agreed to lend their support to Crnoja's case and his claimed innocence in the affair, however Crnoja himself tended his resignation stating that he did not wish to be a burden on the new government. He became the only member of Orešković's cabinet to have never attended a cabinet meeting and also made history as the shortest-ever serving member of a post-independence cabinet in Croatia.[4] After his resignation, Vesna Nađ, who had served as Deputy Minister of Veterans' Affairs in the Cabinet of Zoran Milanović, became interim minister, creating the situation where a member of the opposition centre-left Social Democratic Party held office in a government led by the centre-right.[5] Furthermore, the ministerial post remained vacant for almost two months due to the coalition parties failing to agree on a mutual candidate. At the end of a lengthy negotiation process they finally agreed on Tomo Medved of the HDZ as Crnoja's successor and the new minister.[citation needed]
The first 100 days the cabinet had been marked by constant disagreements and feuds within the ruling Patriotic Coalition-MOST coalition. Namely, many of the smaller parties of the Patriotic Coalition had expressed dissatisfaction with the ineffectiveness of the government, as well as the mutual blocking mechanism present between members of the Patriotic Coalition and MOST, and the increasing rivalry between the chairmen of these parties, Tomislav Karamarko and Božo Petrov. In this way MOST had been accused of presenting an ″opposition within the government″ and was seen as slow to make decisions on mutual proposals because of its inability to reach a consensus among its own members. The pace of promised reforms was also stained and slowed by the feud within the ruling coalition, as well as the Prime Minister's seemingly subordinate status and lack of political authority in comparison to Tomislav Karamarko and to a lesser extent Božo Petrov. In addition, the government had managed to present only a handful of bills to Parliament, due to an inability to reach the required quorum for three weeks, mostly owing to lack of accord between the coalition parties.[citation needed]
On 18 May 2016, the opposition Social Democratic Party initiated a motion of no confidence in Tomislav Karamarko after the Nacional weekly magazine published secret contracts revealing the business-related cooperation of his wife Ana Šarić and Josip Petrović, the special adviser and lobbyist of the MOL Group, a Hungarian oil corporation that gained control of Croatia's national oil company, INA, through a corruption scandal involving former Prime Minister Ivo Sanader in 2009. MOST leader and Deputy Prime Minister Božo Petrov stated on 26 May 2016 that his party would vote in favor of Karamarko's removal from office, thereby raising the possibility of the government falling and this resulting in early elections or the installment of a new parliamentary majority by the opposition. The motion of no confidence in Karamarko was scheduled to take place on June 16, but he instead chose to resign the day before it could occur, following the verdict of the Commission for the Prevention of Conflicts of Interest, which stipulated that Karamarko had indeed been in a conflict of interest when he had, during a meeting of the government cabinet, expressed the opinion that Croatia should exit an arbitration process with MOL. Instead, an HDZ-backed motion of no confidence in the very Prime Minister the party had installed with MOST was held on 16 June 2016, leading to the fall of the entire cabinet by a successful vote of 125 in favor, out of a total of 142 MPs taking part.[citation needed]
The cabinet was a minority government for the entire duration of its term, with the two parties holding representation in the cabinet - the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) and Bridge of Independent Lists (Most) - together initially having 64 Members of Parliament (out of 151 in total) and thus being short of an overall majority of 76 MPs by 12 seats. The government thus relied on outside parliamentary support to achieve such a majority. It was provided primarily by the HDZ's junior partners in the Patriotic Coalition (HSP-AS, HSLS, HSS, HRAST, HDS and BUZ), but also by a number of independents, national minority Members of Parliament and those representing other smaller parties (HDSSB, BM 365 and NS-R).
Parliamentary seats held by parties in government only (22 January 2016):
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The Thirteenth Government of the Republic of Croatia Croatian Trinaesta Vlada Republike Hrvatske was the Croatian Government cabinet led by Prime Minister Tihomir Oreskovic It was the government cabinet of Croatia between 22 January until 19 October 2016 It was formed following the 2015 election The negotiation process leading to its formation was the longest in Croatian history totaling at a record 76 days On 16 June 2016 Oreskovic s government lost a motion of no confidence in the Parliament with 125 MPs voting for 15 against and 2 abstaining As a result the Oreskovic cabinet served in an acting capacity until a new government took office after the 2016 election Oreskovic cabinet13th Cabinet of the Republic of Croatia2016Date formed22 January 2016Date dissolved19 October 2016People and organisationsHead of stateKolinda Grabar KitarovicHead of governmentTihomir OreskovicDeputy head of governmentTomislav Karamarko Jan Jun 2016 Bozo Petrov Jan Oct 2016 No of ministers21 on 19 October 2016 Ministers removed3Total no of members24 including former members Member partiesCroatian Democratic Union HDZ Bridge of Independent Lists MOST Status in legislatureMinority coalition governmentOpposition partySocial Democratic PartyOpposition leaderZoran MilanovicHistoryElection s 2015 electionLegislature term s 2015 2016PredecessorCabinet of Zoran MilanovicSuccessorCabinet of Andrej Plenkovic IIt was the first Croatian cabinet to be headed by a non partisan Prime Minister as well as having the largest number on non partisan ministers 5 The remaining cabinet members came from two parties the Croatian Democratic Union and Bridge of Independent Lists The Oreskovic cabinet was dubbed Tim s Team by the Croatian media 1 Contents 1 Motions of confidence 2 History 3 Status in the Sabor 4 Party breakdown 5 List of ministers 6 Former members 7 References 8 External linksMotions of confidence editVote on the confirmation of the 13th Government of the Republic of CroatiaBallot 22 January 2016Absentees 2 151Required majority 76 Yes votes out of 151 votes Absolute majority of the total number of Members of Parliament Yes 83 151 nbsp YNo 61 151Abstentions 5 151Sources 2 Vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Tihomir OreskovicBallot 16 June 2016Absentees 9 151Required majority 76 Yes votes Abstentions or Absentees out of 151 votes Absolute majority of the total number of Members of Parliament Yes 125 151 nbsp YNo 15 151Abstentions 2 151Sources 3 History editThe first change in the cabinet s make up occurred just 6 days into its term when Minister of Veterans Affairs Mijo Crnoja resigned on 28 January 2016 over a controversy involving him listing an abandoned wooden structure in Samobor as his place of residence while in reality living in Zagreb He had done so in order to pay a lower surtax After holding lengthy meetings behind closed doors during a period of several days the Prime Minister and his two Deputies agreed to lend their support to Crnoja s case and his claimed innocence in the affair however Crnoja himself tended his resignation stating that he did not wish to be a burden on the new government He became the only member of Oreskovic s cabinet to have never attended a cabinet meeting and also made history as the shortest ever serving member of a post independence cabinet in Croatia 4 After his resignation Vesna Nađ who had served as Deputy Minister of Veterans Affairs in the Cabinet of Zoran Milanovic became interim minister creating the situation where a member of the opposition centre left Social Democratic Party held office in a government led by the centre right 5 Furthermore the ministerial post remained vacant for almost two months due to the coalition parties failing to agree on a mutual candidate At the end of a lengthy negotiation process they finally agreed on Tomo Medved of the HDZ as Crnoja s successor and the new minister citation needed The first 100 days the cabinet had been marked by constant disagreements and feuds within the ruling Patriotic Coalition MOST coalition Namely many of the smaller parties of the Patriotic Coalition had expressed dissatisfaction with the ineffectiveness of the government as well as the mutual blocking mechanism present between members of the Patriotic Coalition and MOST and the increasing rivalry between the chairmen of these parties Tomislav Karamarko and Bozo Petrov In this way MOST had been accused of presenting an opposition within the government and was seen as slow to make decisions on mutual proposals because of its inability to reach a consensus among its own members The pace of promised reforms was also stained and slowed by the feud within the ruling coalition as well as the Prime Minister s seemingly subordinate status and lack of political authority in comparison to Tomislav Karamarko and to a lesser extent Bozo Petrov In addition the government had managed to present only a handful of bills to Parliament due to an inability to reach the required quorum for three weeks mostly owing to lack of accord between the coalition parties citation needed On 18 May 2016 the opposition Social Democratic Party initiated a motion of no confidence in Tomislav Karamarko after the Nacional weekly magazine published secret contracts revealing the business related cooperation of his wife Ana Saric and Josip Petrovic the special adviser and lobbyist of the MOL Group a Hungarian oil corporation that gained control of Croatia s national oil company INA through a corruption scandal involving former Prime Minister Ivo Sanader in 2009 MOST leader and Deputy Prime Minister Bozo Petrov stated on 26 May 2016 that his party would vote in favor of Karamarko s removal from office thereby raising the possibility of the government falling and this resulting in early elections or the installment of a new parliamentary majority by the opposition The motion of no confidence in Karamarko was scheduled to take place on June 16 but he instead chose to resign the day before it could occur following the verdict of the Commission for the Prevention of Conflicts of Interest which stipulated that Karamarko had indeed been in a conflict of interest when he had during a meeting of the government cabinet expressed the opinion that Croatia should exit an arbitration process with MOL Instead an HDZ backed motion of no confidence in the very Prime Minister the party had installed with MOST was held on 16 June 2016 leading to the fall of the entire cabinet by a successful vote of 125 in favor out of a total of 142 MPs taking part citation needed Status in the Sabor editThe cabinet was a minority government for the entire duration of its term with the two parties holding representation in the cabinet the Croatian Democratic Union HDZ and Bridge of Independent Lists Most together initially having 64 Members of Parliament out of 151 in total and thus being short of an overall majority of 76 MPs by 12 seats The government thus relied on outside parliamentary support to achieve such a majority It was provided primarily by the HDZ s junior partners in the Patriotic Coalition HSP AS HSLS HSS HRAST HDS and BUZ but also by a number of independents national minority Members of Parliament and those representing other smaller parties HDSSB BM 365 and NS R Parliamentary seats held by parties in government only 22 January 2016 50 14 87Croatian Democratic Union Bridge of Independent Lists Non cabinet parties and independent listsParty breakdown editParty breakdown of cabinet ministers Croatian Democratic Union 13Independents 6Bridge of Independent Lists 2List of ministers editPortfolio Minister Took office Left office PartyPrime Minister s OfficePrime Minister Tihomir Oreskovic 22 January 2016 19 October 2016 IndependentMinistersMinister of Foreign and European Affairs Miro Kovac 22 January 2016 19 October 2016 HDZMinister of Social Politics and Youth Bernardica Juretic 22 January 2016 19 October 2016 HDZMinister of Regional Development and EU funds Tomislav Tolusic 22 January 2016 19 October 2016 HDZMinister of the Interior Vlaho Orepic 22 January 2016 19 October 2016 IndependentMinister of Finance Zdravko Maric 22 January 2016 19 October 2016 IndependentMinister of Defence Josip Buljevic 22 January 2016 19 October 2016 HDZMinister of Health Dario Nakic 22 January 2016 19 October 2016 HDZMinister of Justice Ante Sprlje 22 January 2016 19 October 2016 IndependentMinister of Public Administration Dubravka Jurlina Alibegovic 22 January 2016 19 October 2016 IndependentMinister of Economy Tomislav Panenic 22 January 2016 19 October 2016 MOSTMinister of Entrepreneurship and Crafts Darko Horvat 22 January 2016 19 October 2016 HDZMinister of Labour and Pension System Nada Sikic 22 January 2016 19 October 2016 HDZMinister of Maritime Affairs Transport and Infrastructure Oleg Butkovic 22 January 2016 19 October 2016 HDZMinister of Science Education and Sport Predrag Sustar 22 January 2016 19 October 2016 HDZMinister of Agriculture Davor Romic 22 January 2016 19 October 2016 IndependentMinister of Tourism Anton Kliman 22 January 2016 19 October 2016 HDZMinister of Environmental and Nature Protection Slaven Dobrovic 22 January 2016 19 October 2016 MOSTMinister of Construction and Physical Planning Lovro Kuscevic 22 January 2016 19 October 2016 HDZMinister of Veterans Affairs Tomo Medved 21 March 2016 19 October 2016 HDZMinister of Culture Zlatko Hasanbegovic 22 January 2016 19 October 2016 HDZFormer members editMinister Party Portfolio Period Days in officeMijo Crnoja HDZ Minister of Veterans Affairs 22 January 2016 28 January 2016 4 6Tomislav Karamarko HDZ First Deputy Prime Minister 22 January 2016 15 June 2016 146Bozo Petrov Most Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia 22 January 2016 13 October 2016 265References edit Vijesti hr 2016 01 21 Oreskovic predstavio novu Vladu Ovo je Tim s team Zdravi miks starih i novih Vijesti hr Vijesti rtl hr Retrieved 2016 04 29 Sabor dao povjerenje Tihomiru Oreskovicu s 83 glasa za 5 suzdrzanih i 61 protiv 14 May 2021 Vijesti najnovije vijesti iz Hrvatske i svijeta a b CRNOJA VISE NIJE MINISTAR Podnio sam ostavku ne zelim biti uteg Vladi PREMIJER Ovo je prebitan resor naci cemo novog covjeka uskoro Jutarnji list in Croatian 28 January 2016 Retrieved 29 January 2016 Ministarstvo branitelja sada je u rukama Vesne Nađ iz SDP a 24sata 24sata hr 2016 01 28 Retrieved 2016 04 29 External links editOfficial website of the Croatian Government Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cabinet of Tihomir Oreskovic amp oldid 1181697091, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
