Dzurinda's First Cabinet
Dzurinda's First Cabinet | |
|---|---|
4th Cabinet of Slovakia | |
| 30 October 1998 – 15 October 2002 | |
Mikuláš Dzurinda in 2008 | |
| Date formed | 30 October 1998 |
| Date dissolved | 15 October 2002 |
| People and organisations | |
| Head of state | Mikuláš Dzurinda (1998–1999, acting) Jozef Migaš (1998–1999, acting) Rudolf Schuster (1999–2002) |
| Head of government | Mikuláš Dzurinda |
| No. of ministers | 15 |
| Ministers removed | 8 |
| Total no. of members | 23 |
| Member party | SDK (1998–2000) SDKÚ (2000–2002) KDH (2000–2002) SDĽ SOP SMK |
| Status in legislature | Supermajority Coalition 93 / 150 (62%)
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| Opposition party | HZDS SNS |
| Opposition leader | Vladimír Mečiar Ivan Gašparovič |
| History | |
| Election | 1998 Slovak parliamentary election |
| Incoming formation | 1998 |
| Outgoing formation | 2002 |
| Predecessor | Mečiar's Third Cabinet |
| Successor | Dzurinda's Second Cabinet |
Between 30 October 1998 and 15 October 2002, prime minister of Slovakia Mikuláš Dzurinda formed his first term in this office. It was the first supermajority government to be formed in Slovakia after the first Pyrrhic Electoral Victory for Vladimír Mečiar and his HZDS. This government allowed them to adopt of a constitution or a constitutional statute such as constitutional amendment for direct elections instead of indirect elections in 1999.