Mirek Topolánek's Second Cabinet

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The Government of the Czech Republic since January 9, 2007 is formed by coalition of the victorious Civic Democratic Party (ODS, 9 seats) with the small Christian and Democratic Union - Czechoslovak People's Party (KDU-ČSL, 5 seats) and the Green Party (SZ, 4 seats). It has 18 members; four ministers as first appointed were women but two subsequently resigned and were replaced with men.

Prime minister – Mirek Topolánek (ODS)

• Deputy Prime minister for European Affairs – Alexandr Vondra (ODS)
• Deputy Prime minister and Minister of Labour and social affairs – Petr Nečas (ODS)
• First Deputy Prime minister and Minister of Regional development – Jiří Čunek (KDU-ČSL); resigned in November 2007
• Deputy Prime minister and Minister of the Environment – Martin Bursík (SZ)
• Minister of Interior (and Minister of Informatics until the ministry was fully disbanded later in 2007) – Ivan Langer (ODS)
• Minister of Industry and Trade – Martin Říman (ODS)
• Minister of Justice – Jiří Pospíšil (ODS)
• Minister of Transportation – Aleš Řebíček (ODS)
• Minister of Health – Tomáš Julínek (ODS)
• Minister of Agriculture – Petr Gandalovič (ODS)
• Minister of Finance – Miroslav Kalousek (KDU-ČSL)
• Minister of Culture – Václav Jehlička (KDU-ČSL; replaced Helena Třeštíková in January 2007)
• Minister of Defence – Vlasta Parkanová (KDU-ČSL)
• Minister without Portfolio and Chairman of the Legislative Council – Cyril Svoboda (KDU-ČSL)
• Minister of Foreign Affairs – Karel Schwarzenberg (non-partisan for SZ)
• Minister of Education, Youth and Physical training – Ondřej Liška (SZ; replaced Dana Kuchtová in autumn 2007)
• Minister without Portfolio (Human rights and minorities) – Džamila Stehlíková (SZ)

Cabinets of the Czech Republic
Klaus I, ODS+KDU-ČSL+ODA+KDS (1992–6) • Klaus II, ODS+KDU-ČSL+ODA (1996–7) • Tošovský, caretaker government (1998) • Zeman, ČSSD (1998–2002) • Špidla, ČSSD+KDU-ČSL+US-DEU (2002–4) • Gross, ČSSD+KDU-ČSL+US-DEU (2004–2005) • Paroubek, ČSSD+KDU-ČSL+US-DEU (2005–2006) • Topolánek I, ODS (2006) • Topolánek II, ODS+KDU-ČSL+SZ (2007)