The Government of the Czech Republic since January 9, 2007 was formed by a 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 had 18 members; initially four of the appointed ministers were women but two subsequently resigned and were replaced with men. On 24 March 2009, during the Czech presidency of the European Union, Topolánek's second cabinet suffered defeat in a parliamentary vote of no confidence, 101–96, in the 200-seat lower house.^[1] Prime minister Topolánek stated that he would resign.^[1]

Prime Minister of the Czech Republic – Mirek Topolánek (ODS)

• Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs – Alexandr Vondra (ODS)
• Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Labour and Social Affairs of the Czech Republic– Petr Nečas (ODS)
• First Deputy Prime minister – Vlasta Parkanová (KDU-ČSL; replaced Jiří Čunek in January 2009; Čunek resigned in November 2007, reappointed in April 2008
• Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Environment of the Czech Republic – Martin Bursík (SZ)
• Minister of Interior of the Czech Republic – Ivan Langer (ODS)
• Minister of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic – Martin Říman (ODS)
• Minister of Justice of the Czech Republic – Jiří Pospíšil (ODS)
• Minister of Transportation of the Czech Republic – Petr Bendl (ODS; replaced Aleš Řebíček in January 2009)
• Minister of Health of the Czech Republic – Daniela Filipiová (ODS; replaced Tomáš Julínek in January 2009)
• Minister of Agriculture of the Czech Republic – Petr Gandalovič (ODS)
• Minister of Finance of the Czech Republic – Miroslav Kalousek (KDU-ČSL)
• Minister of Culture of the Czech Republic– Václav Jehlička (KDU-ČSL; replaced Helena Třeštíková in January 2007)
• Minister of Defence of the Czech Republic – Vlasta Parkanová (KDU-ČSL)
• Minister without Portfolio and Chairman of the Legislative Council of the Czech Republic– Pavel Svoboda (KDU-ČSL; replaced Cyril Svoboda in January 2009)
• Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic– Karel Schwarzenberg (non-partisan for SZ)
• Minister of Education, Youth and Physical training of the Czech Republic– Ondřej Liška (SZ; replaced Dana Kuchtová in autumn 2007)
• Minister of Regional development of the Czech Republic – Cyril Svoboda (KDU-ČSL; replaced Jiří Čunek in January 2009; Čunek resigned in November 2007, reappointed in April 2008)
• Minister without Portfolio (Human rights and minorities) of the Czech Republic– Michael Kocáb (non-partisan for SZ; replaced Džamila Stehlíková in January 2009)

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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 (2007-2009) • Fischer, ODS+ČSSD+SZ (2009-)