Kubilius Cabinet II

The Second Kubilius Cabinet was the 15th cabinet of Lithuania since 1990. It consisted of the Prime Minister and 13 government ministers (14 after the Ministry of Energy was re-established in 2009). The coalition consisted of the Homeland Union, National Resurrection Party (which suffered a split with both factions leaving the coalition by 2010), Liberal Movement, and the Liberal and Centre Union (which was later joined by a faction of the National Resurrection Party).

Kubilius Cabinet II
2008–2012
Date formed	9 December 2008 (2008-12-09)
Date dissolved	13 December 2012 (2012-12-13)
People and organisations
Head of state	Valdas Adamkus (2008–2009) Dalia Grybauskaitė (2009–2012)
Head of government	Andrius Kubilius
Member parties	45 / 141 Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats 16 / 141 National Resurrection Party 11 / 141 Liberal Movement 8 / 141 Liberal and Centre Union (2008–2009 and 2010–2011) 45 / 141 Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats 8 / 141 National Resurrection Party 11 / 141 Liberal Movement 8 / 141 Liberal and Centre Union 10 / 141 parliamentary group "One Lithuania" (2009–2010)[1] 45 / 141 Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats 12 / 141 Liberal Movement 13 / 141 Liberal and Centre Union (2011–2012)
Status in legislature	Majority (2008–2010 and 2010–2012) Minority (2010) and (2012) supported by Lithuanian Peasants Popular Union (2010) [2][3]
Opposition parties	25 / 141 Social Democratic Party of Lithuania 15 / 141 Order and Justice 10 / 141 Labour Party (2008–2009) 24 / 141 Social Democratic Party of Lithuania 14 / 141 Order and Justice 10 / 141 Labour Party 2 / 141 Mixed Group (Lithuanian Peasants Popular Union) (2009–2010)[4] 23 / 141 Social Democratic Party of Lithuania 17 / 141 Order and Justice 10 / 141 Labour Party 8 / 141 Christian Party (2010–2012)
Opposition leader	Gediminas Kirkilas (2008–2009), Valentinas Mazuronis (2009–2010; 2011–2012), Vytautas Gapšys (2010, 2011, 2012), Algirdas Butkevičius (2010–2011; 2012)[5]
History
Election	2008
Legislature term	Tenth Seimas
Predecessor	Kirkilas Cabinet
Successor	Butkevičius Cabinet

History

After the parliamentary elections in October, President Valdas Adamkus appointed Andrius Kubilius, the leader of the Homeland Union, as the Prime Minister on 28 November 2008. Kubilius had previously headed the 10th cabinet between 1999 and 2000. The 15th cabinet received its mandate and started its work on 9 December 2008, after the Seimas gave assent to its program.^[6]

The coalition, which formed on 17 November 2008 and supported the government named itself the "Coalition of Change".^[7]

In first two months of 2010 National Resurrection Party dissenters formed the new Christian Party. By this time, the government lost its majority and had to rely on support from the Lithuanian Peasants Popular Union, which lasted up until October of the same year, when the coalition once again got a majority.^[2][8] In September 2011 the National Resurrection Party merged with the Liberal and Centre Union, which reduced the number of parties in the coalition from four to three. By April 2012 the government once again lost its majority in the Seimas.

Despite an economic crisis and the unpopular austerity measures that the government implemented to face it, the cabinet became the first government of Lithuania since independence to serve the full four-year term of the Tenth Seimas,^[9] returning its mandate on 16 November 2012^[10] after the elections to the Seimas in October. The government continued to serve in an acting capacity until the Butkevičius Cabinet started its work on 13 December 2012.^[11]

Cabinet

The following ministers served on Kubilius Cabinet.^[6]

	Position	Name	Party	From	To
	Prime Minister	Andrius Kubilius	Homeland Union	9 December 2008	13 December 2012
	Ministry of Agriculture	Kazimieras Starkevičius	Homeland Union	9 December 2008	13 December 2012
	Ministry of Culture	Remigijus Vilkaitis	National Resurrection Party	9 December 2008	1 July 2010[12]
		Arūnas Gelūnas	Independent	2 July 2010	13 December 2012
	Ministry of Economy	Dainius Kreivys	Homeland Union	9 December 2008	17 March 2011[13]
		Rimantas Žylius	Independent	17 March 2011	13 December 2012
	Ministry of Education and Science	Gintaras Steponavičius	Liberal Movement	9 December 2008	13 December 2012
	Ministry of Energy	Arvydas Sekmokas	Independent	10 February 2009[14]	13 December 2012
	Ministry of Environment	Gediminas Kazlauskas	Independent	9 December 2008	13 December 2012
	Ministry of Finance	Algirdas Šemeta	Independent	9 December 2008	30 June 2009
		Ingrida Šimonytė	Independent	3 July 2009	13 December 2012
	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Vygaudas Ušackas	Independent	9 December 2008	26 January 2010
		Audronius Ažubalis	Homeland Union	29 January 2010	13 December 2012
	Ministry of Health	Algis Čaplikas	Liberal and Centre Union	9 December 2008	22 February 2010[15]
		Raimondas Šukys		1 March 2010	13 December 2012
	Ministry of the Interior	Raimundas Palaitis	Liberal and Centre Union	9 December 2008	26 March 2012[16]
		Artūras Melianas		16 April 2012	13 December 2012
	Ministry of Justice	Remigijus Šimašius	Liberal Movement	9 December 2008	13 December 2012
	Ministry of Defence	Rasa Juknevičienė	Homeland Union	9 December 2008	13 December 2012
	Ministry of Social Security and Labour	Rimantas Dagys	Homeland Union	9 December 2008	22 July 2009[17]
		Donatas Jankauskas		22 July 2009	13 December 2012
	Ministry of Transport and Communications	Eligijus Masiulis	Liberal Movement	9 December 2008	13 December 2012

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