Cabinet crisis

A cabinet crisis, government crisis or political crisis refers to a situation where an incumbent government is unable to form or function, is toppled through an uprising, or collapses.^[1] Political crises may correspond with, cause or be caused by economic crisis, and may spread between neighbouring countries.^[1][2]

Examples of cabinet crises

See also: Category:Government crises

Belgium

• 2007–2011 Belgian political crisis
• 2010–2011 Belgian government formation
• 2019–2020 Belgian government formation

Czech Republic

• 1997–1998 Czech political crisis

Estonia

• 2022 Estonian government crisis

France

• May 1958 crisis in France

Germany

• 2018 German government crisis
• 2024 German government crisis

Iceland

• Cabinet of Björn Þórðarson (1942–44 caretaker government)^[3]
• Klaustur Affair

Iraq

• 2022 Iraqi political crisis

Italy

• 2008 Italian government crisis
• 2019 Italian government crisis
• 2021 Italian government crisis
• 2022 Italian government crisis

Netherlands

• Dutch childcare benefits scandal

Malawi

• 1964 Malawi cabinet crisis^[4]

Malaysia

• 2020–2022 Malaysian political crisis

Maldives

• 2011–2013 Maldives political crisis
• 2018 Maldives political crisis

Spain

• 2015–2016 Spanish government formation
• 2018–2023 Spanish institutional crisis

Sri Lanka

• 2022 Sri Lankan political crisis

Sweden

• 1936 Swedish government crisis
• 1978 Swedish government crisis
• 1981 Swedish government crisis
• 2018–2019 Swedish government formation
• 2021 Swedish government crisis

Thailand

• 2005–2006 Thai political crisis
• 2008 Thai political crisis

Tunisia

• 2013–2014 Tunisian political crisis
• Mechichi Cabinet
• 2021 Tunisian political crisis

United Kingdom

• War cabinet crisis, May 1940
• Westland affair
• 2018 British cabinet reshuffle
• July 2022 United Kingdom government crisis
• October 2022 United Kingdom government crisis
• 2024 Scottish government crisis

See also

• Government portal

• Budget crisis
• Constitutional crisis
• Government shutdown
• Gridlock (politics)

References

1. Chang, Roberto (2007-11-01). "Financial crises and political crises" (PDF). Journal of Monetary Economics. 54 (8): 2409–2420. doi:10.1016/j.jmoneco.2007.03.001. ISSN 0304-3932. S2CID 10510904.
2. Vaugirard, V. (2007). "Financial instability, political crises and contagion". Recherches Économiques de Louvain. 73 (4): 347–367. doi:10.3917/rel.734.0347. ISSN 0770-4518.
3. "Hvað er átt við með stjórnarkreppu og hefur slíkt ástand áður ríkt á Íslandi?".
4. Baker, Colin (2001-03-23). Revolt of the Ministers: The Malawi Cabinet Crisis 1964-1965. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-0-85771-642-2.