Cabinet of Eduard Heger

Cabinet of Eduard Heger
12th Cabinet of Slovakia
Date formed	1 April 2021
Date dissolved	15 May 2023
People and organisations
President of Slovakia	Zuzana Čaputová
Prime Minister	Eduard Heger
Deputy Prime Ministers	Štefan Holý Veronika Remišová Igor Matovič (2021–2022) Richard Sulík (2021–2022)
No. of ministers	16
Total no. of members	21
Member parties	Ordinary People and Independent Personalities–NOVA–Christian Union–Change from Below   We Are Family   For the People   Freedom and Solidarity (2021–2022)
Status in legislature	Supermajority (2021–2022) Minority (2022) Acting government (2022–2023)
Opposition parties	Direction – Social Democracy   Kotlebists – People's Party Our Slovakia   Freedom and Solidarity (2022–2023)
Opposition leader	Robert Fico
History
Election	2020 Slovak parliamentary election
Predecessor	Matovič's Cabinet
Successor	Ódor's Cabinet

The Cabinet of Eduard Heger was the 12th government of Slovakia, led by Prime Minister Eduard Heger.

It was originally a four-party majority coalition government composed of Ordinary People and Independent Personalities (OĽaNO), We Are Family, Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) and For the People. Following a coalition crisis in summer 2022, SaS left the government, which resulted in a minority government.

The Cabinet was appointed by the President of Slovakia Zuzana Čaputová on 1 April 2021 and was approved by the National Council on 4 May 2021.^[1][2] It was formed after the previous Prime Minister Igor Matovič and his government had resigned, ending a month-long coalition crisis which started because of a controversial Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine purchase by Matovič. It was essentially a reshuffle during which Matovič changed positions with his party subordinate Heger, previously Minister of Finance. Significant changes included the appointment of Vladimír Lengvarský as Minister of Health and President Čaputová rejecting the initial We Are Family nominee for Labour Minister Jozef Hlinka, which resulted in the reappointment of Milan Krajniak.^[3]

The Cabinet lost a no-confidence vote on 15 December 2022 and ruled until it was succeeded by a caretaker government composed of non-party experts led by Ľudovít Ódor on 15 May 2023.^[4][5]