The 36th government, formed in 2021, was a national unity government that has been frequently described as the most diverse governments in Israeli history, consisting of right-wing, centrist, left-wing and one Arab Islamist political party.įurther information: De Gasperi II Cabinet, De Gasperi III Cabinet, Historic Compromise, Ciampi Cabinet, Monti Cabinet, Letta Cabinet, and Grand coalition (Italy) Such coalitions were formed in the days leading up to the Six-Day War in 1967, in the late 1980s and amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Israel has had several national unity governments, in which major rival parties formed a ruling coalition. Instead, a Fianna Fáil– Fine Gael– Green coalition was formed, creating the 32nd Government of Ireland. 1956, during the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 (third cabinet of Imre Nagy)Ī national unity government, following the failure of government formation after the 2020 general election, was suggested to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.1944–1947, opposition government meanwhile World War II ( Béla Miklós) and after following Zoltán Tildy and Ferenc Nagy cabinets).1944–1945, meanwhile World War II, Government of National Unity ( Ferenc Szálasi cabinet).1919–1920, cabinet of Károly Huszár, restoration of the Kingdom of Hungary.1917–1918, during World War I ( Móric Esterházy and Sándor Wekerle cabinets).There are five periods in Hungary when national unity governments emerged: Even though the cabinet included ministers from minority parties, all heads of ministries were either from the majority Croatian Democratic Union or soon defected to it.Įstonia had national unity governments during the Estonian War of Independence (Päts I-III Provisional cabinets) and after the 1924 coup d'état attempt by the Communist Party of Estonia (Jaakson cabinet).Ī national unity government in Greece is often called ecumenical government: The Dominion of Newfoundland (not to be part of Canada for another three decades) had a National Government during World War I led by Edward Patrick Morris.Ĭroatia formed a national unity government in 1991 under prime minister Franjo Gregurić in response to the outbreak of the Croatian War of Independence. The party was not successful in the election, which re-elected the Liberal government of William Lyon Mackenzie King, whose party continued to rule alone for the duration of World War II. The Liberals, led by Sir Wilfrid Laurier refused however, Borden was able to convince many individual Liberals to join what was called a Union Government, which defeated the Laurier Liberals in the fall 1917 election.ĭuring World War II, the opposition Conservative Party ran under the name National Government in the 1940 election as a means of promoting their platform of creating a wartime national government coalition (evocative of the previous war's Union government). Both politicians lost power after the Taliban won the Afghanistan War and recaptured the country.ĭuring World War I, the Conservative government of Sir Robert Borden invited the Liberal opposition to join the government as a means of dealing with the Conscription crisis of 1917. This power-sharing agreement broke apart after the 2019 Afghan presidential election, after which Ghani abolished the office of Chief Executive while Abdullah again refused to recognize Ghani's presidency and demanded the formation of a new government in northern Afghanistan. A unity government lacks opposition, or opposition parties are too small and negligible.įollowing the disputed 2014 presidential elections, a National Unity Government (NUG) between both run-off candidates was formed with Ashraf Ghani as President of Afghanistan and Abdullah Abdullah in the new office of Chief Executive of Afghanistan. A national unity government, government of national unity ( GNU), or national union government is a broad coalition government consisting of all parties (or all major parties) in the legislature, usually formed during a time of war or other national emergency.
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