Cabinet crisis

A cabinet crisis or government crisis is a situation when the government is challenged before the mandate period expires, because it threatens to resign over a proposal, or it is at risk at being dismissed after a motion of no confidence, a conflict between the parties in a coalition government or a coup d'état. It may also be the result of there being no clear majority willing to work together to form a government. During this period a caretaker government with a limited mandate may take care of the day-to-day affairs of the state, while waiting for a snap election.

Examples of cabinet crises

• May 1940 War Cabinet Crisis
• Cabinet of Björn Þórðarson (1942–44 caretaker government)
• Westland affair
• 2007–11 Belgian political crisis
• 2018 British cabinet reshuffle
• 2010–11 Belgian government formation
• 2015–16 Spanish government formation
• 2018–2019 Swedish government formation

See also

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