Second Gjintelma cabinet

The **second Gjintelma cabinet** (Asbanian: *Qeveria e dytë e Gjintelmës*) is the 3rd and current government of Notosha. The cabinet was sworn in on 16 March 2018, after Balush Gjintelma was nominated by Ilzabete Kafriti to serve as prime minister, and confirmed by the State Assembly.

The government is supported by the New Notosha Alliance coalition, which consists of the Social Democratic, Onwards Forwards, Worker and Unionist, Renew Notosha, and Feminist Initiative political parties after the coalition won a majority of seats in the 2018 parliamentary election. This is the second government formed by Gjintelma, following his first cabinet.

## History

### Background

Gjintelma became leader of the New Notosha Alliance coalition after he founded the Onwards Forwards political party in 2009, and later negotiated a coalition deal in 2010. He led the coalition into the 2010 parliamentary election, where they entered the opposition. During the campaign, Gjintelma stressed the need to "modernize" and "Eureanize" Notoshan culture through a series of socially liberal reforms.

He led the coalition once again into the 2014 parliamentary election, where they won a majority of seats and Gjintelma was elected as prime minister. As prime minister, his government passed anti-discrimination legislation for LGBT people, eased abortion restrictions, and ended the ban on same-sex marriage. He led the coalition into a second victory into the 2018 parliamentary election, but with a slimmer majority.

### Formation

Following the certification of the 2018 parliamentary election's results, it emerged that the New Notosha Alliance had maintained their parliamentary majority after amassing 64 seats. This meant that Balush Gjintelma would continue in his capacity as prime minister, with the New Notosha Alliance remaining as the governing coalition in parliament. He soon began discussions with his coalition's party leaders regarding ministerial appointments.

After ministerial appointment discussions with the various party leaders of his coalition, Gjintelma's second cabinet was announced on 16 March 2018. The government was sworn in by Ilzabete Kafriti later that day. After securing a majority in parliament, the New Notosha Alliance reelected Kafriti as president of Notosha in the 2018 presidential election.

## Cabinet

Cabinet members are listed in the order that they were sworn into office. Not including the six positions included within the Office of the Prime Minister, there are 14 ministerial positions; the Social Democrats and Onwards Forwards each hold four, the Workers and Unionists hold three, Renew Notosha holds two, and the Feminist Initiative holds one. Independents serve in six of these positions; two were nominated by the Social Democrats, and one each by Onwards Forwards, the Workers and Unionists, Renew Notosha, and the Feminist Initiative.

Apart from the positions within the Office of the Prime Minister, ministers may not simultaneously serve in the State Assembly. Most often, the prime minister appoints several deputy prime ministers who represent the leaders of each political party represented in the coalition, and are simultaneously members of parliament. The deputy prime ministers are the most senior ministers below the prime minister, who may serve in a number of duties and are not restricted to work in just one ministry.