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Cabinet crisis

Mass resignation, or threat thereof, of top-level government advisers

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Examples of cabinet crises

Belgium

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

Canada

  • Manitoba Schools Question
  • 2024–2025 Canadian political crisis

Czech Republic

  • 1997–1998 Czech political crisis

Estonia

  • 2022 Estonian government crisis

France

  • May 1958 crisis in France
  • 2024–2025 French political crisis

Germany

  • 2018 German government crisis
  • 2024 German government crisis
  • 2026 Merz government crisis

Iceland

  • Cabinet of Björn Þórðarson (1942–44 caretaker government)
  • Klaustur Affair

Iraq

  • 2022 Iraqi political crisis

Italy

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

Japan

  • 2023–2024 Japanese slush fund scandal

Netherlands

  • Dutch childcare benefits scandal

Malawi

  • 1964 Malawi cabinet crisis

Malaysia

Maldives

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

Spain

  • 2015–2016 Spanish government formation
  • 2019–2020 Spanish government formation

Sri Lanka

  • 2022 Sri Lankan political crisis

Sweden

  • 1936 Swedish government crisis
  • 1978 Swedish government crisis
  • 1981 Swedish government crisis
  • 2014 Swedish government crisis
  • 2018–2019 Swedish government formation
  • 2021 Swedish government crisis

Thailand

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
  • 2026 Labour Party leadership crisis

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