The cabinet consisted of two coalition parties. ANO, the senior coalition partner in the government, had 10 ministers (including Prime Minister). The Social Democrats had four ministers and held five ministries, as President Zeman refused to appoint
Miroslav Poche, the party's nominee for
Foreign Minister, and
Jan Hamáček was appointed as acting Foreign Minister. The coalition held 93 seats in the
Chamber of Deputies, eight seats short of a simple majority of 101, and therefore required the support of another party to provide
confidence and supply. KSČM agreed to support the minority government in exchange for cabinet support for several of their demands. With KSČM support, the government controlled a majority of 108 seats. On 15 June 2018, following approval in
a referendum of party members, ČSSD formed a coalition with ANO. The cabinet was approved by the Chamber of Deputies in the early morning of 12 July 2018 with a 105-91 vote, during a parliamentary session which had begun the previous morning. During the debate, deputies from
TOP 09 left the Chamber in protest (they later returned to vote against the government), while some deputies from the
Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party unfurled a
Soviet flag to protest against the government being supported by the Communist Party. Street protests also took place in
Prague against the role of the Communists in the government. ==Resignations over plagiarism==