Czech Republic Government Vote of No Confidence, 2009 Fischer was appointed in May 2009. Czech Republic Government Vote of No Confidence, 2009 The Parliament of the Czech Republic vote of no confidence in the Czech Republic government of the Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek was held on 24 March 2009. It was the first time since dissolution of Czechoslovakia that Czech government lost vote of No Confidence. Vote was held during Czech Presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2009. 101 MPs voted for the motion of Noc Confidence. Some MPs of governing coalition voted for the motion. It includes Vlastimil Tlustý, Jan Schwippel, Věra Jakubková and
Jan Fischer (politician) the middle of Czech Presidency of the European Union, Fischer was proposed to be the Prime Minister in April. He was nominated by Civic Democratic Party as independent. His government, nominated by both the Czech major parties (Topolánek's Civic Democratic Party and Czech Social Democratic Party) was inaugurated on 8 May 2009 on the understanding that the early election would be in October; however unexpected development in the Constitutional Court and House of Deputies postponed them to May 2010. Fischer decided to remain in the government, where he proved very popular, until then although the parties offered him a post