Cabinet crisis

A cabinet crisis, government crisis or political crisis refers to a situation where an incumbent government is unable to form or function, is toppled through an uprising, or collapses. Political crises may correspond with, cause or be caused by economic crisis, and may spread between neighbouring countries.

Belgium

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

Czech Republic

 * 1997–1998 Czech political crisis

France

 * May 1958 crisis in France

Germany

 * 2018 German 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

Netherlands

 * Dutch childcare benefits scandal

Malawi

 * 1964 Malawi cabinet crisis

Malaysia

 * 2020–2022 Malaysian political crisis

Maldives

 * 2011–2013 Maldives political crisis
 * 2018 Maldives political crisis

Spain

 * 2015–2016 Spanish government formation
 * 2018–2023 Spanish institutional crisis

Sri Lanka

 * 2022 Sri Lankan political crisis

Sweden

 * 1936 Swedish government crisis
 * 1978 Swedish government crisis
 * 1981 Swedish government crisis
 * 2018–2019 Swedish government formation
 * 2021 Swedish government crisis

Thailand

 * 2005–2006 Thai political crisis
 * 2008 Thai political crisis

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