Editing Julani Cabinet

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The '''Julani Cabinet''' was the first cabinet of [[the Republic]] following the return to democracy after the [[July Days]]. The cabinet was sworn in by President [[William F. Galvin]] on September 16, 2025. The cabinet was led by the [[Forward Party]] under Prime Minister [[Abu Mohammad al-Julani]]. On October 15, the entire cabinet was fired by President Galvin and the [[Epstein Cabinet]] was appointed. 

== History ==

=== Formation ===
On September 14, 2025, the [[September 2025 general election|first free general elections]] since the [[The Republic#July days, FWD dictatorship, and new Constitution|July Days]] were held. The elections resulted in a victory for Forward, the party which had led the authoritarian regime after the coup, which won 30% of the vote and 82 seats. After two days of government negotiations hosted by newly-elected President William F. Galvin at the [[Presidential Palace]], the party formed a coalition government with the [[Kuomintang]] and [[Momentum-Unity]], two parties which had been a party of the [[pro-constitution bloc]]. Besides the office of the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, FWD was given 5 cabinet positions, the KMT was given 3, and MO-U was given 3. The [[National Assembly]] formally gave their confidence to the new government in a party line vote, and the cabinet began its operations.

=== First days ===
The first point in the government's joint manifesto was resuming normal operations for institutions. It is thought that Julani personally wrote that part of the manifesto. The coalition attempted to legitimize itself as a democratic government, and to legitimize the new democracy in the eyes of the people. Many supporters of the opposition did not see the new order as a system with the same level of democracy as the old. Indeed, the new powers of the [[Senate]] and [[Constitutional Court]] heavily limited the people's influence in governance. The government made moves to claw back powers from the Senate where they could. 

=== Pivot towards the center ===
As time went on, the coalition made a noticeable shift towards the center. Forward began to lean into its perception as a centrist party. Under MO-U minister [[Ehud Olmert]], the [[Ministry of Recreation]] was given more power in scheduling, a task where responsibility is shared between multiple cabinet ministries along with [[Elections Moldova]]. The Ministry made multiple popular decisions which increased the size of the left-wing stronghold [[Downtime Constituency]]. However, these moves were not universally popular within the cabinet.

=== Tensions within the coalition ===
The pivot to the center was strongly opposed by Forward's partner, the KMT. To a lesser extent, some parts of FWD also opposed the move towards the center, led by [[Mario Draghi]], who played a major role in Forward's right wing economic policies during the party's authoritarian days. KMT leader [[Peter Dutton]] began publicly criticizing the policies of his own government. The tensions came to a head when the KMT proposed an increase in the size of the [[Labor Constituency]]. This proposal was divisive within the cabinet, and the intra-cabinet vote looked as though it would be close. However, the public opposition of Minister of Labor [[Andrew Yang]] turned public opinion against the proposal, which was unpopular within the constituency it targeted. This outraged the KMT and the right wing of FWD, who called for his dismissal.

=== Firing of Andrew Yang ===
On September 30, 2025, Prime Minister Julani announced that he was sacking Andrew Yang. He cited the mismanagement of the Ministry, which had gone through a minor scandal earlier that day after multiple poor decisions, and also cited a lack of commitment to institutions. However, the firing is widely seen as an olive branch to the right-wing of the cabinet. That perception was re-enforced when Julani announced Yang's replacement: [[Rudy Juliani]]. A right wing stalwart, Juliani had retired from politics in March of 2025. He had been a member of [[Reform Party|Reform]]. He did not formally leave his party, stating that he "would only leave the party if it interferes with his duty to run the institution well". The appointment sparked large protests in the Labor Constituency, with protesters fearing an increase to the amount of time allocated to the constituency, since Juliani had previously advocated for major time increases for Labor. Juliani was sworn in by President William F. Galvin later that day. The next day, 2 MPs from MO-U crossed the floor and left the government to join [[Momentum-Free Republic|MO-FR]] in protest of Yang's firing.

=== Decline in popularity ===
On October 4th, the government passed a law eviscerating the powers of the [[Ministry of Relations]]. As the law was passed, a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legislative_violence Parliament brawl] broke out between [[FWD]] MPs and [[RPRL]] MP (Hunter Biden, the only MP from the party). Hunter was widely seen as the winner, with 24 FWD MPs hospitalized. However, the law was passed into law anyways. Most power of the Ministry was transferred to the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs]]. By October 6, the government saw its favorability scores fall into the negative according to [[Anne Seltzer]] polling. In the days following the firing of Andrew Yang, [[the Republic]] was rocked by anti-government protests. The coalition's unpopularity wasn't helped by [[Reform Party|Reform's]] announcement that they would give external support to the government. The controversial party made the move in the aftermath of Juliani's appointment as Labor Minister. To make matters worse, the [[DPP]] announced their manifesto, which was broadly popular and included points such as a full, unconditional amnesty for those arrested in the [[July Coup]], abolition of the [[Senate]], ending constituency based voting, lowering of the electoral threshold to 3%, and the establishment of autonomous governments for each constituency. It also promised the reversal of the Relations Ministry reforms, a reduction of the power of the [[CCR]], and a reduction in violence. FWD's "future records" system would be majorly reformed and mostly removed if the manifesto was implemented. The manifesto led to the DPP attracting many voters who had previously been concerned about the DPP's lack of direction.

=== Reorganization of the opposition ===
On October 6th, the [[Democratic Coordination Front]] was re-formed by the DPP, MO-FR, OP, RPRL, and AfD. The government heavily criticized the opposition for including the AfD in the coalition. However, the opposition maintained that the DCF was only an agreement not to form a coalition with FWD and to support the DPP's proposed reforms. During this time, the DCF had a nearly 20 point lead over the government parties. On October 8th, [[Joe Rogan]], speaking on behalf of the banned [[KVGW]], announced an agreement with the DPP. KVGW would endorse the DPP, sign onto the DCF, and in exchange, a DPP-led coalition in the future would remove the ban of the KVGW's political department and give a full and unconditional amnesty to those arrested in the July Days. Prime Minister Julani strongly condemned this, saying that the DPP was working with terrorists. As election day approached, the KMT strayed further from the coalition, attacking FWD for a lack of commitment to conservatism. 

=== End of the cabinet ===
{{Main|October 2025 general election}}
Election day occurred on October 12, 2025. Counting lasted for three days, but it became apparent in the first returns that the government would be defeated by the DPP. Tsai Ing-wen declared victory early on Monday, the day after the election. However, Julani did not concede until Elections Moldova announced the full, certified results. On October 14, two days after the election with the ballots not fully counted, [[Dominic Fritz]], leader of MO-U and Minister of Transportation abruptly resigned from all of his posts, including as MO-U party leader, and got on a plane headed to Lithuania. The Boeing 747 he was in subsequently crashed in the vicinity of [[Grokton]]. However, he managed to survive and was rushed to Vilnius for treatment. A Grok Newsroom reporter managed to interview him, at which point he revealed that MO-U had been propped up through blackmail and coercion. He alleged that FWD had forced various Momentum members to sign confessions to treason in the immediate aftermath of the [[July Coup]]. A day later, President Galvin announced that he had received word from Prime Minister Julani that the entire cabinet would resign following Galvin's demand that they resign or be fired. Julani's position as FWD leader quickly became untenable and a leadership election was scheduled at the [[JBH Hotel]] in [[Republic City]]. Peter Dutton accused the President of illegally firing the cabinet, and sued at the Constitutional Court. However, the lawsuit was thrown out. The same day the cabinet resigned, October 15, the [[Epstein Cabinet]] was sworn in by President Galvin as a technocratic caretaker government. It was led by [[Harvey Epstein]], a respected independent civil servant. A day later, final election results were published, and Galvin invited all parties for negotiations at the [[Presidential Palace]] to form a permanent government. The [[Tsai Cabinet III]] was eventually formed by the DPP, OP, MO-FR, RPRL, with support from KVGW.

== Composition ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Position
!Minister
! colspan="2" |Party
!Sworn in
!Left office
|-
|[[Prime Minister of the Republic|Prime Minister]]
|[[Abu Mohammad al-Julani]]
! style="background-color: #480D67" |
| style="vertical-align:middle;" |[[Forward Party|FWD]]
|September 16, 2025
|October 15, 2025
|-
|[[Deputy Prime Minister]]
|[[Peter Dutton]]
! style="background-color: #000099" |
| style="vertical-align:middle;" |[[Kuomintang|KMT]]
|September 16, 2025
|October 15, 2025
|-
|[[Minister of the Interior]]
|[[Mario Draghi]]
! style="background-color: #480D67" |
| style="vertical-align:middle;" |[[Forward Party|FWD]]
|September 16, 2025
|October 15, 2025
|-
|[[Minister of Foreign Affairs]]
|[[Jared Polis]]
! style="background-color: #C3D746" |
| style="vertical-align:middle;" |[[Momentum-Unity|MO-U]]
|September 16, 2025
|October 15, 2025
|-
|[[Minister of Relations]]
|[[Don Corleone]]
! style="background-color: #480D67" |
| style="vertical-align:middle;" |[[Forward Party|FWD]]
|September 16, 2025
|October 15, 2025
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Minister of Transportation]]
|[[Dominic Fritz]]
! style="background-color: #C3D746" |
| style="vertical-align:middle;" |[[Momentum-Unity|MO-U]]
|September 16, 2025
|October 14, 2025
|-
|[[Faceless technocrat #5]]
! style="background-color: #480D67" |
|[[FWD]]
|October 14, 2025
|October 15, 2025
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Minister of Labor]]
|[[Andrew Yang]]
! style="background-color: #480D67" |
| style="vertical-align:middle;" |[[Forward Party|FWD]]
|September 16, 2025
|September 30, 2025
|-
|[[Rudy Juliani]]
! style="background-color: #12B6CF" |
|[[Reform Party|R]]<br><small>Proposed by [[Forward Party|FWD]]
|September 30, 2025
|October 15, 2025
|-
|[[Minister of Technology]]
|[[Rishi Sunak]]
! style="background-color: #000099" |
| style="vertical-align:middle;" |[[Kuomintang|KMT]]
|September 16, 2025
|October 15, 2025
|-
|[[Minister of Education]]
|[[Angela Merkel]]
! style="background-color: #000099" |
| style="vertical-align:middle;" |[[Kuomintang|KMT]]
|September 16, 2025
|October 15, 2025
|-
|[[Minister of Records]]
|[[Joe Biden]]
! style="background-color: #480D67" |
| style="vertical-align:middle;" |[[Forward Party|FWD]]
|September 16, 2025
|October 15, 2025
|-
|[[Minister of Defense]]
|[[Mark Milley]]
! style="background-color: #000099" |
| style="vertical-align:middle;" |[[Kuomintang|KMT]]
|September 16, 2025
|October 15, 2025
|-
|[[Minister of Recreation]]
|[[Ehud Olmert]]
! style="background-color: #C3D746" |
| style="vertical-align:middle;" |[[Momentum-Unity|MO-U]]
|September 16, 2025
|October 15, 2025
|-
|[[Minister of Finance]]
|[[Mark Carney]]
! style="background-color: #480D67" |
| style="vertical-align:middle;" |[[Forward Party|FWD]]
|September 16, 2025
|October 15, 2025
|}
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