Second Weil cabinet

The Second Weil cabinet is the current state government of Lower Saxony, sworn in on 22 November 2017 after Stephan Weil was elected as Minister-President of Lower Saxony by the members of the Landtag of Lower Saxony. It is the 29th Cabinet of Lower Saxony.

Second Cabinet of Stephan Weil
Weil II

29th Cabinet of Lower Saxony
22 November 2017 –
Stephan Weil in February 2018
Date formed22 November 2017
People and organisations
Minister-PresidentStephan Weil
Deputy Minister-PresidentBernd Althusmann
No. of ministers10
Member partiesSocial Democratic Party
Christian Democratic Union
Status in legislatureGrand coalition government
105 / 137
Opposition partiesAlliance 90/The Greens
Free Democratic Party
Alternative for Germany
History
Election(s)2017 Lower Saxony state election
Legislature term(s)18th Landtag of Lower Saxony
PredecessorFirst Weil cabinet

It was formed after the 2017 Lower Saxony state election by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Excluding the Minister-President, the cabinet comprises ten ministers. Five are members of the SPD and five are members of the CDU.

Formation
See also: 2017 Lower Saxony state election

The previous cabinet was a coalition government of the SPD and The Greens led by Minister-President Stephan Weil of the SPD.

The election took place on 15 October 2017, and resulted in a modest improvement for the SPD and losses for the Greens. The opposition CDU fell to second place behind the SPD. The FDP also took small losses, while the AfD debuted at 6%.

Overall, the incumbent coalition lost its majority as the decline in Greens support outweighted SPD gains. The FDP ruled out a coalition with the SPD and Greens while the Greens ruled out a coalition with the CDU and FDP, leaving a grand coalition of the SPD and CDU as the only practical option. The two parties agreed to begin discussions on 26 October.[1] On 16 November, they announced that they had come to an agreement, which was approved by the SPD party congress two days later[2] and the CDU congress on the 20th.[3] It was formally signed the next day.

Weil was elected as Minister-President by the Landtag on 22 November 2017, winning 104 votes out of 137 cast.[4]

Composition
Portfolio Minister Party Took office Left office State secretaries
Minister-President Stephan Weil
born (1958-12-15) 15 December 1958		 SPD 22 November 2017 Incumbent
  • Jörg Mielke (Head of the State Chancellery)
  • Anke Pörksen (Speaker for the State Government)
Deputy Minister-President
Minister for Economics, Labour, Transport and Digitalisation		 Bernd Althusmann
born (1966-12-03) 3 December 1966		 CDU 22 November 2017 Incumbent
  • Berend Lindner (Economics, Labour and Transport)
  • Stefan Muhle (Digitalisation)
Minister for Interior and Sport Boris Pistorius
born (1960-03-14) 14 March 1960		 SPD 22 November 2017 Incumbent
  • Stephan Manke
Minister for Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection Barbara Otte-Kinast
born (1964-09-18) 18 September 1964		 CDU 22 November 2017 Incumbent
  • Ludwig Theuvsen
Minister for Finance Reinhold Hilbers
born (1964-07-25) 25 July 1964		 CDU 22 November 2017 Incumbent
  • Doris Nordmann
Minister for Justice Barbara Havliza
born (1958-03-13) 13 March 1958		 CDU 22 November 2017 Incumbent
  • Frank-Thomas Hett
Minister for Education Grant Hendrik Tonne
born (1976-06-22) 22 June 1976		 SPD 22 November 2017 Incumbent
  • Gaby Willamowius
Minister for Science and Culture Björn Thümler
born (1970-11-22) 22 November 1970		 CDU 22 November 2017 Incumbent
  • Sabine Johannsen
Minister for Environment, Energy, Construction and Climate Protection Olaf Lies
born (1967-05-08) 8 May 1967		 SPD 22 November 2017 Incumbent
  • Frank Doods
Minister for Environment, Energy, Construction and Climate Protection Carola Reimann
born (1967-08-25) 25 August 1967		 SPD 22 November 2017 1 March 2021
  • Heiger Scholz
Daniela Behrens
born (1968-05-12) 12 May 1968		 SPD 5 March 2021 Incumbent
  • Heiger Scholz
Minister for Federal and European Affairs and Regional Development Birgit Honé
born (1960-11-08) 8 November 1960		 SPD 22 November 2017 Incumbent
  • Matthias Wunderling-Weilbier
  • "The Lower Saxon State Government". Niedersachsen.de (in German). Retrieved 13 March 2022.

References
  1. "SPD and CDU agree on exploratory talks". Die Zeit (in German). 26 October 2017.
  2. "SPD agrees to coalition agreement with CDU". Rheinische Post (in German). 18 November 2017.
  3. "CDU agrees to coalition agreement with SPD". Die Zeit (in German). 21 November 2017.
  4. "Stephan Weil re-elected Minister-President". Die Zeit (in German). 22 November 2017.
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