Wüst cabinet

The Wüst cabinet is the current state government of North Rhine-Westphalia, sworn in on 28 October 2021 after Hendrik Wüst was elected as Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia by the members of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is the 25th Cabinet of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Cabinet of Hendrik Wüst
Cabinet Wüst

25th Cabinet of North Rhine-Westphalia
28 October 2021 –
Hendrik Wüst at the Conference of Transport Ministers in Frankfurt am Main in October 2019
Date formed28 October 2021
People and organisations
Minister-PresidentHendrik Wüst
Deputy Minister-PresidentJoachim Stamp
No. of ministers12
Member partiesChristian Democratic Union
Free Democratic Party
Status in legislatureCoalition government
100 / 199
Opposition partiesSocial Democratic Party
Alliance 90/The Greens
Alternative for Germany
History
Election(s)None
Legislature term(s)17th Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia
PredecessorLaschet cabinet

It was formed after the resignation of Minister-President Armin Laschet, and was a continuation of the coalition government of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Free Democratic Party (FDP) formed after the 2017 North Rhine-Westphalia state election. Excluding the Minister-President, the cabinet comprises twelve ministers. Eight are members of the CDU, three are members of the FDP, and one is an independent politician.

Formation

The previous cabinet was a coalition government of the CDU and FDP led by Minister-President Armin Laschet of the CDU. He announced his resignation after being elected to the Bundestag in the 2021 German federal election. Laschet was the CDU/CSU's Chancellor candidate in the election, and stated he would take up his seat in the Bundestag even if he did not become Chancellor. Since the constitution of North Rhine-Westphalia prohibits members of the Bundestag from serving concurrently in the state government, he was obliged to resign as Minister-President.[1]

On 5 October, Laschet proposed transport minister Hendrik Wüst his successor.[2] He was subsequently elected uncontested as chairman of the North Rhine-Westphalia CDU on 23 October, receiving 98% approval.[3] Laschet resigned on 25 October 2021, a day before the constituent session of the Bundestag.[4]

Wüst was elected as Minister-President by the Landtag on 27 October, winning 103 votes out of 197 cast.[5]

Composition
Portfolio Minister Party Took office Left office State secretaries
Minister-President
State Chancellery		 Hendrik Wüst
born (1975-06-19) 19 June 1975		 CDU 27 October 2021 Incumbent
  • Nathanael Liminski (Media, Head of the State Chancellery)
  • Heiko Miraß (Sport and Volunteering)
Deputy Minister-President
Minister for Children, Family, Refugees and Integration		 Joachim Stamp
born (1970-06-21) 21 June 1970		 FDP 28 October 2021 Incumbent
  • Andreas Bothe
  • Gonca Türkeli-Dehnert (Integration)
Minister for Finance Lutz Lienenkämper
born (1969-05-24) 24 May 1969		 CDU 28 October 2021 Incumbent
  • Patrick Opdenhövel
Minister for Interior Herbert Reul
born (1952-08-31) 31 August 1952		 CDU 28 October 2021 Incumbent
  • Jürgen Mathies
Minister for Economics, Innovation, Digitalisation and Energy Andreas Pinkwart
born (1960-08-18) 18 August 1960		 FDP 28 October 2021 Incumbent
  • Christoph Dammermann
Minister for Labour, Health and Social Affairs Karl-Josef Laumann
born (1957-07-11) 11 July 1957		 CDU 28 October 2021 Incumbent
  • Edmund Heller
Minister for School and Education Yvonne Gebauer
born (1966-08-02) 2 August 1966		 FDP 28 October 2021 Incumbent
  • Mathias Richter
Minister for Homeland, Communities, Construction and Equality Ina Scharrenbach
born (1976-09-30) 30 September 1976		 CDU 28 October 2021 Incumbent
  • Jan Heinisch
Minister for Justice Peter Biesenbach
born (1948-02-10) 10 February 1948		 CDU 28 October 2021 Incumbent
  • Dirk Wedel
Minister for Transport Ina Brandes
born 1977 (age 44–45)		 CDU 28 October 2021 Incumbent
  • Hendrik Schulte
Minister for Environment, Agriculture, and Nature and Consumer Protection Ursula Heinen-Esser
born (1965-10-07) 7 October 1965		 CDU 28 October 2021 Incumbent
  • Heinrich Bottermann
Minister for Culture and Science Isabel Pfeiffer-Poensgen
born (1954-04-25) 25 April 1954		 Ind. 28 October 2021 Incumbent
  • Klaus Kaiser
  • Dirk Günnewig
Minister for Federal, European and International Affairs Stephan Holthoff-Pförtner
born (1948-10-05) 5 October 1948		 CDU 28 October 2021 Incumbent
  • Mark Speich
  • "State Cabinet". State Government of North Rhine-Westphalia (in German). Retrieved 14 March 2022.</ref>

References
  1. "Hendrik Wüst is to become the new Minister-President in North Rhine-Westphalia". Die Zeit (in German). 5 October 2021.
  2. "Wüst is to become Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia". Tagesschau (in German). 5 October 2021.
  3. "CDU in North Rhine-Westphalia elects Hendrik Wüst as the new chairman". Die Zeit (in German). 23 October 2021.
  4. "Laschet resigns as Minister-President". Der Spiegel (in German). 25 October 2021.
  5. "146th Session (Special Session)" (PDF). Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia (in German). 27 October 2021.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.