Cabinet Weil II explained

Cabinet Name:Second Cabinet of Stephan Weil
Cabinet Number:29th
Cabinet Type:Cabinet
Jurisdiction:Lower Saxony
Flag:Coat of arms of Lower Saxony.svg
Flag Border:true
Incumbent:22 November 2017 – 7 November 2022
Date Formed:22 November 2017
Date Dissolved:7 November 2022
Government Head Title:Minister-President
Government Head:Stephan Weil
Deputy Government Head Title:Deputy Minister-President
Deputy Government Head:Bernd Althusmann
Members Number:10
Political Parties:Social Democratic Party
Christian Democratic Union
Legislature Status:Grand coalition government
Opposition Parties:Alliance 90/The Greens
Free Democratic Party
Alternative for Germany
Election:2017 Lower Saxony state election
Legislature Term:18th Landtag of Lower Saxony
Predecessor:First Weil cabinet
Successor:Third Weil cabinet

The second Weil cabinet was the state government of Lower Saxony between 2017 and 2022, 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 was the 29th Cabinet of Lower Saxony.

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 comprised ten ministers. Five were members of the SPD and five were members of the CDU.

The second Weil cabinet was succeeded by the third Weil cabinet on 8 November 2022.

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 outweighed 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

PortfolioMinisterPartyTook officeLeft officeState secretaries
Minister-PresidentStephan Weil
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Deputy Minister-President
Minister for Economics, Labour, Transport and Digitalisation
Bernd Althusmann
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Minister for Interior and SportBoris Pistorius
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Minister for Food, Agriculture and Consumer ProtectionBarbara Otte-Kinast
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Minister for FinanceReinhold Hilbers
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Minister for JusticeBarbara Havliza
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Minister for EducationGrant Hendrik Tonne
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Minister for Science and CultureBjörn Thümler
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Minister for Environment, Energy, Construction and Climate ProtectionOlaf Lies
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Minister of Social Affairs, Health, and EqualityCarola Reimann
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Minister for Federal and European Affairs and Regional DevelopmentBirgit Honé
bgcolor=SPD22 November 20177 November 2022

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: SPD and CDU agree on exploratory talks. 26 October 2017. de. Die Zeit.
  2. Web site: SPD agrees to coalition agreement with CDU. 18 November 2017. de. Rheinische Post.
  3. News: CDU agrees to coalition agreement with SPD. 21 November 2017. de. Die Zeit.
  4. News: Stephan Weil re-elected Minister-President. 22 November 2017. de. Die Zeit.