| Cabinet Name: | First Cabinet of Markus Söder |
| Cabinet Number: | 27th |
| Cabinet Type: | Cabinet |
| Jurisdiction: | Bavaria |
| Flag: | Coat of arms of Bavaria.svg |
| Flag Border: | true |
| Incumbent: | 21 March 2018 – 6 November 2018 |
| Date Formed: | 21 March 2018 |
| Date Dissolved: | 6 November 2018 |
| Government Head Title: | Minister-President |
| Government Head: | Markus Söder |
| Deputy Government Head Title: | Deputy Minister-President |
| Deputy Government Head: | Ilse Aigner Joachim Herrmann |
| Members Number: | 13 |
| Political Parties: | Christian Social Union |
| Legislature Status: | Majority government |
| Opposition Parties: | Social Democratic Party Free Voters Alliance 90/The Greens |
| Election: | None |
| Legislature Term: | 17th Landtag of Bavaria |
| Predecessor: | Second Seehofer cabinet |
| Successor: | Second Söder cabinet |
The First Söder cabinet was the state government of Bavaria from March to November 2018, sworn in on 21 March 2018 after Markus Söder was elected as Minister-President of Bavaria by the members of the Landtag of Bavaria. It was the 26th Cabinet of Bavaria.
It was formed after the resignation of Minister-President Horst Seehofer to become Federal Minister of the Interior, Building and Community; it was a continuation of the Christian Social Union (CSU) majority government formed after the 2013 Bavarian state election. Excluding the Minister-President, the cabinet comprised thirteen ministers and four state secretaries. All were members of the CSU.
The first Söder cabinet was succeeded by the second Söder cabinet on 12 November 2018 following the 2018 Bavarian state election.
The previous cabinet was a majority government of the CSU led by Minister-President Horst Seehofer of the CSU. After the CSU suffered heavy losses in the 2017 German federal election, Seehofer announced he planned to resign as Minister-President in early 2018 and have the office to his finance minister Markus Söder.[1] In March 2018, he announced his switch to federal politics after being nominated as Minister of the Interior in the fourth Merkel cabinet.[2] Seehofer formally resigned on 13 March.[3]
Söder was elected as Minister-President by the Landtag on 16 March, winning 99 votes out of 169 cast.[4] His cabinet was sworn in on 21 March.
| Portfolio | Minister | Party | Took office | Left office | State secretary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister-President | Markus Söder | bgcolor= | CSU | 16 March 2018 | 6 November 2018 | ||||
| Deputy Minister-President Minister for Housing, Construction and Transport | Ilse Aigner | bgcolor= | CSU | 21 March 2018 | 11 November 2018 | ||||
| Minister for Interior and Integration | Joachim Herrmann | bgcolor= | CSU | 21 March 2018 | 11 November 2018 | ||||
| Head of the Bavarian State Chancellery and Minister of State for Federal Affairs | 75x75px | Florian Herrmann | bgcolor= | CSU | 21 March 2018 | 11 November 2018 | |||
| Minister of State for Digital Affairs, Media and Europe in the State Chancellery | Georg Eisenreich | bgcolor= | CSU | 21 March 2018 | 11 November 2018 | ||||
| Minister for Justice | Winfried Bausback | bgcolor= | CSU | 21 March 2018 | 11 November 2018 | ||||
| Minister for Teaching and Education | Bernd Sibler | bgcolor= | CSU | 21 March 2018 | 11 November 2018 | ||||
| Minister for Science and Art | Marion Kiechle | bgcolor= | CSU | 21 March 2018 | 11 November 2018 | ||||
| Minister for Finance, State Development and Homeland | Albert Füracker | bgcolor= | CSU | 21 March 2018 | 11 November 2018 | ||||
| Minister for Economics, Energy and Technology | Franz Pschierer | bgcolor= | CSU | 21 March 2018 | 11 November 2018 | ||||
| Minister for Environment and Consumer Protection | Marcel Huber | bgcolor= | CSU | 21 March 2018 | 11 November 2018 | ||||
| Minister for Food, Agriculture and Forestry | Michaela Kaniber | bgcolor= | CSU | 21 March 2018 | 11 November 2018 | ||||
| Minister for Family, Labour and Social Affairs | Kerstin Schreyer | bgcolor= | CSU | 21 March 2018 | 11 November 2018 | ||||
| Minister for Health and Care | Melanie Huml | bgcolor= | CSU | 21 March 2018 | 11 November 2018 | ||||