Cabinet Name: | First Cabinet of Stephan Weil Cabinet Weil I |
Cabinet Number: | 27th |
Jurisdiction: | Lower Saxony |
Flag: | Coat of arms of Lower Saxony.svg |
Incumbent: | 19 February 2013 – 22 November 2017 |
Date Formed: | 19 February 2013 |
Date Dissolved: | 22 November 2017 |
Government Head Title: | Minister President |
Government Head: | Stephan Weil |
Deputy Government Head Title: | Deputy Minister President |
Deputy Government Head: | Stefan Wenzel |
State Head Title: | Chancellor |
State Head: | Angela Merkel |
Political Party: | Social Democratic Party Alliance 90/The Greens |
Opposition Party: | Christian Democratic Union Free Democratic Party |
Opposition Leader: | Christian Democratic Union |
Election: | 2013 Lower Saxony state election |
Legislature Term: | 17th Landtag of Lower Saxony |
Previous: | Cabinet McAllister |
Successor: | Cabinet Weil II |
The Cabinet Weil I was the state government of the German state of Lower Saxony from 19 February 2013 until 22 November 2017. The Cabinet was headed by Minister President Stephan Weil and was formed by the Social Democratic Party and the Alliance '90/The Greens, after Weil's winning of the 2013 Lower Saxony state election.[1] On 19 February 2013, Weil was elected and sworn in as Minister President by the Landtag of Lower Saxony.
At the beginning of August 2017, the government lost its one-vote majority when Elke Twesten, a member of the Greens, left the parliamentary group.[2] On 7 August 2017, the represented in the state parliament agreed on October 15, 2017 as the election date for a new state elections.[3] The cabinet was succeeded by Weils's second cabinet.
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