Cabinet Weil I Explained

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.

Composition

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.haz.de/Nachrichten/Politik/Niedersachsen/Stephan-Weil-ist-neuer-Ministerpraesident Machtwechsel in Niedersachsen. Stephan Weil ist neuer Ministerpräsident.
  2. http://www.zeit.de/politik/deutschland/2017-08/rot-gruen-verliert-mehrheit-im-landtag-in-niedersachsen Rot-Grün verliert Mehrheit im niedersächsischen Landtag.
  3. Web site: Niedersachsen wählt im Oktober neuen Landtag. NDR. 2017-08-08. 2017-08-08.