Hans cabinet explained

Cabinet Name:Cabinet of Tobbias Hans
Cabinet Number:28th
Cabinet Type:Cabinet
Jurisdiction:Saarland
Flag:Wappen des Saarlands.svg
Flag Border:true
Incumbent:1 March 2018 – 24 April 2022
Date Formed:1 March 2018
Date Dissolved:24 April 2022
Government Head Title:Minister-President
Government Head:Tobias Hans
Deputy Government Head Title:Deputy Minister-President
Deputy Government Head:Anke Rehlinger
Members Number:6
Political Parties:Christian Democratic Union
Social Democratic Party
Legislature Status:Grand coalition government
Opposition Parties:The Left
Alternative for Germany
Election:None
Legislature Term:16th Landtag of Saarland
Predecessor:Third Kramp-Karrenbauer cabinet
Successor:Rehlinger cabinet

The Hans cabinet was the state government of Saarland between 2018 and 2022, sworn in on 1 March 2018 after Tobias Hans was elected as Minister-President of Saarland by the members of the Landtag of Saarland. It was the 28th Cabinet of Saarland.

It was formed after the resignation of Minister-President Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, and was a continuation of the grand coalition government of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Social Democratic Party (SPD) formed after the 2017 Saarland state election. Excluding the Minister-President, the cabinet comprised six ministers. Three were members of the CDU and three were members of the SPD.

The Hans cabinet was succeeded by the Rehlinger cabinet on 25 April 2022.

Formation

The previous cabinet was a grand coalition government of the CDU and SPD led by Minister-President Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer of the CDU. She announced her switch to federal politics after being nominated as general-secretary of the federal CDU in February 2018.[1] The same day, CDU parliamentary leader Tobias Hans was nominated as her successor.[2] Kramp-Karrenbauer formally resigned as Minister-President two days later.[3]

Hans was elected as Minister-President by the Landtag on 1 March, winning 40 votes out of 51 cast.[4]

Composition

PortfolioMinisterPartyTook officeLeft officeState secretaries
Minister-President
State Chancellery
Tobias Hans
bgcolor=CDU1 March 201824 April 2022
Deputy Minister-President
Minister for Economics, Labour, Energy and Transport
Anke Rehlinger
bgcolor=SPD1 March 201824 April 2022
Minister for Finance and Europe
Minister for Justice
Peter Strobel
bgcolor=CDU1 March 201824 April 2022
Minister for Interior, Construction and SportKlaus Bouillon
bgcolor=CDU1 March 201824 April 2022
Minister for Social Affairs, Health, Women and FamilyMonika Bachmann
bgcolor=CDU1 March 201824 April 2022
Minister for Education and CultureUlrich Commerçon
bgcolor=SPD1 March 201818 September 2019
Christine Streichert-Clivot
bgcolor=SPD18 September 201924 April 2022
Minister for Environment and Consumer ProtectionReinhold Jost
bgcolor=SPD1 March 201824 April 2022

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Merkel brings Kramp-Karrenbauer to Berlin as General-Secretary. 19 February 2018. de. Süddeutsche Zeitung.
  2. Web site: Suddenly Minister-President – without any government experience. 19 February 2018. de. Die Welt.
  3. Web site: Kramp-Karrenbauer elected CDU general secretary. 26 February 2018. de. Frankfurter Rundschau.
  4. Web site: Minister-President and President of the Landtag newly elected. 1 March 2018. de. Saarländischer Rundfunk.