Laschet Cabinet
The Laschet Cabinet was the government of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia from 30 June 2017 to 27 October 2021.[1]
Its leader was Minister-President Armin Laschet. He was elected by the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia on 27 June 2017, on 30 June 2017 the Ministers were sworn in. Laschet's government was a coalition between the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Free Democrats (FDP).
The following table shows cabinet members, who held the office of ministers of their respective portfolio except when denoted otherwise. Note that only the Ministers are members of the Cabinet. The Head of the Minister-President's Office, as a Secretary of State, is not an official member of cabinet, but is invited as non-voting attendee.
| Office | Name | Party | Secretary of State |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minister-President | Armin Laschet until 26 October 2021 |
CDU | Nathanael Liminski Head of the State Chancellery, Media politics |
| for Sports and Volunteer Work | |||
| Deputy Minister-President Children, Families, Refugees, and Integration |
Joachim Stamp Acting Minister-President from 26 October 2021 |
FDP | (Head of Office) Serap Güler (for Integration) |
| Finance | CDU | ||
| Interior | Herbert Reul | CDU | (Independent) |
| Economics, Innovation, Digitization, and Energy | Andreas Pinkwart | FDP | |
| Labour, Health, and Social Affairs | Karl-Josef Laumann | CDU | |
| Schools and Education | FDP | ||
| Homeland, Municipal Affairs, Construction, and Equal Rights | CDU | ||
| Justice | CDU | (FDP) | |
| Transportation | Hendrik Wüst | CDU | (Independent) |
| Environment, Agriculture, Nature and Consumer Protection | CDU | ||
| Culture and Science | Isabel Pfeiffer-Poensgen | Independent | (CDU) (CDU) (Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of Culture and Science) |
| Federal, European, and International Affairs | CDU |
References[]
- ^ Landtagswahl 2017, WDR.de
- Cabinets of North Rhine-Westphalia
- 2017 establishments in Germany