Fourth Woidke cabinet

Fourth Cabinet of Dietmar Woidke Woidke IV
10th Cabinet of Brandenburg
as of 11 December 2024
Dietmar Woidke at the 2017 SPD federal party conference
Date formed	11 December 2024
People and organisations
Minister-President	Dietmar Woidke (SPD
Deputy	Robert Crumbach (BSW)
No. of ministers	10
Member parties	Social Democratic Party Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance
Status in legislature	Coalition government (46 out of 88 seats)
Opposition parties	Alternative for Germany Christian Democratic Union
History
Election	2024 Brandenburg state election
Legislature term	8th Landtag of Brandenburg
Predecessor	Third Woidke cabinet

The fourth Woidke cabinet is the current state government of Brandenburg formed on December 11, 2024. Incumbent Social Democratic Party (SPD) Minister President Dietmar Woidke leads the coalition of his party and the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW). This government ushered in the BSW as governing partner in any government in Germany for the first time as a so-called "red–purple coalition", two days ahead of their entrance into the Voigt cabinet in Thuringia.[1]

Excluding the Minister-President, the cabinet comprises ten ministers.[2] Among them seven are members of the SPD, two are from the BSW and one without party affiliation nominated by BSW.[3]

Formation

While the SPD gained 7 seats at the 2024 Brandenburg state election, the previous government were no longer able to command a majority as its main governing partner in the third Woidke cabinet the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) lost three seats while the other partner, the Alliance 90/The Greens, failed to clear the 5% threshold and thus was completely shut out of the legislature. The composition of the Landtag is as follows (showing only parties with seats before or after the election):

Party		Leader	List	Direct	Total
	Social Democratic Party	Dietmar Woidke	13	19	32
	Alternative for Germany	Hans-Christoph Berndt	5	25	30
	Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance	Robert Crumbach	14	0	14
	Christian Democratic Union	Jan Redmann	12	0	12

With the Landtag consisting 88 seats, 45 votes were required to secure an absolute majority. The Landtag held two ballots on December 11, 2024, and confirmed its confidence in Minister President Woidke on the second ballot. Balloting for to confirm the Minister President were as follows:

Candidate		Position	1st Ballot		2nd Ballot
	Dietmar Woidke (SPD)	For	43	48.9%	50	56.8%
		Against	40	45.5%	36	40.9%
		Abstentions	2	2.3%	1	1.1%
		Spoiled	2	2.3%

The fourth Woidke cabinet was sworn in after Woidke received 50 out of 88 votes available on the second ballot.

Cabinet

Portfolio	Minister			Term of Office
				Start	End
Minister-President State Chancellor		Dietmar Woidke		August 28, 2013	incumbent
Deputy Minister-President		Robert Crumbach		December 11, 2024	incumbent
Finance and Europe
Interior and Communities		Katrin Lange (Minister for Finance and Europe in Woidke III)		December 11, 2024	incumbent
Agriculture, Food, Environment and Consumer Protection		Hanka Mittelstädt		December 13, 2024 (acting prior : Katrin Lange)	incumbent
Education, Youth and Sports		Steffen Freiberg		April 17, 2023 Continued from Woidke III	incumbent
Science, Research and Culture		Manja Schüle		November 20, 2019 Continued from Woidke III	incumbent
Economic Affairs, Labor, Energy and Climate Protection		Daniel Keller [de]		December 11, 2024	incumbent
Justice and Digitalization		Benjamin Grimm [de]		December 11, 2024	incumbent
Health and Social Affairs		Britta Müller [de] non-partisan (nominated by BSW)		December 11, 2024	incumbent
Infrastructure and Regional Planning		Detlef Tabbert [de]		December 11, 2024	incumbent
Responsible for the State Chancellery		Kathrin Schneider		November 20, 2019 Continued from Woidke III	incumbent

References

1. "Die Rot-Lila-Personalien der neuen Landesregierung". www.rbb24.de (in German). Retrieved 2025-01-02.
2. "BSW übernimmt in Brandenburg drei Ministerien - SPD sechs". www.rbb24.de (in German). 2024-11-27. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
3. "Weg frei für Rot-Lila-Bündnis in Brandenburg". www.rbb24.de (in German). 2024-12-07. Retrieved 2025-01-02.

See also

• Second & Third Woidke cabinet
• 2024 Brandenburg state election
• Red–purple coalition