Rehlinger cabinet

Cabinet of Anke Rehlinger
Cabinet Rehlinger

29th Cabinet of Saarland
25 April 2022 –
Anke Rehlinger on the evening of the 2022 Saarland state election
Date formed25 April 2022
People and organisations
Minister-PresidentAnke Rehlinger
Deputy Minister-PresidentJürgen Barke
No. of ministers6
Member partiesSocial Democratic Party
Status in legislatureMajority government
29 / 51
Opposition partiesChristian Democratic Union
Alternative for Germany
History
Election2022 Saarland state election
Legislature term17th Landtag of Saarland
PredecessorHans cabinet

The Rehlinger cabinet is the current state government of Saarland, sworn in on 25 April 2022 after Anke Rehlinger was elected as Minister-President of Saarland by the members of the Landtag of Saarland. It is the 29th Cabinet of Saarland.

It was formed after the 2022 Saarland state election by the Social Democratic Party (SPD). Excluding the Minister-President, the cabinet comprises six ministers, all of whom are members of the SPD.

Formation

The previous cabinet was a grand coalition government of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and SPD led by Minister-President Tobias Hans of the CDU.

The election took place on 27 March 2022, and resulted in a landslide victory for the SPD, who won an absolute majority of seats with 43.5% of votes. The CDU recorded severe losses and declined to second place with 28.5% and 19 seats, while The Left lost all their seats and the AfD remained steady on 6%.

Owing to the SPD's majority, Rehlinger announced that she would seek to form government alone. She presented her proposed cabinet on 21 April.[1]

Rehlinger was elected as Minister-President by the Landtag on 25 April, winning 32 votes out of 51 cast.[2]

Composition

Portfolio Minister Party Took office Left office State secretaries
Minister-President
State Chancellery 		Anke Rehlinger
born (1976-04-06) 6 April 1976 (age 48) 		SPD 25 April 2022 Incumbent
  • David Lindemann (Head of the State Chancellery, Representative for Europe)
  • Thorsten Bischoff (Media, Representative to the Federal Government)
Deputy Minister-President
Minister for Economics, Innovation, Digital Affairs and Energy 		Jürgen Barke
born (1962-12-26) 26 December 1962 (age 62) 		SPD 25 April 2022 Incumbent
  • Elena Yorgova-Ramanauskas
Minister for Finance and Science Jakob von Weizsäcker
born (1970-03-04) 4 March 1970 (age 54) 		SPD 25 April 2022 Incumbent
  • Wolfgang Förster
Minister for Interior, Construction and Sport Reinhold Jost
born (1966-06-04) 4 June 1966 (age 58) 		SPD 25 April 2022 Incumbent
  • Torsten Lang
Minister for Labour, Social Affairs, Women and Health Magnus Jung
born (1971-10-28) 28 October 1971 (age 53) 		SPD 25 April 2022 Incumbent
  • Bettina Altesleben
Minister for Education and Culture Christine Streichert-Clivot
born (1980-04-28) 28 April 1980 (age 44) 		SPD 25 April 2022 Incumbent
  • Jan Benedyczuk
Minister for Environment, Climate Protection, Mobility, Agriculture and Consumer Protection Petra Berg
born (1964-07-10) 10 July 1964 (age 60) 		SPD 25 April 2022 Incumbent
  • Sebastian Thul
Minister for Justice 25 April 2022 Incumbent
  • Jens Diener
  • "Government of Saarland". Saarland.de (in German). Retrieved 26 April 2022.

References

  1. ^ "Anke Rehlinger presents the new state government in Saarland". Die Zeit (in German). 21 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Rehlinger elected Minister-President". ZDF (in German). 25 April 2022.