Cabinet Kraft II

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Cabinet Kraft II was the name of the government of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia from June 2012 until June 2017.

Germany is a federal republic consisting of sixteen states. Since today's Germany was formed from an earlier collection of several states, it has a federal constitution, and the constituent states retain a measure of sovereignty. With an emphasis on geographical conditions, Berlin and Hamburg are frequently called Stadtstaaten (city-states), as is the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, which in fact includes the cities of Bremen and Bremerhaven. The remaining 13 states are called Flächenländer.

North Rhine-Westphalia is a state of Germany.

Its leader is Minister-President Hannelore Kraft. Kraft was reelected by the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia on 20 June 2012. She has already led the previous government. Kraft's government is a coalition between the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and The Greens. There were only little changes from the previous government to this one.

Hannelore Kraft is a German politician. She served as the Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia from 2010 until 2017. Kraft was the first woman to serve as head of government of this state and was the third woman to become head of a state government in Germany. Between 1 November 2010 and 31 October 2011 she was the President of the Bundesrat, again the first woman to hold the office. She is the former leader of the SPD North Rhine-Westphalia and served on the SPD's federal executive from November 2009 until May 2017, and was one of the four federal deputy chairs.

The Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia is the state parliament (Landtag) of the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, which convenes in the state capital of Düsseldorf, in the eastern part of the district of Hafen. The parliament is the central legislative body in the political system of North Rhine-Westphalia. In addition to passing of laws, its most important tasks are the election of the Minister-President of the state and the administration of the government. The current parties of government are a coalition of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Free Democratic Party (FDP), supporting the cabinet of Minister-President Armin Laschet since June 2017.

Cabinet Kraft was the name of the government of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia from July 2010 until June 2012.

The following table shows cabinet members, who hold 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	Hannelore Kraft	SPD	Franz-Josef Lersch-Mense Head of the Minister-President's Office
Minister-President	Hannelore Kraft	SPD	Thomas Breustedt Government Spokesman
Deputy Prime Minister Schools and Education	Sylvia Löhrmann	Greens	Ludwig Hecke
Finance	Norbert Walter-Borjans	SPD	Rüdiger Messal
Interior and Local Government	Ralf Jäger	SPD	Hans-Ulrich Krüger
Justice	Thomas Kutschaty	SPD	Karl-Heinz Krems
Economics, Energy, Industry and Commerce	Garrelt Duin	SPD	Günther Horzetzky
Construction, Housing, Urban Development and Transport	Michael Groscheck	SPD	Gunther Adler
Innovation, Science and Research	Svenja Schulze	SPD	Helmut Dockter
Labour, Integration and Social Affairs	Guntram Schneider	SPD	Wilhelm Schäffer Zülfiye Kaykin Secretary of State for Integration
Family, Children, Youth, Culture and Sport	Ute Schäfer	SPD	Klaus Schäfer (politician)
Climate Change, Environment, Agriculture and Consumer Protection	Johannes Remmel	Greens	Udo Paschedag
Health, Emancipation, Care and the Elder	Barbara Steffens	Greens	Marlis Bredehorst
Federal Affairs, Europe and Media	Angelica Schwall-Düren	SPD	Marc Jan Eumann

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