Cabinet Weil III

Third Cabinet of Stephan Weil Weil III
30th Cabinet of Lower Saxony
8 November 2022 – 20 May 2025
Stephan Weil in December 2020
Date formed	8 November 2022
Date dissolved	20 May 2025
People and organisations
Minister-President	Stephan Weil
Deputy Minister-President	Julia Hamburg
No. of ministers	10
Member parties	Social Democratic Party Alliance 90/The Greens
Status in legislature	Coalition government (Majority)
Opposition parties	Christian Democratic Union Alternative for Germany
History
Election	2022 Lower Saxony state election
Legislature term	19th Landtag of Lower Saxony
Predecessor	Second Weil cabinet
Successor	Lies Cabinet

The third Weil cabinet was the state government of Lower Saxony from 8 November 2022 to 20 May 2025, after Stephan Weil was elected as Minister-President of Lower Saxony by the members of the Landtag of Lower Saxony. It was the 30th Cabinet of Lower Saxony.

It was formed after the 2022 Lower Saxony state election by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Alliance 90/The Greens (GRÜNE). Excluding the Minister-President, the cabinet comprises ten ministers. Six are members of the SPD and four are members of the Greens.

Formation

See also: 2022 Lower Saxony state election

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

The election took place on 9 October 2022, and resulted in losses for both governing parties. The SPD remained the largest party and increased its lead over the CDU. The opposition Greens increased their vote share to a record 14.5%, while the AfD also improved to 11%.

Overall, the incumbent coalition retained its majority. Minister-President Weil ruled out continuing the grand coalition and voiced his preference for a coalition with the Greens. Four days after the election on 13 October, the SPD and Greens agreed to preliminary discussions, with the goal of finalising government negotiations by 3 November. ^[1] Formal coalition talks began on schedule on 26 October ^[2] and concluded successfully just a few days later on 31 October. ^[3] The coalition pact was approved by both parties ^[4] and signed on 7 November. ^[5]

Weil was elected as Minister-President by the Landtag on 8 November 2022, winning 82 votes out of 145 cast. ^[6]

Composition

Portfolio	Minister		Party		Took office	Left office	State secretaries
Minister-President		Stephan Weil born (1958-12-15) 15 December 1958 (age 66)		SPD	8 November 2022	20 May 2025	Jörg Mielke (Head of the State Chancellery) Anke Pörksen (Speaker for the State Government)
Deputy Minister-President Minister for Education		Julia Hamburg born (1986-06-26) 26 June 1986 (age 39)		GRÜNE	8 November 2022	Incumbent	Marco Hartrich Andrea Hoops
Minister for Interior and Sport		Boris Pistorius born (1960-03-14) 14 March 1960 (age 65)		SPD	8 November 2022	18 January 2023	Stephan Manke
		Daniela Behrens  [ de ] born (1968-05-12) 12 May 1968 (age 57)		SPD	25 January 2023	Incumbent
Minister for Economy, Housing, Transport and Digitalisation		Olaf Lies born (1967-05-08) 8 May 1967 (age 58)		SPD	8 November 2022	20 May 2025	Frank Doods
Minister for Environment, Energy and Climate Protection		Christian Meyer born (1975-07-23) 23 July 1975 (age 50)		GRÜNE	8 November 2022	Incumbent	Anka Dobslaw
Minister for Finance		Gerald Heere  [ de ] born (1979-04-18) 18 April 1979 (age 46)		GRÜNE	8 November 2022	Incumbent	Sabine Tegtmeyer-Dette  [ de ]
Minister for Justice		Kathrin Wahlmann  [ de ] born (1977-08-04) 4 August 1977 (age 48)		SPD	8 November 2022	Incumbent	Thomas Smollich
Minister for Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection		Miriam Staudte born (1975-11-04) 4 November 1975 (age 49)		GRÜNE	8 November 2022	Incumbent	Michael Marahrens
Minister for Science and Culture		Falko Mohrs born (1984-07-23) 23 July 1984 (age 41)		SPD	8 November 2022	Incumbent	Joachim Schachtner
Minister for Social Affairs, Labour, Health and Equality		Daniela Behrens  [ de ] born (1968-05-12) 12 May 1968 (age 57)		SPD	8 November 2022	25 January 2023	Christine Arbogast
		Andreas Philippi born (1965-07-04) 4 July 1965 (age 60)		SPD	25 January 2023	Incumbent
Minister for Federal and European Affairs and Regional Development		Wiebke Osigus  [ de ] born (1981-06-27) 27 June 1981 (age 44)		SPD	8 November 2022	Incumbent	Matthias Wunderling-Weilbier

External links

• "The Lower Saxon State Government". Niedersachsen.de (in German). Retrieved 10 November 2022.

References

1. "SPD and Greens aim for coalition negotiations". Norddeutscher Rundfunk (in German). 13 October 2022.
2. "Lower Saxony: SPD and Greens begin coalition talks". Norddeutscher Rundfunk (in German). 26 October 2022.
3. "Negotiations ended: Lower Saxony: Red-Green agree on coalition". ZDF (in German). 31 October 2022.
4. "Greens agree to coalition with SPD". Focus (in German). 6 November 2022.
5. "Government stands: SPD and Greens sign coalition agreement". Norddeutscher Rundfunk (in German). 7 November 2022.
6. "Stephan Weil re-elected as Minister-President". Die Zeit (in German). 8 November 2022.