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 (Independent; BSW until January 2026) |
| No. of ministers | 10 |
| Member parties | Social Democratic Party Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (until January 2026) |
| Status in legislature | Minority |
| Opposition parties | Alternative for Germany Christian Democratic Union Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (from January 2026) |
| History | |
| Election | 2024 Brandenburg state election |
| Legislature term | 8th Landtag of Brandenburg |
| Predecessor | Third Woidke cabinet |
The fourth Woidke cabinet is the state government of Brandenburg formed on December 11, 2024. Incumbent SPD (Social Democratic Party Minister President Dietmar Woidke led the coalition of his party and the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW).
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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 BSW's 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 were from the BSW and one without party affiliation nominated by BSW. [3]
From November 2025 onwards, two BSW MPs resigned from their party [4] and then from their parliamentary group due to ‘authoritarian tendencies’ within BSW. [5]
On 6 January 2026, Woidke announced the end of cooperation with the BSW parliamentary group [6] and the end of the coalition between SPD and BSW. [7]
The three ministers chosen by the BSW (Finance minister Robert Crumbach, Health minister Britta Müller (de) and Infrastructure minister Detlef Tabbert (de) announced that they were no longer BSW members. [8] [9]
The three ministers remain (as of 9 January 2026) in office. Woidke's government continues as a minority government. A SPD-CDU-coalition would have a majority of seats in the Landtag of Brandenburg and is being pursued. [10]
