Hans cabinet

Cabinet of Tobbias Hans Cabinet Hans
28th Cabinet of Saarland
1 March 2018 – 24 April 2022
Tobias Hans in June 2017
Date formed	1 March 2018
Date dissolved	24 April 2022
People and organisations
Minister-President	Tobias Hans
Deputy Minister-President	Anke Rehlinger
No. of ministers	6
Member parties	Christian Democratic Union Social Democratic Party
Status in legislature	Grand coalition (Majority)
Opposition parties	The Left Alternative for Germany
History
Election	None
Legislature term	16th Landtag of Saarland
Predecessor	Third Kramp-Karrenbauer cabinet
Successor	Rehlinger cabinet

The Hans cabinet was the state government of Saarland between 2018 and 2022, sworn in on 1 March 2018 after Tobias Hans was elected as Minister-President of Saarland by the members of the Landtag of Saarland. It was the 28th Cabinet of Saarland.

It was formed after the resignation of Minister-President Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, and was a continuation of the grand coalition government of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Social Democratic Party (SPD) formed after the 2017 Saarland state election. Excluding the Minister-President, the cabinet comprised six ministers. Three were members of the CDU and three were members of the SPD.

The Hans cabinet was succeeded by the Rehlinger cabinet on 25 April 2022.

Formation

The previous cabinet was a grand coalition government of the CDU and SPD led by Minister-President Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer of the CDU. She announced her switch to federal politics after being nominated as general-secretary of the federal CDU in February 2018. ^[1] The same day, CDU parliamentary leader Tobias Hans was nominated as her successor. ^[2] Kramp-Karrenbauer formally resigned as Minister-President two days later. ^[3]

Hans was elected as Minister-President by the Landtag on 1 March, winning 40 votes out of 51 cast. ^[4]

Composition

Portfolio	Minister		Party		Took office	Left office	State secretaries
Minister-President State Chancellery		Tobias Hans born (1978-02-01) 1 February 1978 (age 47)		CDU	1 March 2018	24 April 2022	Henrik Eitel (Head of the State Chancellery, Representative to the Federal Government)
Deputy Minister-President Minister for Economics, Labour, Energy and Transport		Anke Rehlinger born (1976-04-06) 6 April 1976 (age 49)		SPD	1 March 2018	24 April 2022	Jürgen Barke
Minister for Finance and Europe Minister for Justice		Peter Strobel born (1970-08-28) 28 August 1970 (age 54)		CDU	1 March 2018	24 April 2022	Anja Wagner-Scheid (Finance) Roland Theis (Justice and Europe, Representative for European Affairs)
Minister for Interior, Construction and Sport		Klaus Bouillon born (1947-11-19) 19 November 1947 (age 77)		CDU	1 March 2018	24 April 2022	Christian Seel
Minister for Social Affairs, Health, Women and Family		Monika Bachmann born (1950-02-24) 24 February 1950 (age 75)		CDU	1 March 2018	24 April 2022	Stephan Kolling
Minister for Education and Culture		Ulrich Commerçon born (1968-04-28) 28 April 1968 (age 57)		SPD	1 March 2018	18 September 2019	Christine Streichert-Clivot
		Christine Streichert-Clivot born (1980-04-28) 28 April 1980 (age 45)		SPD	18 September 2019	24 April 2022	Jan Benedyczuk
Minister for Environment and Consumer Protection		Reinhold Jost born (1966-06-04) 4 June 1966 (age 59)		SPD	1 March 2018	24 April 2022	Sebastian Thul

References

1. "Merkel brings Kramp-Karrenbauer to Berlin as General-Secretary". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). 19 February 2018.
2. "Suddenly Minister-President – without any government experience". Die Welt (in German). 19 February 2018.
3. "Kramp-Karrenbauer elected CDU general secretary". Frankfurter Rundschau (in German). 26 February 2018.
4. "Minister-President and President of the Landtag newly elected". Saarländischer Rundfunk (in German). 1 March 2018.

External links

• "Government of Saarland". Saarland.de (in German). Retrieved 14 March 2021.