Laschet cabinet

Cabinet of Armin Laschet Cabinet Laschet
24th Cabinet of North Rhine-Westphalia
30 June 2017 – 27 October 2021
Armin Laschet in 2021
Date formed	30 June 2017
Date dissolved	27 October 2021
People and organisations
Minister-President	Armin Laschet
Deputy Minister-President	Joachim Stamp
No. of ministers	12
Member parties	Christian Democratic Union Free Democratic Party
Status in legislature	Coalition government (Majority) 100 / 199 (50%)
Opposition parties	Social Democratic Party Alliance 90/The Greens Alternative for Germany
History
Election	2017 North Rhine-Westphalia state election
Legislature term	17th Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia
Predecessor	Second Kraft Cabinet
Successor	Wüst cabinet

The Laschet cabinet was the state government of North Rhine-Westphalia between 2017 and 2021, sworn in on 30 June 2017 after Armin Laschet was elected as Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia by the members of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia. It was the 24th Cabinet of North Rhine-Westphalia.

It was formed after the 2017 North Rhine-Westphalia state election by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Free Democratic Party (FDP). Excluding the Minister-President, the cabinet comprised twelve ministers. Eight were members of the CDU, three were members of the FDP, and one was an independent politician.

After Laschet's resignation as Minister-President, the Laschet cabinet was succeeded by the Wüst cabinet on 28 October 2021.

Formation

See also: 2017 North Rhine-Westphalia state election

The previous cabinet was a coalition government of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and The Greens led by Minister-President Hannelore Kraft.

The election took place on 14 May 2017, and resulted in substantial losses for both governing parties. The opposition CDU and FDP both recorded gains, with the former becoming the largest party. The AfD debuted at 7%.

Overall, the incumbent coalition lost its majority. The opposition coalition of the CDU and FDP won a slim majority of one seat. Also considered was a grand coalition of the CDU and SPD, but the SPD rejected this the day after the election. ^[1] CDU leader Armin Laschet initially announced plans to held exploratory talks with the SPD, FDP, and Greens, but only the FDP accepted the offer.

On 22 May, the CDU and FDP boards unanimously voted to begin negotiations for a coalition. Meetings began the following day. ^[2] They presented their coalition agreement in mid-June. ^[3] The FDP held an online membership ballot to review the pact, with 97% voting in favour on about 50% turnout. ^[4] The CDU congress unanimously approved the contract the next day, and it was formally signed on 26 June. ^[5]

Laschet was elected as Minister-President by the Landtag on 27 June, winning 100 votes out of 196 cast. His cabinet was sworn in on 30 June. ^[6]

Composition

Portfolio	Minister		Party		Took office	Left office	State secretaries
Minister-President State Chancellery		Armin Laschet born (1961-02-18)18 February 1961		CDU	27 June 2017	26 October 2021	Nathanael Liminski (Media, Head of the State Chancellery) Andrea Milz (Sport and Volunteering)
Acting Minister-President		Joachim Stamp born (1970-06-21)21 June 1970		FDP	26 October 2021	27 October 2021
Deputy Minister-President Minister for Children, Family, Refugees and Integration					30 June 2017	27 October 2021	Andreas Bothe Serap Güler (Integration)
Minister for Finance		Lutz Lienenkämper born (1969-05-24)24 May 1969		CDU	30 June 2017	27 October 2021	Patrick Opdenhövel
Minister for Interior		Herbert Reul born (1952-08-31)31 August 1952		CDU	30 June 2017	27 October 2021	Jürgen Mathies
Minister for Economics, Innovation, Digitalisation and Energy		Andreas Pinkwart born (1960-08-18)18 August 1960		FDP	30 June 2017	27 October 2021	Christoph Dammermann
Minister for Labour, Health and Social Affairs		Karl-Josef Laumann born (1957-07-11)11 July 1957		CDU	30 June 2017	27 October 2021	Edmund Heller
Minister for School and Education		Yvonne Gebauer born (1966-08-02)2 August 1966		FDP	30 June 2017	27 October 2021	Mathias Richter
Minister for Homeland, Communities, Construction and Equality		Ina Scharrenbach born (1976-09-30)30 September 1976		CDU	30 June 2017	27 October 2021	Jan Heinisch
Minister for Justice		Peter Biesenbach born (1948-02-10)10 February 1948		CDU	30 June 2017	27 October 2021	Dirk Wedel
Minister for Transport		Hendrik Wüst born (1975-07-19)19 July 1975		CDU	30 June 2017	27 October 2021	Hendrik Schulte
Minister for Environment, Agriculture, and Nature and Consumer Protection		Christina Schulze Föcking born (1976-11-19)19 November 1976		CDU	30 June 2017	15 May 2018	Heinrich Bottermann
		Ursula Heinen-Esser born (1965-10-07)7 October 1965		CDU	24 May 2018	27 October 2021	Heinrich Bottermann
Minister for Culture and Science		Isabel Pfeiffer-Poensgen born (1954-04-25)25 April 1954		Ind.	30 June 2017	27 October 2021	Klaus Kaiser Annette Storsberg
Minister for Federal, European and International Affairs		Stephan Holthoff-Pförtner born (1948-10-05)5 October 1948		CDU	30 June 2017	27 October 2021	Mark Speich

External links

• "The Laschet cabinet: You have to remember these faces in NRW". Westdeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 24 March 2022.

References

1. "Black-yellow is currently the only realistic option for NRW". Die Welt (in German). 15 May 2017.
2. "CDU and FDP start talks to form a government coalition in North Rhine-Westphalia". CDU NRW (in German). 22 May 2017.
3. "Coalition agreement for NRW set". Die Zeit (in German). 13 June 2017.
4. "FDP base votes for coalition agreement with the CDU". Die Zeit (in German). 23 June 2017.
5. "CDU and FDP sign coalition agreement". Die Zeit (in German). 26 June 2017.
6. "Laschet is the new Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia". Frankfurter Rundschau (in German). 27 June 2017.