Lies Cabinet

Cabinet of Olaf Lies Cabinet Lies
31st Cabinet of Lower Saxony
20 May 2025 -
Olaf Lies in 2023
Date formed	20 May 2025
People and organisations
Minister-President	Olaf Lies
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	Third Weil cabinet

The Cabinet Lies is the current state government of Lower Saxony. It was formed on 20 May 2025, after the retirement of long-serving Minister-President of Lower Saxony Stephan Weil after 12 years in office. ^{[1] [2] [3]} It is the 31st Cabinet of Lower Saxony.

It succeeded the Third Weil cabinet as a continuation of the existing Red-green coalition between the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Alliance 90/The Greens (GRÜNE) which was formed after the 2022 Lower Saxony state election, subsequently elected by the members of the Landtag of Lower Saxony. Excluding the Minister-President, the cabinet comprises ten ministers. Six are members of the SPD and four are members of the Greens.

Composition

Portfolio	Minister		Party		Took office	Left office
Minister-President		Olaf Lies born (1967-05-08) 8 May 1967 (age 58)		SPD	20 May 2025	Incumbent
Deputy Minister-President Minister for Education		Julia Hamburg born (1986-06-26) 26 June 1986 (age 39)		GRÜNE	20 May 2025	Incumbent
Minister for Interior Affairs, Sport and Digitalisation		Daniela Behrens  [ de ] born (1968-05-12) 12 May 1968 (age 57)		SPD	20 May 2025	Incumbent
Minister for Economic Affairs, Housing and Transport		Grant Hendrik Tonne born (1976-06-22) 22 June 1976 (age 49)		SPD	20 May 2025	Incumbent
Minister for Environment, Energy and Climate Protection		Christian Meyer born (1975-07-23) 23 July 1975 (age 50)		GRÜNE	20 May 2025	Incumbent
Minister for Finance		Gerald Heere  [ de ] born (1979-04-18) 18 April 1979 (age 46)		GRÜNE	20 May 2025	Incumbent
Minister for Justice		Kathrin Wahlmann  [ de ] born (1977-08-04) 4 August 1977 (age 48)		SPD	20 May 2025	Incumbent
Minister for Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection		Miriam Staudte born (1975-11-04) 4 November 1975 (age 49)		GRÜNE	20 May 2025	Incumbent
Minister for Science and Culture		Falko Mohrs born (1984-07-23) 23 July 1984 (age 41)		SPD	20 May 2025	Incumbent
Minister for Social Affairs, Employment, Health and Equality		Andreas Philippi born (1965-07-04) 4 July 1965 (age 60)		SPD	20 May 2025	Incumbent
Minister for Europe and Regional Development		Melanie Walter  [ de ] born (1973-12-09) 9 December 1973 (age 51)		SPD	20 May 2025	Incumbent

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Summary of Changes

* Olaf Lies succeeds Stephan Weil as Minister President

* Grant Hendrik Tonne succeeds Lies as Minister for Economy, Housing and Transport.

* Daniela Behrens  [ de ] takes on additional portfolio of Digitalisation from Lies.

* Melanie Walter  [ de ] replaces Wiebke Osigus as Minister for Europe and Regional Development.

References

1. dpa-AFX (4 January 2025). "Circles: Lower Saxony's Minister President Weil announces his retirement". Market Screener. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
2. Rinke, Andreas (2 April 2025). "VW promised continuity as Lower Saxony set for new leader". Reuters. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
3. "Stephan Weil Announces Departure as Niedersachsen's Prime Minister". The Munich Eye. 1 April 2025. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
4. "The Lower Saxony state government". English website of the State Government of Lower Saxony. 23 September 2025. Retrieved 23 September 2025.