Rehlinger cabinet

Cabinet of Anke Rehlinger Cabinet Rehlinger
29th Cabinet of Saarland
25 April 2022 –
Anke Rehlinger on the evening of the 2022 Saarland state election
Date formed	25 April 2022
People and organisations
Minister-President	Anke Rehlinger
Deputy Minister-President	Jürgen Barke
No. of ministers	6
Member parties	Social Democratic Party
Status in legislature	Majority government
Opposition parties	Christian Democratic Union Alternative for Germany
History
Election	2022 Saarland state election
Legislature term	17th Landtag of Saarland
Predecessor	Hans cabinet

The Rehlinger cabinet is the current state government of Saarland, sworn in on 25 April 2022 after Anke Rehlinger was elected as Minister-President of Saarland by the members of the Landtag of Saarland. It is the 29th Cabinet of Saarland.

It was formed after the 2022 Saarland state election by the Social Democratic Party (SPD). Excluding the Minister-President, the cabinet comprises six ministers, all of whom are members of the SPD.

Formation

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

The election took place on 27 March 2022, and resulted in a landslide victory for the SPD, who won an absolute majority of seats with 43.5% of votes. The CDU recorded severe losses and declined to second place with 28.5% and 19 seats, while The Left lost all their seats and the AfD remained steady on 6%.

Owing to the SPD's majority, Rehlinger announced that she would seek to form government alone. She presented her proposed cabinet on 21 April. ^[1]

Rehlinger was elected as Minister-President by the Landtag on 25 April, winning 32 votes out of 51 cast. ^[2]

Composition

Portfolio	Minister		Party		Took office	Left office	State secretaries
Minister-President State Chancellery		Anke Rehlinger born (1976-04-06) 6 April 1976 (age 49)		SPD	25 April 2022	Incumbent	David Lindemann  [ de ] (Head of the State Chancellery, Representative for Europe) Thorsten Bischoff  [ de ] (Media, Representative to the Federal Government)
Deputy Minister-President Minister for Economics, Innovation, Digital Affairs and Energy		Jürgen Barke  [ de ] born (1962-12-26) 26 December 1962 (age 62)		SPD	25 April 2022	Incumbent	Elena Yorgova-Ramanauskas  [ de ]
Minister for Finance and Science		Jakob von Weizsäcker born (1970-03-04) 4 March 1970 (age 55)		SPD	25 April 2022	Incumbent	Wolfgang Förster  [ de ]
Minister for Interior, Construction and Sport		Reinhold Jost born (1966-06-04) 4 June 1966 (age 59)		SPD	25 April 2022	Incumbent	Torsten Lang  [ de ]
Minister for Labour, Social Affairs, Women and Health		Magnus Jung  [ de ] born (1971-10-28) 28 October 1971 (age 53)		SPD	25 April 2022	Incumbent	Bettina Altesleben  [ de ]
Minister for Education and Culture		Christine Streichert-Clivot  [ de ] born (1980-04-28) 28 April 1980 (age 45)		SPD	25 April 2022	Incumbent	Jan Benedyczuk  [ de ]
Minister for Environment, Climate Protection, Mobility, Agriculture and Consumer Protection		Petra Berg  [ de ] born (1964-07-10) 10 July 1964 (age 61)		SPD	25 April 2022	Incumbent	Sebastian Thul  [ de ]
Minister for Justice					25 April 2022	Incumbent	Jens Diener  [ de ]

External links

• "Government of Saarland". Saarland.de (in German). Retrieved 26 April 2022.

References

1. "Anke Rehlinger presents the new state government in Saarland". Die Zeit (in German). 21 April 2022.
2. "Rehlinger elected Minister-President". ZDF (in German). 25 April 2022.