Schweitzer cabinet

Schweitzer Cabinet
26th Cabinet of Rhineland-Palatinate
10 July 2024 – present
Alexander Schweitzer in 2014
Date formed	10 July 2024
People and organisations
Minister-President	Alexander Schweitzer
Deputy Minister-President	Katharina Binz
No. of ministers	9
Member parties	Social Democratic Party Alliance 90/The Greens Free Democratic Party
Status in legislature	Majority (Coalition)
Opposition parties	Christian Democratic Union Alternative for Germany Free Voters Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht
History
Election	2021 Rhineland-Palatinate state election
Legislature term	18th Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate
Predecessor	Third Dreyer cabinet

The Schweitzer cabinet has been the government of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate since July 2024, succeeding the third Dreyer cabinet. ^[1]

The cabinet was again formed as a traffic light coalition consisting of the SPD, the Greens and the FDP.

Vote in the Landtag

On 10 July 2024, the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate elected Alexander Schweitzer as Minister-President, receiving three more votes than the coalition factions supporting him actually have; thus, he was also elected by opposition MPs in the secret ballot. Schweitzer's cabinet was then appointed and confirmed by the Landtag.

Mainz, 10 July 2024 – total number of votes = 101 votes – absolute majority = 51 votes

Ballot	Candidate	Votes	number of votes	share (votes cast)	supporters
1st round of voting	Alexander Schweitzer (SPD)	yes votes	57	56.4%	SPD, Greens, FDP
		no votes	39	38.6%
		abstentions	4	4.0%
		Invalid votes	0	0.0%
		non-participation	1	1.0%
Alexander Schweitzer was elected Minister President of Rhineland-Palatinate.

State government

Schweitzer Cabinet

Office/department	Photo	Name [2]	Party		Picture	State secretaries	Party
Ministerpräsident Head of the State Chancellery of Rhineland-Palatinate  [ de ]		Alexander Schweitzer		SPD		Fedor Ruhose  [ de ] - Head of the State Chancellery  [ de ]		SPD
						Heike Raab - Representative of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate in Berlin  [ de ], and for Europe, Media, Digitaland Sustainability
Minister for Family, Women, Culture and Integration  [ de ]		Katharina Binz Also Deputy Minister-President		GRÜNE		Jürgen Hardeck  [ de ]		non-partisan
						Janosch Littig  [ de ]		GRÜNE
Minister for Economic Affairs, Transport, Agriculture and Viticulture  [ de ]		Daniela Schmitt		FDP		Andy Becht  [ de ]		FDP
						Petra Dick-Walther  [ de ]
Minister of Finance  [ de ]		Doris Ahnen		SPD		Stephan Weinberg  [ de ]		SPD
Minister of Justice  [ de ]		Herbert Mertin (died 2025) Philipp Fernis		FDP		Matthias Frey  [ de ]		FDP
Minister of the Interior and Sport  [ de ]		Michael Ebling		SPD		Daniel Stich  [ de ]		SPD
						Simone Schneider  [ de ]
Minister of Education  [ de ]		Stefanie Hubig		SPD		Bettina Brück  [ de ]		SPD
Minister of Labour, Social Affairs, Transformation and Digitization  [ de ]		Dörte Schall  [ de ]		SPD		Denis Alt  [ de ]		SPD
Minister of Science and Health  [ de ]		Clemens Hoch  [ de ]		SPD		Nicole Steingaß  [ de ]		SPD
Minister for Climate Protection, Environment, Energy and Mobility  [ de ]		Katrin Eder		GRÜNE		Erwin Manz  [ de ]		GRÜNE
						Michael Hauer  [ de ]

References

1. Rheinland-Pfalz, Staatskanzlei (2024-07-10). "Alexander Schweitzer ist neuer Ministerpräsident, rührender Abschied von Malu Dreyer". www.rlp.de (in German). Retrieved 2025-01-15.
2. "SPD-Politikerin Dörte Schall wird neue Arbeitsministerin in RLP". swr.de. 2024-07-03. Retrieved 2024-07-07.