Second Schwesig cabinet

Second Cabinet of Manuela Schwesig Schwesig II
11th Cabinet of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
15 November 2021 –
Manuela Schwesig at the SPD federal conference in June 2017
Date formed	15 November 2021
People and organisations
Minister-President	Manuela Schwesig
Deputy Minister-President	Simone Oldenburg
No. of ministers	8
Member parties	Social Democratic Party The Left
Status in legislature	Coalition government (Majority) 43 / 79 (54%)
Opposition parties	Alternative for Germany Christian Democratic Union Alliance 90/The Greens Free Democratic Party
History
Election	2021 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election
Legislature term	8th Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Predecessor	First Schwesig cabinet

The Second Schwesig cabinet is the incumbent state government of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, sworn in on 15 November 2021 after Manuela Schwesig was elected as Minister-President of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern by the members of the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. It is the 11th Cabinet of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

It was formed after the 2021 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and The Left (LINKE). Excluding the Minister-President, the cabinet comprises eight ministers. Six are members of the SPD and two are members of The Left.

Formation

See also: 2021 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election

The previous cabinet was a coalition government of the SPD and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) led by Manuela Schwesig of the SPD, who took office in July 2017.

The election took place on 26 September 2021, and resulted in a significant swing to the SPD, while the CDU and the opposition AfD and The Left suffered losses. The Greens and FDP both re-entered the Landtag with 6%.

Overall, the incumbent coalition was returned with an increased majority. Minister-President Schwesig indicated that she planned to talk to all parties except the AfD; exploratory talks the CDU and The Left were held on 1 October. ^[1] On 13 October, Schwesig announced that the SPD had voted unanimously to seek coalition negotiations with The Left. ^[2] Discussions began the following week. ^[3] The parties finalised their coalition agreement on 5 November ^[4] and presented it three days later. ^[5] It was approved by both parties and formally signed on 13 November. ^[6]

Schwesig was elected as Minister-President by the Landtag on 15 November, winning 41 votes out of 79 cast. ^[7]

Composition

Portfolio	Minister		Party		Took office	Left office	State secretaries
Minister-President State Chancellery		Manuela Schwesig born (1974-05-23) 23 May 1974 (age 50)		SPD	15 November 2021	Incumbent	Patrick Dahlemann  [ de ] (Head of the State Chancellery) Heiko Miraß  [ de ] (Western Pomerania and Eastern Mecklenburg)
Deputy Minister-President Minister for Education and Daycare Centres		Simone Oldenburg born (1969-03-22) 22 March 1969 (age 55)		LINKE	15 November 2021	Incumbent	Tom Michael Scheidung  [ de ]
Minister for Economics, Infrastructure, Tourism and Labour		Reinhard Meyer  [ de ] born (1959-09-05) 5 September 1959 (age 65)		SPD	15 November 2021	Incumbent	Jochen Schulte  [ de ] Ines Jesse  [ de ]
Minister for Interior, Construction and Digitalisation		Christian Pegel  [ de ] born (1974-01-07) 7 January 1974 (age 51)		SPD	15 November 2021	Incumbent	Wolfgang Schmülling  [ de ] (Interior and Communities) Ina-Maria Ulbrich  [ de ] (Digitalisation)
Minister for Social Affairs, Health and Sport		Stefanie Drese  [ de ] born (1976-12-09) 9 December 1976 (age 48)		SPD	15 November 2021	Incumbent	Sylvia Grimm  [ de ] Frauke Hilgemann  [ de ] (Combating the COVID-19 pandemic)
Minister for Science, Culture, and Federal and European Affairs		Bettina Martin  [ de ] born (1966-03-19) 19 March 1966 (age 58)		SPD	15 November 2021	Incumbent	Susanne Bowen  [ de ] Jutta Bieringer  [ de ] (Representative to the Federal Government)
Minister for Climate Protection, Agriculture, Rural Areas and Environment		Till Backhaus born (1959-03-13) 13 March 1959 (age 65)		SPD	15 November 2021	Incumbent	Jürgen Buchwald  [ de ]
Minister for Finance		Heiko Geue  [ de ] born (1965-10-05) 5 October 1965 (age 59)		SPD	15 November 2021	Incumbent	Carola Voß  [ de ]
Minister for Justice, Equality and Consumer Protection		Jacqueline Bernhardt  [ de ] born (1977-02-13) 13 February 1977 (age 48)		LINKE	15 November 2021	Incumbent	Friedrich Straetmanns

External links

• "State Cabinet". Government of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (in German). Retrieved 13 March 2022.

References

1. "Exploratory talks begin in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern". Volksstimme (in German). 1 October 2021.
2. "Schwesig wants to negotiate a coalition with The Left". T-Online (in German). 14 October 2021.
3. "Coalition negotiations begin in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern". Münchner Merkur (in German). 15 October 2021.
4. "SPD and left agree on coalition agreement". Tagesschau (in German). 5 November 2021.
5. "SPD and Left present coalition agreement". Norddeutscher Rundfunk (in German). 8 November 2021.
6. "SPD and Left sign coalition agreement". Norddeutscher Rundfunk (in German). 13 November 2021.
7. "Schwesig re-elected as Minister-President of MV". Norddeutscher Rundfunk (in German). 16 November 2021.