Third Woidke cabinet

Third Cabinet of Dietmar Woidke Woidke III
9th Cabinet of Brandenburg
20 November 2019 –
Dietmar Woidke at the SPD federal party conference in March 2017
Date formed	20 November 2019
People and organisations
Minister-President	Dietmar Woidke
Deputy Minister-President	Michael Stübgen Ursula Nonnemacher
No. of ministers	10
Member parties	Social Democratic Party Christian Democratic Union Alliance 90/The Greens
Status in legislature	Coalition government 50 / 88
Opposition parties	Alternative for Germany The Left BVB/Free Voters
History
Election(s)	2019 Brandenburg state election
Legislature term(s)	7th Landtag of Brandenburg
Predecessor	Second Woidke cabinet

The Third Woidke cabinet is the current state government of Brandenburg, sworn in on 20 November 2019 after Dietmar Woidke was elected as Minister-President of Brandenburg by the members of the Landtag of Brandenburg. It is the 9th Cabinet of Brandenburg.

It was formed after the 2019 Brandenburg state election by the Social Democratic Party (SPD), Christian Democratic Union (CDU), and Alliance 90/The Greens (GRÜNE). Excluding the Minister-President, the cabinet comprises ten ministers. Five are members of the SPD, three are members of the CDU, and two are members of the Greens.

Formation

See also: 2019 Brandenburg state election

The previous cabinet was a coalition government of the SPD and The Left led by Minister-President Dietmar Woidke of the SPD.

The election took place on 1 September 2019, and resulted in significant losses for both governing parties. The opposition CDU also suffered losses, while the AfD became the second largest party and the BVB/FW narrowly passed the 5% threshold.

Overall, the incumbent coalition lost its majority. Two new coalitions were considered: a red-red-green coalition of the SPD, Left, and Greens, and a Kenya coalition of the SPD, CDU, and Greens. Of these, the former was considered more likely as it would represent a less radical departure from the outgoing government. Likewise, the Left and Greens shared a greater policy overlap with the SPD compared to the CDU. On the other hand, the Kenya coalition would have a safer majority of 50 seats compared to 45 for the red-red-green coalition, which held only a one-seat majority. ^[1]

On 19 September, Minister-President Woidke announced that the SPD would seek coalition negotiations with the CDU and Greens. ^[2] Discussions began on 23 September, and the three parties presented their coalition agreement on 24 October. ^{[3] [4]} It was subsequently approved by the SPD party congress with 113 votes in favour, no votes against and one abstention on 15 November. ^[5] The CDU carried out an advisory survey of party members, who voted 85.7% in support. The agreement was subsequently approved by the party congress on 16 November. ^[6] The Greens held a membership ballot to review the pact, the results of which were announced on 18 November; with a turnout of 59%, it received 90.8% approval. ^[7]

Woidke was elected as Minister-President by the Landtag on 20 November, winning 47 votes out of 87 cast. ^[8]

Composition

Portfolio	Minister		Party		Took office	Left office	State secretaries
Minister-President		Dietmar Woidke born (1961-10-22) 22 October 1961 (age 61)		SPD	20 November 2019	Incumbent
First Deputy Minister-President Minister for Interior and Communities		Michael Stübgen born (1959-10-17) 17 October 1959 (age 63)		CDU	20 November 2019	Incumbent	Markus Grünewald (Communities) Uwe Schüler (Interior)
Second Deputy Minister-President Minister for Social Affairs, Health, Integration and Consumer Protection		Ursula Nonnemacher born (1957-06-29) 29 June 1957 (age 65)		GRÜNE	20 November 2019	Incumbent	Anna Heyer-Stuffer Michael Ranft
Minister for Justice		Susanne Hoffmann born (1960-02-02) 2 February 1960 (age 62)		CDU	20 November 2019	Incumbent	Christiane Leiwesmeyer
Minister for Finance and Europe		Katrin Lange born (1971-12-24) 24 December 1971 (age 50)		SPD	20 November 2019	Incumbent	Frank Stolper (Finance) Jobst-Hinrich Ubbelohde (Europe)
Minister for Infrastructure and State Planning		Guido Beermann born (1965-12-04) 4 December 1965 (age 56)		CDU	20 November 2019	Incumbent	Rainer Genilke
Minister for Economics, Labour and Energy		Jörg Steinbach born (1956-05-28) 28 May 1956 (age 66)		SPD	20 November 2019	Incumbent	Hendrik Fischer
Minister for Education, Youth and Sport		Britta Ernst born (1961-02-23) 23 February 1961 (age 61)		SPD	20 November 2019	Incumbent	Steffen Freiberg
Minister for Agriculture, Environment and Climate Protection		Axel Vogel born (1956-06-03) 3 June 1956 (age 66)		GRÜNE	20 November 2019	Incumbent	Anja Boudon
Minister for Science, Research and Culture		Manja Schüle born (1976-08-04) 4 August 1976 (age 46)		SPD	20 November 2019	Incumbent	Tobias Dünow
Head of the State Chancellery		Kathrin Schneider born (1962-09-30) 30 September 1962 (age 60)		SPD	20 November 2019	Incumbent	Benjamin Grimm Jutta Jahns-Böhm

External links

• "Overview of the State Government of Brandenburg – 7th Legislative Period". State Government of Brandenburg (in German). Retrieved 11 March 2022.

References

1. "Who governs? These coalitions are likely in Saxony and Brandenburg". Handelsblatt (in German). 1 September 2019.
2. "Brandenburg is heading towards the Kenya coalition". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). 19 September 2019.
3. "Kenya coalition is set in Brandenburg". Die Zeit (in German). 24 October 2019.
4. "The Kenya coalition agreement in Brandenburg at a glance". Potsdamer Neueste Nachrichten (in German). 24 October 2019.
5. "Brandenburg's Social Democrats agree to Kenya coalition agreement". Die Zeit (in German). 15 November 2019.
6. "Kenya in Brandenburg: CDU votes clearly for coalition with red-green". RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland (in German). 16 November 2019.
7. "Greens vote for Kenya coalition". Der Spiegel (in German). 18 November 2019.
8. "Woidke re-elected Minister-President of Brandenburg". Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). 20 November 2019.