Voigt cabinet

Voigt Cabinet
11th Cabinet of Thuringia
12 December 2024–
Date formed	12 December 2024
People and organisations
Minister-President	Mario Voigt
Deputy Minister-President	Katja Wolf
No. of ministers	8
Member parties	Christian Democratic Union Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance Social Democratic Party
Status in legislature	Minority government (Coalition)
Opposition parties	The Left Alternative for Germany
History
Election	2024 Thuringian state election
Legislature term	8th Landtag of Thuringia
Predecessor	Ramelow II

The Voigt cabinet is the current state government of Thuringia, sworn in on 12 December 2024 May after Mario Voigt was elected as Minister-President of Thuringia by the Landtag of Thuringia. It is the 11th Cabinet of Thuringia.

It was formed after the 2024 Thuringian state election by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Social Democratic Party (SPD) and the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW). ^[1] The alliance of these three parties is the first of its kind in Germany and is known colloquially as a "blackberry coalition" (de). ^[2]

Composition

The Voigt cabinet ministers were sworn in on 13 December 2024. ^[3]

Portfolio	Senator		Party		Took office	Left office	State secretaries
Minister-President		Mario Voigt born (1977-02-08) 8 February 1977 (age 48)		CDU	12 December 2024	Incumbent
First Deputy Minister-President		Katja Wolf born (1976-03-07) 7 March 1976 (age 49)		BSW	13 December 2024	Incumbent	Julian Vonarb Birger Scholz
Minister of Finance
Second Deputy Minister-President		Georg Maier born (1967-04-25) 25 April 1967 (age 58)		SPD	12 December 2024	Incumbent	Norman Müller
Minister for the Interior, Local Government and Regional Development
Head of the State Chancellery		Stefan Gruhner born (1984-10-23) 23 October 1984 (age 40)		CDU	13 December 2024	Incumbent	Stephan König
Minister for Federal and European Affairs, Sports and Voluntary Work
Minister for Justice, Migration and Consumer Protection		Beate Meißner born (1982-04-02) 2 April 1982 (age 43)		CDU	13 December 2024	Incumbent	Christian Klein
Minister for Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Rural Areas		Colette Boos-John born (1969-09-03) 3 September 1969 (age 55)		CDU	13 December 2024	Incumbent	Mario Suckert Marcus Malsch
Minister for Digital Affairs and Infrastructure		Steffen Schütz born 1966 (age 58–59)		BSW	13 December 2024	Incumbent	Tobias J. Knoblich
Minister for Social Affairs, Health, Labor and Family		Katharina Schenk born (1988-01-23) 23 January 1988 (age 37)		SPD	13 December 2024	Incumbent	Udo Götze
Minister for the Environment, Energy, Nature Conservation and Forestry		Tilo Kummer born (1968-06-29) 29 June 1968 (age 57)		BSW	13 December 2024	Incumbent

Investiture vote

Minister-President election
Ballot →		12 December 2024
Required majority →		45 out of 88 Y
	Mario Voigt	51 / 88
	Against	33 / 88
	Abstentions	4 / 88

References

1. Escritt, Thomas (12 December 2024). "Three parties combine to keep poll-topping far-right at bay in east German state". Reuters .
2. "Germany's party system is coming under unprecedented strain" . The Economist. ISSN   0013-0613 . Retrieved 2024-12-21.
3. Staatskanzlei, Thüringer (2024-12-13). "Ernennung und Vereidigung der Ministerinnen und Minister der neuen Landesregierung". thueringen.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-12-21.