Second Kretschmann cabinet

Second Cabinet of Winfried Kretschmann
Cabinet Kretschmann II
Second Cabinet of Winfried Kretschmann; Cabinet Kretschmann II
; 24th Cabinet of Baden-Württemberg
12 May 2016 – 11 May 2021
	Winfried Kretschmann in Berlin in September 2017
Date formed	12 May 2016
Date dissolved	11 May 2021
People and organisations
Minister-President	Winfried Kretschmann
Deputy Minister-President	Thomas Strobl
No. of ministers	12
Member parties	Alliance 90/The Greens; Christian Democratic Union
Status in legislature	Coalition government; 89 / 143
Opposition parties	Alternative for Germany; Social Democratic Party; Free Democratic Party
History
Election(s)	2016 Baden-Württemberg state election
Legislature term(s)	16th Landtag of Baden-Württemberg
Predecessor	First Kretschmann cabinet
Successor	Third Kretschmann cabinet

The second Kretschmann cabinet was the state government of Baden-Württemberg between 2016 and 2021, sworn in on 12 May 2021 after Winfried Kretschmann was elected as Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg by the members of the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg. It was the 24th Cabinet of Baden-Württemberg.

It was formed after the 2016 Baden-Württemberg state election by Alliance 90/The Greens (GRÜNE) and the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Excluding the Minister-President, the cabinet comprised twelve ministers. Seven were members of the Greens and five were members of the CDU.

The second Kretschmann cabinet was succeeded by the third Kretschmann cabinet on 12 May 2021.

Formation

The previous cabinet was a coalition government of the Greens and Social Democratic Party (SPD) led by Minister-President Winfried Kretschmann.

The election took place on 13 March 2016, and resulted in a significant swing toward the Greens, who became the largest party. The SPD and opposition CDU both suffered major losses, and the AfD debuted at 15%. The FDP also recorded gains.

Overall, the incumbent coalition lost its majority. The Greens held exploratory talks with the CDU, SPD, and FDP. The FDP ruled out a traffic light coalition with the Greens and SPD due to policy differences, while the SPD ruled out a coalition with the CDU and FDP. Thus, a coalition between the Greens and CDU was considered the most viable option.[1]

The CDU voted on 30 March to open coalition negoations with the Greens. Talks began on 1 April[2] and concluded on the 29th, with the coalition agreement presented on 1 May.[3] It was approved by the CDU and Greens congresses on 6 and 7 May, and officially signed two days later.[4][5]

Kretschmann was elected Minister-President by the Landtag on 12 May, winning 82 votes of 142 cast.[6]

Composition

The composition of the cabinet at the time of its dissolution was as follows:

Portfolio			Took office	Left office	State secretaries
Minister-President Commissioner for Church Affairs	Winfried Kretschmann born (1948-05-17) 17 May 1948	GRÜNE	12 May 2016	11 May 2021	Andre Baumann (Representative to the Federal Government) Florian Stegmann (Coordinator for Bureaucracy Reduction and Better Regulation)
Deputy Minister-President Minister for Interior, Digitalisation and Migration Commissioner for Expellees and Late Resettlers	Thomas Strobl born (1960-03-17) 17 March 1960	CDU	12 May 2016	11 May 2021	Wilfried Klenk
Minister for Finance	Edith Sitzmann born (1963-01-04) 4 January 1963	GRÜNE	12 May 2016	11 May 2021	Gisela Splett
Minister for Education, Youth and Sport	Susanne Eisenmann born (1964-11-28) 28 November 1964	CDU	12 May 2016	11 May 2021	Volker Schebesta
Minister for Science, Research and Arts	Theresia Bauer born (1965-04-06) 6 April 1965	GRÜNE	12 May 2016	11 May 2021	Petra Olschowski
Minister for Environment, Climate and Energy Industry	Franz Untersteller born (1957-04-04) 4 April 1957	GRÜNE	12 May 2016	11 May 2021	Andre Baumann
Minister for Economics, Labour and Housing Construction	Nicole Hoffmeister-Kraut born (1972-10-09) 9 October 1972	CDU	12 May 2016	11 May 2021	Katrin Schütz
Minister for Social Affairs and Integration	Manfred Lucha born (1961-03-13) 13 March 1961	GRÜNE	12 May 2016	11 May 2021	Bärbl Mielich
Minister for Rural Areas and Consumer Protection	Peter Hauk born (1960-12-24) 24 December 1960	CDU	12 May 2016	11 May 2021	Friedlinde Gurr-Hirsch
Minister for Justice and Europe	Guido Wolf born (1961-09-28) 28 September 1961	CDU	12 May 2016	11 May 2021
Minister for Transport	Winfried Hermann born (1952-07-19) 19 July 1952	GRÜNE	12 May 2016	11 May 2021
State Councillor for Civil Society and Civic Participation	Gisela Erler born (1946-05-09) 9 May 1946	GRÜNE	12 May 2016	11 May 2021
Minister of State in the State Ministry	Klaus-Peter Murawski born (1950-05-17) 17 May 1950	GRÜNE	12 May 2016	31 August 2018
Minister of State in the State Ministry	Theresa Schopper born (1961-04-09) 9 April 1961	GRÜNE	9 October 2018	11 May 2021

References

"Greens face rightward shift despite victory". Deutsche Welle. 15 March 2016.
"Allowed: Kiwi, traffic light and Kenya". Die Zeit (in German). 31 March 2016.
"Greens and CDU agree on coalition agreement". Die Zeit (in German). 1 May 2016.
"Greens seal coalition with CDU". Die Zeit (in German). 7 May 2016.
"Green-black coalition agreement signed". Deutsche Welle (in German). 9 May 2016.
"Minister-President Kretschmann re-elected at the first attempt". Deutschlandfunk (in German). 12 May 2016.

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[1] "Greens face rightward shift despite victory". Deutsche Welle. 15 March 2016.

[2] "Allowed: Kiwi, traffic light and Kenya". Die Zeit (in German). 31 March 2016.

[3] "Greens and CDU agree on coalition agreement". Die Zeit (in German). 1 May 2016.

[4] "Greens seal coalition with CDU". Die Zeit (in German). 7 May 2016.

[5] "Green-black coalition agreement signed". Deutsche Welle (in German). 9 May 2016.

[6] "Minister-President Kretschmann re-elected at the first attempt". Deutschlandfunk (in German). 12 May 2016.