First Wüst cabinet

The first Wüst cabinet was the state government of North Rhine-Westphalia between 2021 and 2022, sworn in on 28 October 2021 after Hendrik Wüst was elected as Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia by the members of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia. It was the 25th Cabinet of North Rhine-Westphalia.

First Cabinet of Hendrik Wüst
Cabinet Wüst I

25th Cabinet of North Rhine-Westphalia
28 October 2021 – 28 June 2022
Hendrik Wüst at the Conference of Transport Ministers in Frankfurt am Main in October 2019
Date formed28 October 2021
Date dissolved28 June 2022
People and organisations
Minister-PresidentHendrik Wüst
Deputy Minister-PresidentJoachim Stamp
No. of ministers12
Member partiesChristian Democratic Union
Free Democratic Party
Status in legislatureCoalition government
100 / 199
Opposition partiesSocial Democratic Party
Alliance 90/The Greens
Alternative for Germany
History
Election(s)None
Legislature term(s)17th Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia
PredecessorLaschet cabinet
SuccessorSecond Wüst cabinet

It was formed after the resignation of Minister-President Armin Laschet, and was a continuation of the coalition government of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Free Democratic Party (FDP) formed after the 2017 North Rhine-Westphalia state election. Excluding the Minister-President, the cabinet comprised twelve ministers. Eight were members of the CDU, three were members of the FDP, and one was an independent politician.

The first Wüst cabinet was succeeded by the second Wüst cabinet on 29 June 2022.

Formation

The previous cabinet was a coalition government of the CDU and FDP led by Minister-President Armin Laschet of the CDU. He announced his resignation after being elected to the Bundestag in the 2021 German federal election. Laschet was the CDU/CSU's Chancellor candidate in the election, and stated he would take up his seat in the Bundestag even if he did not become Chancellor. Since the constitution of North Rhine-Westphalia prohibits members of the Bundestag from serving concurrently in the state government, he was obliged to resign as Minister-President.[1]

On 5 October, Laschet proposed transport minister Hendrik Wüst his successor.[2] He was subsequently elected uncontested as chairman of the North Rhine-Westphalia CDU on 23 October, receiving 98% approval.[3] Laschet resigned on 25 October 2021, a day before the constituent session of the Bundestag.[4]

Wüst was elected as Minister-President by the Landtag on 27 October, winning 103 votes out of 197 cast.[5]

Composition
Portfolio Minister Party Took office Left office State secretaries
Minister-President
State Chancellery		 Hendrik Wüst
born (1975-06-19)19 June 1975		 CDU 27 October 2021 28 June 2022
  • Nathanael Liminski (Media, Head of the State Chancellery)
  • Andrea Milz (Sport and Volunteering)
Deputy Minister-President
Minister for Children, Family, Refugees and Integration		 Joachim Stamp
born (1970-06-21)21 June 1970		 FDP 28 October 2021 28 June 2022
Minister for Finance Lutz Lienenkämper
born (1969-05-24)24 May 1969		 CDU 28 October 2021 28 June 2022
  • Patrick Opdenhövel
Minister for Interior Herbert Reul
born (1952-08-31)31 August 1952		 CDU 28 October 2021 28 June 2022
  • Jürgen Mathies
Minister for Economics, Innovation, Digitalisation and Energy Andreas Pinkwart
born (1960-08-18)18 August 1960		 FDP 28 October 2021 28 June 2022
  • Christoph Dammermann
Minister for Labour, Health and Social Affairs Karl-Josef Laumann
born (1957-07-11)11 July 1957		 CDU 28 October 2021 28 June 2022
  • Edmund Heller
Minister for School and Education Yvonne Gebauer
born (1966-08-02)2 August 1966		 FDP 28 October 2021 28 June 2022
  • Mathias Richter
Minister for Homeland, Communities, Construction and Equality Ina Scharrenbach
born (1976-09-30)30 September 1976		 CDU 28 October 2021 28 June 2022
  • Jan Heinisch
Minister for Justice Peter Biesenbach
born (1948-02-10)10 February 1948		 CDU 28 October 2021 28 June 2022
  • Dirk Wedel
Minister for Transport Ina Brandes
born 1977 (1977)		 CDU 28 October 2021 28 June 2022
  • Hendrik Schulte
Minister for Environment, Agriculture, and Nature and Consumer Protection Ursula Heinen-Esser
born (1965-10-07)7 October 1965		 CDU 28 October 2021 7 April 2022
  • Heinrich Bottermann
Lutz Lienenkämper(acting)
born (1969-05-24)24 May 1969		 CDU 8 April 2022 28 June 2022
Minister for Culture and Science Isabel Pfeiffer-Poensgen
born (1954-04-25)25 April 1954		 Ind. 28 October 2021 28 June 2022
  • Klaus Kaiser
  • Dirk Günnewig
Minister for Federal, European and International Affairs Stephan Holthoff-Pförtner
born (1948-10-05)5 October 1948		 CDU 28 October 2021 28 June 2022
  • Mark Speich
  • "State Cabinet". State Government of North Rhine-Westphalia (in German). Retrieved 14 March 2022.</ref>

References
  1. "Hendrik Wüst is to become the new Minister-President in North Rhine-Westphalia". Die Zeit (in German). 5 October 2021.
  2. "Wüst is to become Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia". Tagesschau (in German). 5 October 2021.
  3. "CDU in North Rhine-Westphalia elects Hendrik Wüst as the new chairman". Die Zeit (in German). 23 October 2021.
  4. "Laschet resigns as Minister-President". Der Spiegel (in German). 25 October 2021.
  5. "146th Session (Special Session)" (PDF). Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia (in German). 27 October 2021.
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