Laschet cabinet

The Laschet cabinet was the state government of North Rhine-Westphalia between 2017 and 2021, sworn in on 30 June 2017 after Armin Laschet was elected as Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia by the members of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia. It was the 24th Cabinet of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Cabinet of Armin Laschet
Cabinet Laschet

24th Cabinet of North Rhine-Westphalia
30 June 2017 – 27 October 2021
Armin Laschet in 2021
Date formed30 June 2017
Date dissolved27 October 2021
People and organisations
Minister-PresidentArmin Laschet
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)2017 North Rhine-Westphalia state election
Legislature term(s)17th Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia
PredecessorSecond Kraft Cabinet
SuccessorWüst cabinet

It was formed after the 2017 North Rhine-Westphalia state election by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Free Democratic Party (FDP). 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.

After Laschet's resignation as Minister-President, the Laschet cabinet was succeeded by the Wüst cabinet on 28 October 2021.

Formation
See also: 2017 North Rhine-Westphalia state election

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

The election took place on 14 May 2017, and resulted in substantial losses for both governing parties. The opposition CDU and FDP both recorded gains, with the former becoming the largest party. The AfD debuted at 7%.

Overall, the incumbent coalition lost its majority. The opposition coalition of the CDU and FDP won a slim majority of one seat. Also considered was a grand coalition of the CDU and SPD, but the SPD rejected this the day after the election.[1] CDU leader Armin Laschet initially announced plans to held exploratory talks with the SPD, FDP, and Greens, but only the FDP accepted the offer.

On 22 May, the CDU and FDP boards unanimously voted to begin negotiations for a coalition. Meetings began the following day.[2] They presented their coalition agreement in mid-June.[3] The FDP held an online membership ballot to review the pact, with 97% voting in favour on about 50% turnout.[4] The CDU congress unanimously approved the contract the next day, and it was formally signed on 26 June.[5]

Laschet was elected as Minister-President by the Landtag on 27 June, winning 100 votes out of 196 cast. His cabinet was sworn in on 30 June.[6]

Composition
Portfolio Minister Party Took office Left office State secretaries
Minister-President
State Chancellery		 Armin Laschet
born (1961-02-18)18 February 1961		 CDU 27 June 2017 26 October 2021
  • Nathanael Liminski (Media, Head of the State Chancellery)
  • Andrea Milz (Sport and Volunteering)
Acting Minister-President Joachim Stamp
born (1970-06-21)21 June 1970		 FDP 26 October 2021 27 October 2021
Deputy Minister-President
Minister for Children, Family, Refugees and Integration		 30 June 2017 27 October 2021
Minister for Finance Lutz Lienenkämper
born (1969-05-24)24 May 1969		 CDU 30 June 2017 27 October 2021
  • Patrick Opdenhövel
Minister for Interior Herbert Reul
born (1952-08-31)31 August 1952		 CDU 30 June 2017 27 October 2021
  • Jürgen Mathies
Minister for Economics, Innovation, Digitalisation and Energy Andreas Pinkwart
born (1960-08-18)18 August 1960		 FDP 30 June 2017 27 October 2021
  • Christoph Dammermann
Minister for Labour, Health and Social Affairs Karl-Josef Laumann
born (1957-07-11)11 July 1957		 CDU 30 June 2017 27 October 2021
  • Edmund Heller
Minister for School and Education Yvonne Gebauer
born (1966-08-02)2 August 1966		 FDP 30 June 2017 27 October 2021
  • Mathias Richter
Minister for Homeland, Communities, Construction and Equality Ina Scharrenbach
born (1976-09-30)30 September 1976		 CDU 30 June 2017 27 October 2021
  • Jan Heinisch
Minister for Justice Peter Biesenbach
born (1948-02-10)10 February 1948		 CDU 30 June 2017 27 October 2021
  • Dirk Wedel
Minister for Transport Hendrik Wüst
born (1975-07-19)19 July 1975		 CDU 30 June 2017 27 October 2021
  • Hendrik Schulte
Minister for Environment, Agriculture, and Nature and Consumer Protection Christina Schulze Föcking
born (1976-11-19)19 November 1976		 CDU 30 June 2017 15 May 2018
  • Heinrich Bottermann
Ursula Heinen-Esser
born (1965-10-07)7 October 1965		 CDU 24 May 2018 27 October 2021
  • Heinrich Bottermann
Minister for Culture and Science Isabel Pfeiffer-Poensgen
born (1954-04-25)25 April 1954		 Ind. 30 June 2017 27 October 2021
  • Klaus Kaiser
  • Annette Storsberg
Minister for Federal, European and International Affairs Stephan Holthoff-Pförtner
born (1948-10-05)5 October 1948		 CDU 30 June 2017 27 October 2021
  • Mark Speich
  • "The Laschet cabinet: You have to remember these faces in NRW". Westdeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 24 March 2022.

References
  1. "Black-yellow is currently the only realistic option for NRW". Die Welt (in German). 15 May 2017.
  2. "CDU and FDP start talks to form a government coalition in North Rhine-Westphalia". CDU NRW (in German). 22 May 2017.
  3. "Coalition agreement for NRW set". Die Zeit (in German). 13 June 2017.
  4. "FDP base votes for coalition agreement with the CDU". Die Zeit (in German). 23 June 2017.
  5. "CDU and FDP sign coalition agreement". Die Zeit (in German). 26 June 2017.
  6. "Laschet is the new Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia". Frankfurter Rundschau (in German). 27 June 2017.
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