The second Weil cabinet was the state government of Lower Saxony between 2017 and 2022, sworn in on 22 November 2017 after Stephan Weil was elected as Minister-President of Lower Saxony by the members of the Landtag of Lower Saxony. It was the 29th Cabinet of Lower Saxony.
Second Cabinet of Stephan Weil Weil II | |
|---|---|
 29th Cabinet of Lower Saxony | |
| 22 November 2017 – 7 November 2022 | |
 Stephan Weil in February 2018 | |
| Date formed | 22 November 2017 |
| Date dissolved | 7 November 2022 |
| People and organisations | |
| Minister-President | Stephan Weil |
| Deputy Minister-President | Bernd Althusmann |
| No. of ministers | 10 |
| Member parties | Social Democratic Party Christian Democratic Union |
| Status in legislature | Grand coalition government 105 / 137 |
| Opposition parties | Alliance 90/The Greens Free Democratic Party Alternative for Germany |
| History | |
| Election | 2017 Lower Saxony state election |
| Legislature term | 18th Landtag of Lower Saxony |
| Predecessor | First Weil cabinet |
| Successor | Third Weil cabinet |
It was formed after the 2017 Lower Saxony state election by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Excluding the Minister-President, the cabinet comprised ten ministers. Five were members of the SPD and five were members of the CDU.
The second Weil cabinet was succeeded by the third Weil cabinet on 8 November 2022.
Formation
editThe previous cabinet was a coalition government of the SPD and The Greens led by Minister-President Stephan Weil of the SPD.
The election took place on 15 October 2017, and resulted in a modest improvement for the SPD and losses for the Greens. The opposition CDU fell to second place behind the SPD. The FDP also took small losses, while the AfD debuted at 6%.
Overall, the incumbent coalition lost its majority as the decline in Greens support outweighed SPD gains. The FDP ruled out a coalition with the SPD and Greens while the Greens ruled out a coalition with the CDU and FDP, leaving a grand coalition of the SPD and CDU as the only practical option. The two parties agreed to begin discussions on 26 October.[1] On 16 November, they announced that they had come to an agreement, which was approved by the SPD party congress two days later[2] and the CDU congress on the 20th.[3] It was formally signed the next day.
Weil was elected as Minister-President by the Landtag on 22 November 2017, winning 104 votes out of 137 cast.[4]
Composition
edit| Portfolio | Minister | Party | Took office | Left office | State secretaries | ||
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| Minister-President |
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Stephan Weil born 15 December 1958 |
SPD | 22 November 2017 | 7 November 2022 |
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| Deputy Minister-President Minister for Economics, Labour, Transport and Digitalisation |
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Bernd Althusmann born 3 December 1966 |
CDU | 22 November 2017 | 7 November 2022 |
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| Minister for Interior and Sport | 
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Boris Pistorius born 14 March 1960 |
SPD | 22 November 2017 | 7 November 2022 |
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| Minister for Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection | 
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Barbara Otte-Kinast born 18 September 1964 |
CDU | 22 November 2017 | 7 November 2022 |
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| Minister for Finance | 
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Reinhold Hilbers born 25 July 1964 |
CDU | 22 November 2017 | 7 November 2022 |
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| Minister for Justice | Barbara Havliza born 13 March 1958 |
CDU | 22 November 2017 | 7 November 2022 |
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| Minister for Education | 
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Grant Hendrik Tonne born 22 June 1976 |
SPD | 22 November 2017 | 7 November 2022 |
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| Minister for Science and Culture | 
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Björn Thümler born 22 November 1970 |
CDU | 22 November 2017 | 7 November 2022 |
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| Minister for Environment, Energy, Construction and Climate Protection | .jpg)
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Olaf Lies born 8 May 1967 |
SPD | 22 November 2017 | 7 November 2022 |
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| Minister of Social Affairs, Health, and Equality | 
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Carola Reimann born 25 August 1967 |
SPD | 22 November 2017 | 1 March 2021 |
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Daniela Behrens born 12 May 1968 |
SPD | 5 March 2021 | 7 November 2022 |
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| Minister for Federal and European Affairs and Regional Development | 
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Birgit Honé born 8 November 1960 |
SPD | 22 November 2017 | 7 November 2022 |
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External links
edit- "The Lower Saxon State Government". Niedersachsen.de (in German). Retrieved 13 March 2022.
References
edit- ^ "SPD and CDU agree on exploratory talks". Die Zeit (in German). 26 October 2017.
- ^ "SPD agrees to coalition agreement with CDU". Rheinische Post (in German). 18 November 2017.
- ^ "CDU agrees to coalition agreement with SPD". Die Zeit (in German). 21 November 2017.
- ^ "Stephan Weil re-elected Minister-President". Die Zeit (in German). 22 November 2017.