First Rhein cabinet

The first Rhein cabinet was the state government of Hesse from 31 May 2022, after Boris Rhein was elected as Minister-President of Hesse by the members of the Landtag of Hesse, until 18 January 2024. It was the 23rd Cabinet of Hesse, and was succeeded by the second Rhein cabinet.

First Cabinet of Boris Rhein Rhein I
23rd Cabinet of Hesse
31 May 2022 – 18 January 2024
Boris Rhein in May 2019
Date formed	31 May 2022
Date dissolved	18 January 2024
People and organisations
Minister-President	Boris Rhein
Deputy Minister-President	Tarek Al-Wazir
No. of ministers	11
Member parties	Christian Democratic Union Alliance 90/The Greens
Status in legislature	Coalition government 69 / 137
Opposition parties	Social Democratic Party Alternative for Germany Free Democratic Party The Left
History
Election	None
Legislature term	20th Landtag of Hesse
Predecessor	Third Bouffier cabinet
Successor	Second Rhein cabinet

It was formed after the resignation of Minister-President Volker Bouffier, and was a continuation of the coalition government of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Alliance 90/The Greens (GRÜNE) formed after the 2018 Hessian state election. Excluding the Minister-President, the cabinet comprised eleven ministers. Seven were members of the CDU and four were members of the Greens.

Formation

The previous cabinet was a coalition government of the CDU and the Greens led by Minister-President Volker Bouffier of the CDU. In February 2022, Bouffier announced his resignation and intention to leave office at the end of May.^[1] He nominated Boris Rhein, President of the Landtag and former minister in Bouffier's second cabinet, as his successor. Shortly after, Rhein was unanimously confirmed by a CDU party conference.^[2]

Rhein was elected as Minister-President by the Landtag on 31 May 2022, winning 74 votes out of 137 cast.^[3]

Composition

Portfolio	Minister		Party		Took office	Left office	State secretaries
Minister-President		Boris Rhein born (1972-01-02) 2 January 1972 (age 52)		CDU	31 May 2022	Incumbent	Tobias Rösmann
Deputy Minister-President Minister for Economics, Energy, Transport and Housing		Tarek Al-Wazir born (1971-01-03) 3 January 1971 (age 53)		GRÜNE	31 May 2022	Incumbent	Philipp Nimmermann Jens Deutschendorf
Head of the State Chancellery		Axel Wintermeyer born (1960-01-01) 1 January 1960 (age 64)		CDU	31 May 2022	Incumbent
Minister for Federal Affairs and Europe		Lucia Puttrich born (1961-04-11) 11 April 1961 (age 63)		CDU	31 May 2022	Incumbent	Uwe Becker
Minister for Interior and Sport		Peter Beuth born (1967-12-03) 3 December 1967 (age 56)		CDU	31 May 2022	Incumbent	Stefan Sauer
Minister for Finance		Michael Boddenberg born (1959-07-15) 15 July 1959 (age 65)		CDU	31 May 2022	Incumbent	Martin Worms
Minister for Justice		Roman Poseck born (1970-03-16) 16 March 1970 (age 54)		CDU	31 May 2022	Incumbent	Tanja Eichner
Minister for Education		Ralph Alexander Lorz born (1965-11-30) 30 November 1965 (age 58)		CDU	31 May 2022	Incumbent	Manuel Lösel
Minister for Science and Art		Angela Dorn-Rancke born (1982-06-02) 2 June 1982 (age 42)		GRÜNE	31 May 2022	Incumbent	Ayse Asar
Minister for Social Affairs and Integration		Kai Klose born (1973-12-23) 23 December 1973 (age 50)		GRÜNE	31 May 2022	Incumbent	Anne Janz
Minister for Environment, Climate Protection, Agricultural Economics and Consumer Protection		Priska Hinz born (1959-03-10) 10 March 1959 (age 65)		GRÜNE	31 May 2022	Incumbent	Oliver Conz
Minister for Digital Strategy and Development		Kristina Sinemus born (1963-09-16) 16 September 1963 (age 61)		CDU	31 May 2022	Incumbent	Patrick Burghardt

External links

• "Top Staff: Minister-President and Ministers". Hessen.de (in German). Retrieved 2 June 2022.

References

1. "Minister-President Bouffier announces resignation". Tagesschau (in German). 25 February 2022.
2. "Boris Rhein is to become the new Minister-President of Hesse". Die Zeit (in German). 25 February 2022.
3. "Rhein elected Prime Minister of Hesse". Hessenschau (in German). 31 May 2022.