Third Kretschmann cabinet

The third Kretschmann cabinet is the current state government of Baden-Württemberg, 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 is the 25th Cabinet of Baden-Württemberg.

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25th Cabinet of Baden-Württemberg
2021–
Winfried Kretschmann in San Francisco in 2018
Date formed	12 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 100 / 154
Opposition parties	Social Democratic Party Free Democratic Party Alternative for Germany
History
Election	2021 Baden-Württemberg state election
Legislature term	17th Landtag of Baden-Württemberg
Predecessor	Second Kretschmann cabinet

It was formed after the 2021 Baden-Württemberg state election by Alliance 90/The Greens (GRÜNE) and the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Excluding the Minister-President, the cabinet comprises twelve ministers. Six are members of the Greens, five are members of the CDU, and one is an independent politician.

Formation

See also: 2021 Baden-Württemberg state election

The previous cabinet was a coalition government of the Greens and CDU led by Minister-President Winfried Kretschmann of the Greens.

The election took place on 14 March 2021, and resulted in an improvement for the Greens and losses for the CDU. The opposition SPD saw a small decline while the FDP improved, and the AfD took significant losses, falling from third to fifth place. Overall, the governing coalition was returned with an increased majority.

Minister-President Kretschmann invited all parties except the AfD to exploratory talks, beginning with the CDU. On 2 April, the Greens voted to enter negotiations to renew the coalition with the CDU.^[1] The two parties presented their coalition pact on 1 May.^[2]

Kretschmann was re-elected as Minister-President by the Landtag on 12 May, winning 95 votes out of 152 cast.^[3]

Composition

Portfolio	Minister		Party		Took office	Left office	State secretaries
Minister-President State Chancellery		Winfried Kretschmann born (1948-05-17) 17 May 1948 (age 76)		GRÜNE	12 May 2021	Incumbent	Rudi Hoogvliet (Media, Representative to the Federal Government) Florian Hassler (Representative to the European Union) Florian Stegman (Head of the State Chancellery)
Deputy Minister-President Minister for Interior, Digitalisation and Communities		Thomas Strobl born (1960-03-17) 17 March 1960 (age 64)		CDU	12 May 2021	Incumbent	Wilfried Klenk Julian Würtenberger
Minister for Finance		Danyal Bayaz born (1983-10-15) 15 October 1983 (age 41)		GRÜNE	12 May 2021	Incumbent	Gisela Splett
Minister for Education, Youth and Sport		Theresa Schopper born (1961-04-09) 9 April 1961 (age 63)		GRÜNE	12 May 2021	Incumbent	Sandra Boser Volker Schebesta
Minister for Science, Research and Arts		Theresia Bauer born (1965-04-06) 6 April 1965 (age 59)		GRÜNE	12 May 2021	Incumbent	Petra Olschowski
Minister for Environment, Climate and Energy Industry		Thekla Walker born (1969-03-28) 28 March 1969 (age 55)		GRÜNE	12 May 2021	Incumbent	Andre Baumann
Minister for Economics, Labour and Tourism		Nicole Hoffmeister-Kraut born (1972-10-09) 9 October 1972 (age 52)		CDU	12 May 2021	Incumbent	Patrick Rapp
Minister for Social Affairs, Health and Integration		Manfred Lucha born (1961-03-13) 13 March 1961 (age 63)		GRÜNE	12 May 2021	Incumbent	Ute Leidig
Minister for Food, Rural Areas and Consumer Protection		Peter Hauk born (1960-12-24) 24 December 1960 (age 63)		CDU	12 May 2021	Incumbent	Sabine Kurtz
Minister for Justice and Migration		Marion Gentges born (1971-08-23) 23 August 1971 (age 53)		CDU	12 May 2021	Incumbent	Siegfried Lorek
Minister for Transport		Winfried Hermann born (1952-07-19) 19 July 1952 (age 72)		GRÜNE	12 May 2021	Incumbent	Elke Zimmer
Minister for State Development and Housing		Nicole Razavi born (1965-05-20) 20 May 1965 (age 59)		CDU	12 May 2021	Incumbent	Andrea Lindlohr
State Councillor for Civil Society and Civic Participation		Barbara Bosch born (1958-09-05) 5 September 1958 (age 66)		Ind.	22 July 2021	Incumbent

External links

• "Members of the State Government". Baden-Württemberg State Government (in German). Retrieved 6 March 2022.

References

1. "Greens want to continue to govern with the CDU". Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (in German). 2 April 2021.
2. "Green-black coalition in Baden-Württemberg is in place". Der Spiegel (in German). 1 May 2021.
3. "Third term: The state parliament elects Winfried Kretschmann as Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg". Südwestrundfunk (in German). 12 May 2021.