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Second Senate of Michael Müller
Senate Müller II

27th Senate of Berlin
2016–2021
Left to right: Ramona Pop, Klaus Lederer, and Michael Müller at the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin plenary session on 8 December 2016
Date formed8 December 2016
Date dissolved20 December 2021
People and organisations
Governing MayorMichael Müller
Deputy MayorKlaus Lederer
Ramona Pop
No. of ministers10
Member partiesSocial Democratic Party
The Left
Alliance 90/The Greens
Status in legislatureCoalition government
92 / 160
Opposition partiesChristian Democratic Union
Alternative for Germany
Free Democratic Party
History
Election2016 Berlin state election
Legislature term18th Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin
PredecessorFirst Müller senate
SuccessorGiffey senate

The second Müller senate was the state government of Berlin between 2016 and 2021, sworn in on 8 December 2016 after Michael Müller was elected as Governing Mayor by the members of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin. It was the 27th Senate of Berlin.

It was formed after the 2016 Berlin state election by the Social Democratic Party (SPD), The Left (LINKE) and Alliance 90/The Greens (GRÜNE). Excluding the Governing Mayor, the senate comprised ten members, called Senators. Four were members of the SPD, three were members of The Left, and three were members of the Greens.

The second Müller senate was succeeded by the Giffey senate on 21 December 2021.

Formation

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The previous Senate was a grand coalition government of the SPD and CDU led by Governing Mayor Michael Müller, who took office in December 2014.

The election took place on 18 September 2016, and resulted in significant losses for both governing parties. The Left improved to third place and the Greens saw a decline, while the AfD debuted at 14% and the FDP re-entered the Abgeordnetenhaus in sixth place. As a result of their losses, the SPD and CDU fell short of a majority, bringing the grand coalition to an end.[1] Müller voiced his preference for a government with the Left and Greens; during the campaign, both the SPD and Greens had ruled out a coalition with the CDU.[2]

On 26 September, Müller announced that he would seek exploratory talks between the SPD, Left, and Greens.[3] Negotiations began on 6 October.[4]

After intensive discussions, the three parties presented their 251-page coalition programme on 16 November.[5] It was approved by the Greens at a party congress on 5 December, receiving only two votes against; the SPD followed on 6 December with almost 90% approval. The Left held a membership ballot on the coalition, with 89.3% of members voting in favour.[6]

The Abgeordnetenhaus elected Müller as Governing Mayor on 8 December, winning 88 votes out of 158 cast.[7]

Composition

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The composition of the Senate at the time of its dissolution was as follows:

Portfolio Senator Party Took office Left office State secretaries
Governing Mayor of Berlin
Senate Chancellery
Michael Müller
born (1964-12-09)9 December 1964
SPD 8 December 2016 20 December 2021
  • Christian Gaebler (Head of the Senate Chancellery and Media)
  • Sawsan Chebli (Civic Engagement and Int'l Affairs, Representative to the Federal Government)
  • Frank Nägele (Administrative and Infrastructure Modernisation/Growing City)
Deputy Mayor
Senator for Culture and Europe
Klaus Lederer
born (1974-03-21)21 March 1974
LINKE 8 December 2016 20 December 2021
  • Torsten Wöhlert (Culture)
  • Gerry Woop (Europe)
Deputy Mayor
Senator for Economics, Energy and Enterprise
Ramona Pop
born (1977-10-31)31 October 1977
GRÜNE 8 December 2016 20 December 2021
  • Barbro Dreher (Economics)
  • Christian Rickerts (Digitalisation)
Senator for Interior and Sport Andreas Geisel
born (1966-03-01)1 March 1966
SPD 8 December 2016 20 December 2021
  • Torsten Akmann (Interior)
  • Aleksander Dzembritzki (Sport)
  • Sabine Smentek (Information Technology)
Senator for Education, Youth and Family Sandra Scheeres
born (1970-02-15)15 February 1970
SPD 8 December 2016 20 December 2021
  • Beate Stoffers (Education)
  • Sigrid Klebba (Youth and Family)
Senator for Finance Matthias Kollatz-Ahnen
born (1957-09-24)24 September 1957
SPD 8 December 2016 20 December 2021
  • Vera Junker (Assets, Investment, Tax Administration and Personnel)
  • Fréderic Verrycken (Budget and Finance Policy)
Senator for Health, Nursing and Equality Dilek Kalayci
born (1967-02-07)7 February 1967
SPD 8 December 2016 20 December 2021
  • Martin Matz (Health)
  • Barbara König (Equality)
Senator for Integration, Labour and Social Affairs Elke Breitenbach
born (1961-03-30)30 March 1961
LINKE 8 December 2016 20 December 2021
  • Alexander Fischer (Labour and Social Affairs)
  • Daniel Tietze (Integration)
Senator for Urban Development and Housing Katrin Lompscher
born (1962-04-07)7 April 1962
LINKE 8 December 2016 2 August 2020
  • Regula Lüscher (Urban Development and Senate Construction Director)
  • Sebastian Scheel (Housing)
Sebastian Scheel
born (1975-12-07)7 December 1975
LINKE 20 August 2020 20 December 2021
  • Regula Lüscher (Urban Development and Senate Construction Director)
  • Wenke Christoph (Housing)
Senator for Justice, Consumer Protection and Anti-Discrimination Dirk Behrendt
born (1971-08-05)5 August 1971
GRÜNE 8 December 2016 20 December 2021
  • Daniela Brückner (Justice)
  • Margit Gottstein (Consumer Protection and Anti-Discrimination)
Senator for Environment, Transport and Climate Protection Regine Günther
born (1962-12-26)26 December 1962
GRÜNE[a] 8 December 2016 20 December 2021
  • Stefan Tidow (Environment and Climate Protection)
  • Ingmar Streese (Transport)

References

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  1. ^ "SPD and CDU with losses, grand coalition comes to an end". Die Welt (in German). 18 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin: Voters punish the grand coalition". Der Spiegel (in German). 19 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Where red-red-green still differ". Inforadio.de (in German). 26 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Coalition in Berlin: The way to red-red-green". Deutschlandfunk (in German). 6 October 2016.
  5. ^ "Red-Red-Green agree on coalition agreement "We want to be a coalition of new beginnings"". Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). 16 November 2016.
  6. ^ "Left confirm red-red-green coalition". Die Zeit (in German). 7 December 2016.
  7. ^ "Michael Müller re-elected as Governing Mayor". Der Spiegel (in German). 8 December 2016.

Notes

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  1. ^ Independent nominated by the Greens until 20 June 2019
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