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Third Cabinet of Malu Dreyer
Dreyer III

25th Cabinet of Rhineland-Palatinate
18 May 2021 –
Malu Dreyer in May 2022
Date formed18 May 2021
People and organisations
Minister-PresidentMalu Dreyer
Deputy Minister-PresidentAnne Spiegel (until Dec 2021)
Katharina Binz (from Dec 2021)
Daniela Schmitt
No. of ministers9
Member partiesSocial Democratic Party
Alliance 90/The Greens
Free Democratic Party
Status in legislatureCoalition government
55 / 101
Opposition partiesChristian Democratic Union
Alternative for Germany
Free Voters
History
Election2021 Rhineland-Palatinate state election
Legislature term18th Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate
PredecessorSecond Dreyer cabinet

The Third Dreyer cabinet is the current state government of Rhineland-Palatinate, sworn in on 18 May 2021 after Malu Dreyer was elected as Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate by the members of the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is the 25th Cabinet of Rhineland-Palatinate .

It was formed after the 2021 Rhineland-Palatinate state election by the Social Democratic Party (SPD), Alliance 90/The Greens (GRÜNE), and the Free Democratic Party (FDP). Excluding the Minister-President, the cabinet comprises nine ministers. Five are members of the SPD, two are members of the Greens, and two are members of the FDP.

Formation

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The previous cabinet was a coalition government of the SPD, FDP, and Greens led by Minister-President Malu Dreyer of the SPD.

The election took place on 14 March 2021, and resulted in no net change for the SPD, while the Greens improved from fifth to third place and the FDP saw a slight decline. The opposition CDU and AfD also suffered losses while the Free Voters entered the Landtag for the first time.

Minister-President Dreyer expressed her desire to renew the coalition between the SPD, Greens, and FDP. State FDP chairman Volker Wissing made similar comments.[1] The three parties began exploratory talks on 18 March.[2]

On 30 April, they announced they had agreed to renew the coalition.[3] In early May, all three parties held congresses to approve the coalition agreement. It passed the SPD congress with 96.2% of delegates voting in favour, while 83.3% of the Greens approved, as did 82.9% of the FDP.[4]

The Landtag re-elected Dreyer as Minister-President for a third term on 18 May, receiving 55 votes out of the 51 required for a majority.[5]

Composition

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Portfolio Minister Party Took office Left office State secretaries
Minister-President
State Chancellery
Malu Dreyer
born (1961-02-06) 6 February 1961 (age 63)
SPD 18 May 2021 Incumbent
  • Fabian Kirsch (Head of the State Chancellery)
  • Heike Raab (Media, Europe, Digital and Sustainability, Representative to the Federal Government)
Deputy Minister-President
Minister for Climate Protection, Environment, Energy and Mobility
Anne Spiegel
born (1980-12-15) 15 December 1980 (age 43)
GRÜNE 18 May 2021 7 December 2021
  • Erwin Manz
Deputy Minister-President Katharina Binz
born (1983-10-30) 30 October 1983 (age 41)
GRÜNE 15 December 2021 Incumbent
  • David Profit
  • Jürgen Hardeck
Minister for Family, Women, Culture and Integration 18 May 2021 Incumbent
Deputy Minister-President
Minister for Economics, Transport, Agriculture and Viticulture
Daniela Schmitt
born (1972-08-05) 5 August 1972 (age 52)
FDP 18 May 2021 Incumbent
  • Andy Becht
  • Petra Dick-Walther
Minister for Finance Doris Ahnen
born (1964-08-29) 29 August 1964 (age 60)
SPD 18 May 2021 Incumbent
  • Stephan Weinberg
Minister for Justice Herbert Mertin
born (1958-04-29) 29 April 1958 (age 66)
FDP 18 May 2021 Incumbent
  • Matthias Frey
Minister for Interior and Sport Roger Lewentz
born (1963-03-19) 19 March 1963 (age 61)
SPD 18 May 2021 Incumbent
  • Nicole Steingaß
  • Randolf Stich
Minister for Education Stefanie Hubig
born (1968-12-15) 15 December 1968 (age 55)
SPD 18 May 2021 Incumbent
  • Bettina Brück
Minister for Labour, Social Affairs, Transformation and Digitalization Alexander Schweitzer
born (1973-09-17) 17 September 1973 (age 51)
SPD 18 May 2021 Incumbent
  • Fedor Ruhose
Minister for Science and Health Clemens Hoch
born (1978-01-05) 5 January 1978 (age 46)
SPD 18 May 2021 Incumbent
  • Denis Alt
Minister for Climate, Environment, Energy and Mobility Katrin Eder
born (1976-10-24) 24 October 1976 (age 48)
GRÜNE 15 December 2021 Incumbent
  • Michael Hauer


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References

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  1. ^ "Rhineland-Palatinate: Dreyer wants to continue the traffic light coalition". Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (in German). 15 March 2021.
  2. ^ "SPD, FDP and Greens begin exploratory talks". Der Spiegel (in German). 18 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Red-green-yellow state government traffic light coalition in Rhineland-Palatinate continues". Südwestrundfunk (in German). 30 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Traffic light coalition in Rhineland-Palatinate jumps the final hurdles". Berliner Morgenpost (in German). 6 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Landtag re-elects Dreyer as Prime Minister". Südwestrundfunk (in German). 18 May 2021.