Cabinet Woidke I

The Woidke cabinet formed the state government of Brandenburg from August 28, 2013 to November 5, 2014 . This was followed by the Platzeck III cabinet , whose term of office ended in accordance with Article 85, Paragraph 1 of the state constitution with the resignation of Prime Minister Matthias Platzeck ( SPD ). The previous Interior Minister Dietmar Woidke (SPD) was elected third Prime Minister of the State of Brandenburg by the state parliament on August 28, 2013 and appointed the ministers of his cabinet on the same day. The coalition of the SPD and Die Linke was continued. The only change in the ministerial ranks concerned the interior department: As the successor to Dietmar Woidke, the previous chairman of the SPD parliamentary group Ralf Holzschuher (SPD) took over the management of the interior ministry.

After the state elections in Brandenburg in 2014 , the “ red-red ” coalition was continued. The government was transformed into the Woidke II cabinet in several positions .

cabinet

Office or department	image	Surname	Political party		State Secretaries	Political party
Prime Minister		Dietmar Woidke		SPD	Albrecht Gerber ( Head of the State Chancellery ) Tina Fischer (Representative of the State of Brandenburg at the Federal Government, until October 1, 2014) Rainer Bretschneider (airport coordinator of the state government)	SPD SPD independent
Deputy Prime Minister		Helmuth Markov		The left
Interior		Ralf Holzschuher		SPD	Rudolf Zeeb	SPD
Finances		Helmuth Markov (until January 21, 2014)		The left	Daniela Trochowski	The left
		Christian Görke (since January 21, 2014)		The left
Judiciary		Volkmar Schöneburg (until December 14, 2013)		The left	Ronald Pienkny	independent
		Helmuth Markov (since January 21, 2014)		The left
Economy and European affairs		Ralf Christoffers		The left	Henning Heidemanns (until January 31, 2014)	independent
Work, social affairs, women and family		Günter Baaske		SPD	Wolfgang Schroeder (until January 31, 2014)	independent
Environment, health and consumer protection		Anita Tack		The left	Almuth Hartwig-Tiedt	The left
Education, youth and sport		Martina Münch		SPD	Burkhard Jungkamp	independent
Science, research and culture		Sabine art		independent	Martin Gorholt	SPD
Infrastructure and agriculture		Jörg Vogelsänger		SPD	Kathrin Schneider	independent

Web links

• Coalition Agreement of the Woidke Cabinet I - 5th electoral term of the Brandenburg State Parliament

Itemized list

1. ↑ Article 85: Termination of Term. In: Constitution of the State of Brandenburg. August 20, 1992, accessed May 15, 2016 . 
2. ↑ Swearing in of the members of the state government. (PDF; 354 ​​KB) In: Plenary minutes 5/79. Landtag Brandenburg, August 28, 2013, p. 6354 , accessed on May 15, 2016 . 
3. ^ Woidke thanks retired State Secretary. In: press release. State Chancellery of the State of Brandenburg, October 1, 2014, accessed on May 15, 2016 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b c} Swearing-in of the Minister of Finance and the Minister of Justice. (PDF; 415 KB) In: Plenary minutes 5/86. Landtag Brandenburg, January 22, 2014, p. 6977 , accessed on May 15, 2016 . 
5. ↑ Marion Kaufmann: Heidemanns has to change departments. In: Märkische Allgemeine. January 31, 2014, accessed May 15, 2016 . 
6. ^ Scramble for Heidemanns. In: Potsdam's latest news. January 21, 2014, accessed May 15, 2016 .