Cabinet Althaus II

Cabinet Althaus II
	6. Thuringian state government
Prime Minister	Dieter Althaus
choice	2004
Legislative period	4th
education	July 8, 2004
The End	November 4, 2009
Duration	5 years and 119 days
predecessor	Cabinet Althaus I
successor	Cabinet Lieberknecht
composition
Party (s)	CDU
minister	9
representation
Parliament	45/88

The Cabinet Althaus II formed the Thuringian state government from 2004 to 2009 . In the 4th state election on June 13, 2004, the CDU narrowly defended its absolute majority of the seats in the Thuringian state parliament - despite a significant loss of votes of 8.0 percentage points : it achieved 45 seats against 43 seats from the opposition from the PDS and SPD . In the constituent session of the 4th state parliament on July 8, 2004, the CDU state chairman and top candidate Dieter Althaus was re-elected as Thuringian Prime Minister and presented his new state government on the same day.

Following the resignation of Karl Heinz Gasser as Thuringian Minister of the Interior on April 8, 2008, the cabinet was reorganized on May 8, 2008 to include several positions. The CDU member of the state parliament, Peter D. Krause , originally intended for the office of minister of culture , declared his resignation on May 5, 2008 after strong public criticism because of his past as the author of the right-wing populist weekly newspaper Junge Freiheit ; instead, the previous CDU member of the Bundestag Bernward Müller took over the office.

On New Year's Day 2009, Prime Minister Dieter Althaus was seriously injured in a skiing accident that he himself caused. Until his return to office on April 20, 2009, his deputy Birgit Diezel took over the official duties of the Prime Minister.

After the poor performance of the CDU in the 5th state election on August 30, 2009 - the party lost 11.8 percentage points and the absolute majority in the state parliament - Dieter Althaus submitted his resignation on September 3, 2009 . According to Article 75, Paragraph 2, Clause 2 of the Constitution of the Free State of Thuringia , the term of office of the entire state government also ended; she remained in office until the new state government , led by the previous Minister of Social Affairs Christine Lieberknecht , took office on November 4, 2009. As Finance Minister Birgit Diezel in the inaugural session of the fifth parliament on September 29, 2009 Parliament President was elected, she resigned from the Cabinet. State Chancellor Klaus Zeh took over the provisional management of the Ministry of Finance , while the longest-serving minister Volker Sklenar (member of the government since November 1990) became Deputy Prime Minister.

Cabinet Althaus II - July 8, 2004 to November 4, 2009
Office	Surname
Prime Minister	Dieter Althaus (until October 30, 2009)	CDU
Deputy Prime Minister	Birgit Diezel (until September 29, 2009) Volker Sklenar (from September 29, 2009)	CDU
Minister for Federal and European Affairs and Head of the State Chancellery	Gerold Wucherpfennig (until May 8, 2008) Klaus Zeh (from May 8, 2008)	CDU
Interior minister	Karl Heinz Gasser (until April 8, 2008) ¹ Manfred Scherer (from May 8, 2008)	CDU
Minister of Education	Jens Goebel (until May 7, 2008) Bernward Müller (from May 8, 2008)	CDU
Minister of Justice	Harald Schliemann (until May 7, 2008) Marion Walsmann (from May 8, 2008)	CDU
Finance minister	Birgit Diezel (until September 29, 2009) ²	CDU
Minister of Economy, Technology and Labor	Jürgen Reinholz	CDU
Minister for Social Affairs, Family and Health	Klaus Zeh (until May 8, 2008) Christine Lieberknecht (from May 8, 2008)	CDU
Minister for Agriculture, Nature Conservation and the Environment	Volker Sklenar	CDU
Minister for Construction and Transport ; from May 8, 2008: Minister for Building, Regional Development and Media	Andreas Trautvetter (until May 7, 2008) Gerold Wucherpfennig (from May 8, 2008)	CDU

¹From April 8 to May 8, 2008 provisional management of the Thuringian Ministry of the Interior: State Secretary Rüdiger Hütte .

²From September 29, 2009 in charge of running the business: Minister Klaus Zeh .

Individual evidence

↑ Election of the Prime Minister; Swearing in of the Prime Minister; Announcement of the ministers appointed by the Prime Minister; Swearing in of the ministers. (PDF; 130 kB) In: Plenary minutes 4/1. Thuringian Parliament, July 8, 2004, pp. 17–22 , accessed on April 19, 2017 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Announcement of the ministers newly appointed by the Prime Minister; Swearing in of the newly appointed ministers in accordance with Article 71 of the Constitution of the Free State of Thuringia. (PDF; 871 kB) In: Plenary minutes 4/83. Thuringian Parliament, May 8, 2008, pp. 8324–8325 , accessed on April 19, 2017 .
↑ Althaus changes its cabinet. In: Spiegel Online. April 23, 2008. Retrieved April 19, 2017 .
^ Information from the President of the State Parliament: declaration of resignation by the Prime Minister. (PDF; 429 kB) In: Drucksache 4/5492. Thuringian State Parliament, September 3, 2009, accessed on April 19, 2017 .
↑ Responsibility of the individual ministries according to Article 76, Paragraph 2, Clause 1 of the Constitution of the Free State of Thuringia: Decision of the Thuringian state government of October 19, 2004. (PDF; 140 kB) In: Law and Ordinance Gazette for the Free State of Thuringia. November 11, 2004, pp. 829-845 , accessed April 19, 2017 .
↑ Sklenar becomes Deputy Prime Minister. In: Agrarzeitung Online. September 29, 2009. Retrieved April 19, 2017 .
↑ Fourth amendment to the resolution of the Thuringian state government on the responsibility of the individual ministries according to Article 76, Paragraph 2, Clause 1 of the Constitution of the Free State of Thuringia of May 8, 2008. (PDF; 59 kB) In: Law and Ordinance Gazette for the Free State of Thuringia. May 29, 2008, p. 114 , accessed April 19, 2017 .

[1] Election of the Prime Minister; Swearing in of the Prime Minister; Announcement of the ministers appointed by the Prime Minister; Swearing in of the ministers. (PDF; 130 kB) In: Plenary minutes 4/1. Thuringian Parliament, July 8, 2004, pp. 17–22 , accessed on April 19, 2017 .

[:0-2] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Announcement of the ministers newly appointed by the Prime Minister; Swearing in of the newly appointed ministers in accordance with Article 71 of the Constitution of the Free State of Thuringia. (PDF; 871 kB) In: Plenary minutes 4/83. Thuringian Parliament, May 8, 2008, pp. 8324–8325 , accessed on April 19, 2017 .

[3] Althaus changes its cabinet. In: Spiegel Online. April 23, 2008. Retrieved April 19, 2017 .

[4] Information from the President of the State Parliament: declaration of resignation by the Prime Minister. (PDF; 429 kB) In: Drucksache 4/5492. Thuringian State Parliament, September 3, 2009, accessed on April 19, 2017 .

[5] Responsibility of the individual ministries according to Article 76, Paragraph 2, Clause 1 of the Constitution of the Free State of Thuringia: Decision of the Thuringian state government of October 19, 2004. (PDF; 140 kB) In: Law and Ordinance Gazette for the Free State of Thuringia. November 11, 2004, pp. 829-845 , accessed April 19, 2017 .

[6] Sklenar becomes Deputy Prime Minister. In: Agrarzeitung Online. September 29, 2009. Retrieved April 19, 2017 .

[7] Fourth amendment to the resolution of the Thuringian state government on the responsibility of the individual ministries according to Article 76, Paragraph 2, Clause 1 of the Constitution of the Free State of Thuringia of May 8, 2008. (PDF; 59 kB) In: Law and Ordinance Gazette for the Free State of Thuringia. May 29, 2008, p. 114 , accessed April 19, 2017 .