Bouffier III cabinet

Bouffier III cabinet
	22. Hessian state government
Prime Minister	Volker Bouffier
choice	2018
Legislative period	20th
education	18th January 2019
Duration	1 year and 227 days
predecessor	Cabinet Bouffier II
composition
Party (s)	CDU and GREEN
minister	11
State Secretaries	12
representation
Parliament	69/137
Opposition leader	Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel ( SPD ) ; until September 4th. 2019 ; Nancy Faeser (SPD) ; from Sep 4th 2019

The appointment of the ministers on January 18, 2019

The Bouffier III cabinet has formed the state government of Hesse since January 18, 2019 . This government is based on the coalition agreement entitled Awakening in Change through Attitude, Orientation and Cohesion , which the CDU and Alliance 90 / The Greens agreed on December 19, 2018. After the agreement was unanimously approved at the CDU Hessen party congress and with a majority of over 91.4 percent in the Hessian Greens , the negotiators signed the contract on December 23, 2018.

Compared to the Cabinet Bouffier II , that of the same coalition was born, which was Hessian Ministry of Economics under the leadership of Deputy Prime Minister Tarek Al-Wazir to the area housing expanded. In addition, the Greens received the ministries for science and art as well as social affairs and integration as the second strongest parliamentary group in the previous state elections, alongside the environment ministry . The coalition partners also agreed to found a new ministry for digital strategy and development .

On January 18, 2019, Volker Bouffier received 69 votes in the first round of the constituent state parliament session and thus achieved exactly the one-vote majority of the black-green government parties. On March 31, 2020, Michael Boddenberg was appointed as the new finance minister for Thomas Schäfer, who had died three days earlier .

Ruling parties

The government consists of the following parties.

Political party		Party chairperson	Political orientation	European party / group
	Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU)	Volker Bouffier	Christian Democracy	EPP / EPP
	Alliance 90 / The Greens (Greens)	Sigrid Erfurth / Philip Kramer	Green politics, left-wing liberalism	EGP / Greens / EFA

cabinet

Bouffier III cabinet - since January 18, 2019
Office	Surname		State Secretaries
Prime Minister	Volker Bouffier	CDU	Michael Busser	CDU
Deputy Prime Minister	Tarek Al-Wazir	Alliance 90 / The Greens
Economy, energy, transport and housing			Philipp Nimmermann	Alliance 90 / The Greens
Economy, energy, transport and housing			Jens Deutschendorf	Alliance 90 / The Greens
Head of the State Chancellery	Axel Wintermeyer	CDU
Federation and Europe	Lucia Puttrich	CDU	Mark Weinmeister	CDU
Heart and sport	Peter Beuth	CDU	Stefan Heck	CDU
Finances	Thomas Schäfer † (until March 28, 2020) Michael Boddenberg (since March 31, 2020)	CDU	Martin Worms
Judiciary	Eva Kühne-Hörmann	CDU	Thomas Metz	CDU
Cult	Ralph Alexander Lorz	CDU	Manuel Lösel	CDU
Science and art	Angela Dorn	Alliance 90 / The Greens	Ayse Asar	Alliance 90 / The Greens
Social and integration	Kai Klose	Alliance 90 / The Greens	Anne Janz	Alliance 90 / The Greens
Environment, climate protection, agriculture and consumer protection	Priska Hinz	Alliance 90 / The Greens	Beatrix Tappeser Until November 30, 2019 Oliver Conz Since December 1, 2019
Digital strategy and development	Kristina Sinemus	independent (CDU proposal)	Patrick Burghardt	CDU