Cabinet Höppner II

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The Höppner II cabinet served as the state government of Saxony-Anhalt from 1998 to 2002 . In the election for the 3rd state parliament of Saxony-Anhalt on April 26, 1998, the SPD , which has ruled since 1994, rose slightly to 35.9 percent of the valid second votes , but its previous coalition partner Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen missed the five with 3.2 percent Percent hurdle and was no longer represented in the state parliament. The SPD, with its top candidate, Prime Minister Reinhard Höppner , was still unwilling to cooperate with the weakened CDU (minus 12.4 percentage points compared to the 1994 election ). Since the right-wing extremist DVU was out of the question as a coalition partner, a minority government was formed, which was tolerated by the PDS according to the " Magdeburg Model " of 1994 .

In the second session of the State Parliament of Saxony-Anhalt on May 26, 1998, the MPs re-elected Reinhard Höppner Prime Minister, unlike in 1994 in the first ballot: out of 112 votes cast, Höppner received 67 votes, 43 against and two abstentions . Höppner then introduced the members of his state government.

After the resignation of the Minister of Education, Karl-Heinz Reck on December 10, 1998, Gerd Harms succeeded him. As a member of the Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen party, which is not represented in the state parliament , he belonged to the cabinet as a recognized specialist politician in the field of education: Prior to this, he had already held state secretary posts in the education departments of the states of Berlin and Brandenburg . There were several changes in the Ministry of Economic Affairs during the 3rd electoral term of the state parliament : After Minister Klaus Schucht left the office , the previous State Secretary Matthias Gabriel took over the department, followed in 2001 by MP Katrin Budde .

In April 2000, as in the middle of the second electoral period in 1996, two departments were merged: Since Environment Minister Ingrid Häußler had been elected Mayor of the City of Halle (Saale) , the Ministries for Spatial Planning became after her departure from the cabinet and the environment and for food, agriculture and forestry in a ministry for regional planning, agriculture and the environment headed by the previous Minister of Agriculture, Johann Konrad Keller .

A few months before the state elections in 2002 , Justice Minister Karin Schubert answered the call from Berlin to take over the offices of mayor and senator for justice . Interior Minister Manfred Püchel temporarily continued the official business of the Ministry of Justice. In the state elections, the SPD lost heavily and had to give up government responsibility after eight years. On 16 May 2002 Hoeppner was the CDU politician Wolfgang Böhmer replaced, the next day the Cabinet took a CDU / FDP - coalition to work on.

Members of the state government

Cabinet Höppner II - May 26, 1998 to May 17, 2002
Office Surname Political party
Prime Minister Reinhard Höppner (until May 16, 2002) SPD
Deputy Prime Minister Gerlinde Kuppe SPD
Minister of the Interior Manfred Püchel SPD
Minister of Justice Karin Schubert (until January 16, 2002) 1 SPD
Minister of Finance Wolfgang Gerhards SPD
Minister for Labor, Women, Health and Social Affairs Gerlinde Kuppe SPD
Minister of Education Karl-Heinz Reck (until December 10, 1998) SPD
Gerd Harms (from December 10, 1998) Alliance 90 / The Greens 2
Minister for Economy, Technology and European Affairs; from February 1, 1999: Minister for Economy and Technology Klaus Schucht (until January 31, 1999)
Matthias Gabriel (February 1, 1999 to January 30, 2001)
Katrin Budde (from February 1, 2001) 		SPD
Minister of Agriculture; from August 12, 1998: Minister for Food, Agriculture and Forests; from April 10, 2000: Minister for Regional Planning, Agriculture and the Environment Johann Konrad Keller SPD
Minister for Housing, Urban Development and Transport Jürgen Heyer SPD
Minister for Regional Planning and the Environment Ingrid Häußler (until April 10, 2000) SPD
1From January 16, 2002 in charge of running the business: Minister of the Interior Manfred Püchel .
2Minister Gerd Harms was a member of Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen . His party membership was suspended for the duration of his membership in the state government.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Election of the Prime Minister; Swearing in of the Prime Minister; Introduction of the members of the state government; Swearing in of the members of the state government. (PDF; 49 kB) In: Plenary minutes 3/2. State Parliament of Saxony-Anhalt, May 26, 1998, pp. 9–12 , accessed on August 6, 2017 .
  2. ↑ a b Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt: briefing: members of the state government and amalgamation of ministries. (PDF; 63 kB) In: Drucksache 3/2949. April 4, 2000, accessed August 6, 2017 .
  3. ^ Information: Resolution of the state government on the establishment of the state government of Saxony-Anhalt and the delimitation of the business areas. (PDF; 36 kB) In: Drucksache 3/192. State Parliament of Saxony-Anhalt, July 30, 1998, accessed on August 6, 2017 .
  4. ^ Information: Members of the state government. (PDF; 66 kB) In: Drucksache 3/5258. State Parliament of Saxony-Anhalt, January 16, 2002, accessed on August 6, 2017 .
  5. ^ Information: Members of the state government. (PDF; 10 kB) In: Drucksache 3/758. State Parliament of Saxony-Anhalt, December 10, 1998, accessed on August 6, 2017 .
  6. ^ Information: Members of the state government. (PDF; 10 kB) In: Drucksache 3/759. State Parliament of Saxony-Anhalt, December 10, 1998, accessed on August 6, 2017 .
  7. ↑ Information: Change in the resolution on the establishment of the state government of Saxony-Anhalt and the delimitation of the business areas. (PDF; 13 kB) In: Drucksache 3/971. State Parliament of Saxony-Anhalt, accessed on August 6, 2017 .
  8. ^ A b briefing: members of the state government. (PDF; 10 kB) In: Drucksache 3/976. State Parliament of Saxony-Anhalt, February 5, 1999, accessed on August 6, 2017 .
  9. ^ A b briefing: members of the state government. (PDF; 64 kB) In: Drucksache 4/4178. State Parliament of Saxony-Anhalt, February 5, 2001, accessed on August 6, 2017 .
  10. ^ Renamed the Committee on Agriculture. (PDF; 518 kB) In: Plenary minutes 3/7. State Parliament of Saxony-Anhalt, October 8, 1998, p. 329 , accessed on August 6, 2017 .
  11. ↑ Official notices. (PDF; 404 kB) In: Plenary Protocol 751. Bundesrat, May 19, 2000, p. 175 , accessed on August 6, 2017 .