Cabinet Kretschmann III

Cabinet Kretschmann III
24. State government of Baden-Württemberg
Prime Minister	Winfried Kretschmann
choice	2021
Legislative period	17th
education	May 12, 2021
Duration	0 years and 3 days
predecessor	Cabinet Kretschmann II
composition
Party (s)	Alliance 90 / The Greens and CDU
representation
Parliament	100/154
Opposition leader	Andreas Stoch ( SPD )

The Kretschmann III cabinet is the state government of Baden-Württemberg .

In his third term as Prime Minister, Winfried Kretschmann is again leading a green-black coalition made up of Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen and CDU , which was formed as a result of the state elections in 2021 . Once again, the CDU is the junior partner in the government, known as the “Kiwi” coalition. The Greens emerged stronger from the election, while the CDU - also as a result of the mask scandalat the federal level - suffered severe losses. The coalition agreement is entitled “Now for Tomorrow. The Renewal Agreement for Baden-Württemberg ”and was published on May 5, 2021. On May 12, 2021 - exactly 10 years after Kretschmann's first election as Prime Minister - the new cabinet took office.

cabinet

Office / department	photo	Surname	Political party		State Secretary	Political party
Prime Minister		Winfried Kretschmann		Green	Rudi Hoogvliet 1 Media Policy Representative of the State at the Federal Government Florian Hassler 3 Representative of the State at the European Union Florian Stegmann 4 Head of the State Chancellery		Green
Deputy Prime Minister		Thomas Strobl		CDU
Home affairs, digitization and municipalities					Wilfried Klenk 3		CDU
Finances		Danyal Bayaz		Green	Gisela Splett 3		Green
Culture, youth and sport		Theresa Schopper		Green	Sandra Boser 2		Green
					Volker Schebesta 2		CDU
Science, research and art		Theresia Bauer		Green	Petra Olschowski 3		Green
Environment, climate and energy industry		Thekla Walker		Green	Andre Baumann 3		Green
Economy, work and tourism		Nicole Hoffmeister-Kraut		CDU	Patrick Rapp 3		CDU
Social, Health and Integration		Manfred Lucha		Green	Ute Leidig 3		Green
Food, Rural Areas and Consumer Protection		Peter Hauk		CDU	Sabine Kurtz 3		CDU
Justice and Migration		Marion Gentges		CDU	Siegfried Lorek 3		CDU
traffic		Winfried Hermann		Green	Elke room 3		Green
State development and housing		Nicole Razavi		CDU	Andrea Lindlohr 3		Green

¹ State Secretary with voting rights (member of the government)

² State Secretary without voting rights (member of the government)

³ State Secretary without voting rights (not a member of the government)

^4thThe head of the State Chancellery is a political official who bears the official title of "Minister of State" (not a member of the government).

Election of the Prime Minister

Kretschmann was elected Prime Minister by the state parliament on May 12, 2021.

Election of the Prime Minister - 2021
62.5%	1.32%	36.18%
Kretschmann	other	No

152 MPs cast their votes. 95 MPs voted for Winfried Kretschmann, 55 MPs voted no. There were no abstentions and two votes with different names. This means that at least five MPs from the government camp had refused to vote for the Prime Minister.

Appointment and confirmation of the cabinet

Immediately after his election, the Prime Minister appointed the members of his new cabinet and the political state secretaries. The entire government was confirmed in a further session of the state parliament on May 12th in an open vote with the votes of the government parliamentary groups. The other cabinet members were then sworn in after Kretschmann had been sworn in after his election.

Web links

• Rüdiger Soldt: Coalition agreement in Stuttgart: a thousand new wind turbines and a solar panel on every roof. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . May 5, 2021 . 

Individual evidence

1. ^ Coalition agreement between Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen Baden-Württemberg and the CDU Baden-Württemberg , accessed on May 12, 2021.
2. ↑ Kretschmann re-elected Prime Minister Der Spiegel , May 12, 2021, accessed on May 12, 2021.