Rüttger's cabinet
The Cabinet Rüttgers made from 2005 to 2010, the state government of North Rhine-Westphalia .
In the state elections on May 22, 2005, the CDU received 7.7 percentage points more votes than the SPD. The state parliament of the 14th electoral term comprised 187 members .
Members
Jürgen Rüttgers was elected Prime Minister on June 22, 2005 . The new cabinet was appointed on June 24, 2005.
Office | Surname | Political party | |
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Prime Minister | Jürgen Rüttgers | CDU | |
Innovation, Science, Research and Technology Deputy Prime Minister |
Andreas Pinkwart | FDP | |
Finances | Helmut Linssen | CDU | |
Interior | Ingo Wolf | FDP | |
Judiciary | Roswitha Müller-Piepenkötter | CDU | |
Work, health and social affairs | Karl-Josef Laumann | CDU | |
Generations, family, women and integration | Armin Laschet | CDU | |
School and further education | Barbara Sommer | CDU | |
Federal and European affairs (until January 29, 2008) Federal affairs, Europe and the media (from January 29, 2008) |
Michael Breuer (until October 24, 2007) Andreas Krautscheid (from October 24, 2007 to March 8, 2010) Armin Laschet (from March 9, 2010) |
CDU | |
Environment and nature protection, agriculture and consumer protection | Eckhard Uhlenberg | CDU | |
Construction and transport |
Oliver Wittke (until March 3, 2009) Lutz Lienenkämper (from March 3, 2009) |
CDU | |
Economy, medium-sized businesses and energy | Christa Thoben | CDU |
Handover
With the meeting of the 15th state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia on June 9, 2010, the respective offices of the Prime Minister and the Minister ended. The members of the government were acc. Art. 62 of the state constitution until the takeover of office by the successor government on July 15, 2010.