Cabinet Ramelow I

Cabinet Ramelow I
	8. Thuringian state government
Prime Minister	Bodo Ramelow
choice	2014
Legislative period	6th
education	5th December 2014
The End	5th February 2020
Duration	5 years and 62 days
predecessor	Cabinet Lieberknecht
successor	Prime Minister Kemmerich
composition
Party (s)	Die Linke, SPD and Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen
minister	9
representation
Parliament	46/91

The Ramelow I cabinet formed the state government of the Free State of Thuringia from December 5, 2014 to February 5, 2020 . The alliance of the three parties Die Linke , SPD and Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen was the first red-red-green coalition at state level. The government was formed after the election for the 6th Thuringian state parliament on September 14, 2014 and replaced the Lieberknecht cabinet that had previously been in office. Together, the three parties in the government camp had a majority of 46 votes in the Thuringian state parliament at the beginning of the election period compared to 45 votes in the opposition from the CDU and AfD .

Bodo Ramelow (Die Linke) was elected Prime Minister on December 5, 2014 in the second session of the state parliament in the second ballot with 46 votes against 43 votes with one abstention and one invalid vote . He was the fifth head of government in Thuringia since the restoration of the country in 1990. In the first ballot, Ramelow just missed the required majority with 45 votes against 44 with one abstention and one invalid vote.

Following his swearing in , the ministers appointed by Ramelow were sworn in before the state parliament. The Left provided the heads of departments of three ministries and the head of the State Chancellery , the SPD occupied three ministries and Heike Taubert, the deputy prime minister, Alliance 90 / The Greens were awarded two departments.

With the constitution of the 7th parliament on 26 November 2019, the state government was a caretaker in office. The Prime Minister was not elected until February 5, 2020: The chairman of the FDP parliamentary group Thomas Kemmerich was elected as the new head of government; Ramelow and the other members of the state government left office. Instead of appointing new ministers, the new Prime Minister Thomas Kemmerich asked the state secretaries in office to continue the official business in the ministries.

Members of the state government

Cabinet Ramelow I
(December 5, 2014 to November 26, 2019; executive until February 5, 2020)
Office	Surname
Prime Minister	Bodo Ramelow	The left
Deputy Prime Minister	Heike Taubert	SPD
Finance minister	Heike Taubert	SPD
Minister for Culture, Federal and European Affairs and Head of the State Chancellery	Benjamin-Immanuel Hoff	The left
Minister of the Interior and Local Affairs	Holger Poppenhäger (until August 30, 2017)	SPD
Minister of the Interior and Local Affairs	Georg Maier (from August 30, 2017)	SPD
Minister for Education, Youth and Sport	Birgit Klaubert (until August 17, 2017)	The left
Minister for Education, Youth and Sport	Helmut Holter (from August 17, 2017)	The left
Minister for Migration, Justice and Consumer Protection	Dieter Lauinger	Alliance 90 / The Greens
Minister for Economy, Science and Digital Society	Wolfgang Tiefensee	SPD
Minister for Labor, Social Affairs, Health, Women and Family	Heike Werner	The left
Minister for the Environment, Energy and Nature Conservation	Anja Siegesmund	Alliance 90 / The Greens
Minister for Infrastructure and Agriculture	Birgit Keller (until November 26, 2019)	The left
Minister for Infrastructure and Agriculture	Benjamin-Immanuel Hoff (managing director from November 26, 2019)	The left

Thuringian ministries and state secretaries

The State Secretaries are the highest officials of the Free State of Thuringia. They act as heads of office of the ministries , manage individual business areas or take on special tasks.

State Chancellery and Ministries	State Secretaries
Thuringian State Chancellery	Malte Krückel's media; Plenipotentiary of the Free State of Thuringia at the Federal Babette Winter (exempt from December 2018 to July 2019) Culture and Europe
Thuringian Ministry of the Interior and Local Affairs	Udo Götze Uwe Höhn (from September 5, 2017)
Thuringian Ministry for Education, Youth and Sport	Gabi Ohler
Thuringian Ministry for Migration, Justice and Consumer Protection	Silke Albin (December 9, 2014 to May 31, 2017) Sebastian von Ammon (from June 1, 2017)
Thuringian Ministry of Finance	Hartmut Schubert
Thuringian Ministry for Economy, Science and Digital Society	Markus Hoppe Business Unit “Science”; Head of Office Georg Maier (June 30, 2015 to August 30, 2017) Business Unit “Economy” Valentina Kerst (from 19 February 2018) Business Unit “Economic Policy, Economic Development, Tourism and Digital Society”
Thuringian Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs, Health, Women and Family	Ines closing time (from January 1st, 2015)
Thuringian Ministry for the Environment, Energy and Nature Conservation	Olaf Möller
Thuringian Ministry of Infrastructure and Agriculture	Klaus Sühl

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b 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; 63 kB) In: Plenary minutes 6/2. Thuringian State Parliament, December 5, 2014, pp. 21-27 , accessed on June 18, 2017 .
↑ Prime Minister Bodo Ramelow asks ministers to continue their official business. In: Media information 197/2019. Thuringian State Chancellery, November 26, 2019, accessed on March 5, 2020 .
^ Minister Helmut Holter left office. In: media information. Thuringian Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport, February 7, 2020, accessed on March 5, 2020 .
↑ Michael Frömmert: Government is missing: These people now have responsibility. In: MDR.de. February 7, 2020, accessed March 5, 2020 .
↑ Thuringian State Secretaries meet in the State Chancellery / Kemmerich: "Free State of Thuringia fully capable of acting". In: Media information 16/2020. Thuringian State Chancellery, February 25, 2020, accessed on March 5, 2020 .
^ Sven Crefeld: Bodo Ramelow warns of the state crisis in Thuringia. In: Zeit Online. February 9, 2020, accessed February 13, 2020 .
↑ ^a ^b Responsibility of the individual ministries according to Article 76, Paragraph 2, Clause 1 of the Constitution of the Free State of Thuringia. (PDF; 1.6 MB) Resolution of the Thuringian state government of March 31, 2015. In: Law and Ordinance Gazette for the Free State of Thuringia, No. 3/2015. Thuringian Parliament, May 4, 2015, pp. 10–29 , accessed on June 18, 2017 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c New and resigned members of the Federal Council. Federal Council, accessed on 6 September 2017 .
↑ ^a ^b Maier replaces Poppenhäger as Minister of the Interior. In: press release. Thuringian State Parliament, August 30, 2017, accessed on September 6, 2017 .
↑ Prime Minister Bodo Ramelow asks ministers to continue their official business. In: Media information 197/2019. Thuringian State Chancellery, November 26, 2019, accessed on November 26, 2019 .
↑ After the first cabinet meeting: Prime Minister Bodo Ramelow appoints new state secretaries. In: Medieninformation 310/2014. Thuringian State Chancellery, December 5, 2014, accessed on June 18, 2017 .
↑ Uwe Höhn appointed State Secretary in the Thuringian Ministry of the Interior. In: Media information 149/2017. Thuringian State Chancellery, September 5, 2017, accessed on September 6, 2017 .
↑ Appointed State Secretary in the Ministry for Migration, Justice and Consumer Protection. In: Media information 311/2014. Thuringian State Chancellery, December 9, 2014, accessed June 18, 2017 .
↑ From Ammon, Dr. Albin. In: Media information 23/2017. Thuringian Ministry for Migration, Justice and Consumer Protection, May 17, 2017, accessed on June 18, 2017 .
↑ Sebastian von Ammon new State Secretary in the TMMJV. In: Medieninformation 100/2017. Thuringian State Chancellery, May 31, 2017, accessed on June 18, 2017 .
^ Georg Maier new Secretary of State for Economic Affairs in Thuringia. In: media information. Thuringian Ministry of Economics, Science and Digital Society, June 30, 2015, accessed on June 18, 2017 .
↑ Prime Minister Bodo Ramelow appoints Valentina Kerst as the new State Secretary for Economic Affairs. In: Medieninformation 44-2018. Thuringian State Chancellery, February 19, 2018, accessed on February 19, 2018 .

[:0-1] 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; 63 kB) In: Plenary minutes 6/2. Thuringian State Parliament, December 5, 2014, pp. 21-27 , accessed on June 18, 2017 .

[2] Prime Minister Bodo Ramelow asks ministers to continue their official business. In: Media information 197/2019. Thuringian State Chancellery, November 26, 2019, accessed on March 5, 2020 .

[3] Minister Helmut Holter left office. In: media information. Thuringian Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport, February 7, 2020, accessed on March 5, 2020 .

[4] Michael Frömmert: Government is missing: These people now have responsibility. In: MDR.de. February 7, 2020, accessed March 5, 2020 .

[5] Thuringian State Secretaries meet in the State Chancellery / Kemmerich: "Free State of Thuringia fully capable of acting". In: Media information 16/2020. Thuringian State Chancellery, February 25, 2020, accessed on March 5, 2020 .

[6] Sven Crefeld: Bodo Ramelow warns of the state crisis in Thuringia. In: Zeit Online. February 9, 2020, accessed February 13, 2020 .

[:1-7] Responsibility of the individual ministries according to Article 76, Paragraph 2, Clause 1 of the Constitution of the Free State of Thuringia. (PDF; 1.6 MB) Resolution of the Thuringian state government of March 31, 2015. In: Law and Ordinance Gazette for the Free State of Thuringia, No. 3/2015. Thuringian Parliament, May 4, 2015, pp. 10–29 , accessed on June 18, 2017 .

[:2-8] New and resigned members of the Federal Council. Federal Council, accessed on 6 September 2017 .

[:3-9] Maier replaces Poppenhäger as Minister of the Interior. In: press release. Thuringian State Parliament, August 30, 2017, accessed on September 6, 2017 .

[10] Prime Minister Bodo Ramelow asks ministers to continue their official business. In: Media information 197/2019. Thuringian State Chancellery, November 26, 2019, accessed on November 26, 2019 .

[11] After the first cabinet meeting: Prime Minister Bodo Ramelow appoints new state secretaries. In: Medieninformation 310/2014. Thuringian State Chancellery, December 5, 2014, accessed on June 18, 2017 .

[12] Uwe Höhn appointed State Secretary in the Thuringian Ministry of the Interior. In: Media information 149/2017. Thuringian State Chancellery, September 5, 2017, accessed on September 6, 2017 .

[13] Appointed State Secretary in the Ministry for Migration, Justice and Consumer Protection. In: Media information 311/2014. Thuringian State Chancellery, December 9, 2014, accessed June 18, 2017 .

[14] From Ammon, Dr. Albin. In: Media information 23/2017. Thuringian Ministry for Migration, Justice and Consumer Protection, May 17, 2017, accessed on June 18, 2017 .

[15] Sebastian von Ammon new State Secretary in the TMMJV. In: Medieninformation 100/2017. Thuringian State Chancellery, May 31, 2017, accessed on June 18, 2017 .

[16] Georg Maier new Secretary of State for Economic Affairs in Thuringia. In: media information. Thuringian Ministry of Economics, Science and Digital Society, June 30, 2015, accessed on June 18, 2017 .

[17] Prime Minister Bodo Ramelow appoints Valentina Kerst as the new State Secretary for Economic Affairs. In: Medieninformation 44-2018. Thuringian State Chancellery, February 19, 2018, accessed on February 19, 2018 .