Cabinet Ramelow II

Cabinet Ramelow II
10. Thuringian state government
Prime Minister	Bodo Ramelow
choice	2019
Legislative period	7th
education	4th March 2020
Duration	0 years and 181 days
predecessor	Prime Minister Kemmerich
composition
Party (s)	Die Linke, SPD and Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen ( minority government )
minister	8th
representation
Parliament	42/90
Opposition leader	Björn Höcke ( AfD )

The Ramelow II cabinet has formed the state government of the Free State of Thuringia since March 4, 2020 . The alliance of the three parties Die Linke , SPD and Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen is the second red-red-green coalition in Thuringia and the country's first minority government . The government was formed after the election for the 7th Thuringian State Parliament on October 27, 2019 and the subsequent government crisis in Thuringia 2020 and replaced the Prime Minister Thomas Kemmerich ( FDP ), who was elected for only one month with the support of the AfD and CDU . Together, the three parties in the government camp do not have their own majority in the Thuringian state parliament , but only 42 votes against 48 votes from the opposition from the AfD, CDU and FDP. With the CDU, however, the governing parties concluded a “stability pact” with selective cooperation on factual issues “for the benefit of Thuringia”. In addition, the Left, SPD, Greens and CDU agreed to aim for new elections for April 25, 2021 .

Bodo Ramelow (Die Linke) was elected Prime Minister of Thuringia on March 4, 2020 in the third ballot in the state parliament with 42 votes in favor, 23 against with 20 abstentions . The CDU parliamentary group had announced that it would abstain from voting; the AfD voted against Ramelow. The FDP parliamentary group did not take part in the election, but, contrary to its earlier announcement, stayed in the plenary hall.

Ramelow had previously failed in two ballots due to the necessary absolute majority - as did his opponent, the Thuringian AfD state party and parliamentary group leader Björn Höcke . This did not run for the third ballot. In the first two rounds, Höcke received 22 votes each, and 42 MPs voted for Ramelow on both occasions. 21 MPs abstained.

Members of the state government

Cabinet Ramelow II
(since March 4, 2020)

Office	image	Surname	Political party
Prime Minister		Bodo Ramelow		The left
Deputy Prime Minister		Wolfgang Tiefensee		SPD
Minister for Economy, Science and Digital Society
Second deputy to the Prime Minister		Anja Siegesmund		Alliance 90 / The Greens
Minister for the Environment, Energy and Nature Conservation
Minister for Culture, Federal and European Affairs and Head of the State Chancellery		Benjamin-Immanuel Hoff		The left
Minister for Infrastructure and Agriculture
Finance minister		Heike Taubert		SPD
Minister of the Interior and Local Affairs		Georg Maier		SPD
Minister for Education, Youth and Sport		Helmut Holter		The left
Minister for Migration, Justice and Consumer Protection		Dirk Adams		Alliance 90 / The Greens
Minister for Labor, Social Affairs, Health, Women and Family		Heike Werner		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 Secretary
Thuringian State Chancellery	Malte Krückels Medien and Europe Representative of the Free State of Thuringia at the Tina Beer Culture Federation
Thuringian Ministry of the Interior and Local Affairs	Udo Götze Interior Katharina Schenk Communal
Thuringian Ministry for Education, Youth and Sport	Julia Heesen
Thuringian Ministry for Migration, Justice and Consumer Protection	Sebastian of Ammon
Thuringian Ministry of Finance	Hartmut Schubert
Thuringian Ministry for Economy, Science and Digital Society	Carsten Feller Science and Universities Valentina Kerst Economy and Digital Society
Thuringian Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs, Health, Women and Family	Ines after work
Thuringian Ministry for the Environment, Energy and Nature Conservation	Olaf Möller
Thuringian Ministry of Infrastructure and Agriculture	Susanna Karawanskij Infrastructure Torsten Weil Agriculture

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The negotiating team of the CDU parliamentary group on today's negotiation result. CDU parliamentary group in the Thuringian state parliament, February 21, 2020, accessed on March 5, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Live ticker for the MP election: Ramelow is again Thuringia's Prime Minister , Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk, accessed on March 4, 2020
3. ↑ Ramelow elected Prime Minister. In: press release. Thuringian State Parliament, March 4, 2020, accessed on March 5, 2020 . 
4. ↑ Today in the Thuringian state parliament: Prime Minister Bodo Ramelow appoints ministers. In: Media information 18/2020. Thuringian State Chancellery, March 4, 2020, accessed on March 5, 2020 . 
5. ^ Curriculum vitae of Minister Siegesmund , Thuringian Ministry for the Environment, Energy and Nature Conservation, accessed on March 7, 2020
6. ↑ After the first cabinet meeting: Prime Minister Bodo Ramelow appoints new state secretaries. In: Media information 19/2020. Thuringian State Chancellery, March 4, 2020, accessed on March 5, 2020 .