Cabinet Scholz

This article deals with the Federal Cabinet Scholz. For the state governments in Hamburg see Senate Scholz .

Cabinet Scholz
25. Cabinet of the Federal Republic of Germany
Chancellor	Olaf Scholz
choice	2021
Legislative period	20th
Appointed by	Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier
education	December 8, 2021
length of time	0 years and 2 days
predecessor	Merkel IV cabinet
composition
Party (s)	SPD, Greens, FDP
minister	16
representation
German Bundestag	416/736
Opposition leader	Ralph Brinkhaus ( CDU / CSU )

Volker Wissing , Michael Kellner and Lars Klingbeil with the signed coalition agreement

The Scholz cabinet is the 25th federal government of the Federal Republic of Germany . It met on December 8, 2021 after Olaf Scholz was elected Federal Chancellor .

Government formation

→ Main article : Federal Parliament election 2021 # Formation of a government

The 20th German Bundestag , elected on September 26, 2021, was constituted on October 26, 2021. Negotiations for a possible traffic light coalition were concluded on November 24, 2021 and resulted in a joint coalition agreement .

See also : List of participants in the coalition negotiations between SPD, Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen and FDP in 2021

As the first of the three coalition partners, the SPD approved the future cooperation with 98.8% at a party congress on December 4, 2021. On December 5, the FDP's decision followed at a digital party congress (where 92% of the delegates voted for the coalition agreement) and by the end of the ballot on December 6, 86% of the Greens voted in favor of the agreement. The following day the three parties signed the coalition agreement.

Olaf Scholz was elected Chancellor by the 20th German Bundestag on December 8, 2021 with a majority of 395 votes, 303 votes against and six abstentions. A total of 707 of the 736 MPs cast their votes, three of them invalid. He then accepted the certificate of appointment from Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and proposed his federal ministers to him. Then he was sworn in on the Basic Law by the President of the Bundestag in the plenary hall. The ministers then received their certificates of appointment from the Federal President and were then sworn in individually in the Bundestag by Bundestag President Bärbel Bas .

Overview of the parties involved in the governing coalition

Political party		Party chairperson	Political orientation	European party / group
	Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD, 206 seats)	Norbert Walter-Borjans and Saskia Esken	Social democracy , European federalism	SPE / S&D
	Alliance 90 / The Greens (Greens, 118 seats)	Annalena Baerbock and Robert Habeck	Green politics , left-wing liberalism , European federalism	EGP / Greens / EFA
	Free Democratic Party (FDP, 92 seats)	Christian Lindner	Liberalism , economic liberalism , European federalism	ALDE / Renew Europe

Cabinet and State Secretaries

The layout of the cabinet and, in particular, the distribution of the departments were presented at the presentation of the coalition agreement on November 24, 2021. The area of ​​"Construction and Housing" was spun off from the Ministry of the Interior into a separate ministry and the area of ​​"Consumer Protection" was moved from justice to the environment. This means that there are 16 ministers instead of the previous 15. In addition, the Federal Chancellor's Minister of State for Culture will be occupied by the Greens, despite the Social Democratic Chancellor.

FDP and Greens nominated ministers from their ranks on November 24th and 25th, 2021. The SPD published its list of ministers after the approval of its delegates to the coalition agreement in a press conference on December 6th.

In addition to the Federal Chancellor, eight ministers were included in the nominations. At the level of state secretaries and state ministers, 19 women and 18 men are envisaged. In total, the federal government should include state ministers and state secretaries 27 women and 27 men (SPD: 13 women, 11 men; Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen: 11 women, 7 men; FDP: 3 women, 9 men).

According to Article 62 of the Basic Law , the Federal Government consists of the Federal Chancellor and the Federal Ministers . The parliamentary state secretaries , the permanent state secretaries and the state ministers as well as the representatives of the federal government are not members of the government. They support the work of the Federal Chancellor and the respective Federal Ministers and partially represent them.

Scholz cabinet and state secretaries

logo	Office or department	image	Surname	Political party		image	Parliamentary state secretaries or state ministers	Political party
	Chancellor		Olaf Scholz		SPD		Sarah Ryglewski Minister of State for Federal-State Relations		SPD
						?	Reem Alabali-Radovan Minister of State for Migration, Refugees and Integration
							Carsten Schneider Minister of State for East Germany and equivalent living conditions
							Claudia Roth Minister of State for Culture and Media		Green
	Deputy of the Federal Chancellor		Robert Habeck		Green
	Economy and climate protection
							Franziska Brantner		Green
							Michael Kellner
							Oliver Krischer
	Finance representative according to § 22 (1) sentence 2 alt. 1 GO-BReg		Christian Lindner		FDP		Katja Hessel		FDP
							Florian Toncar
	Inside and home		Nancy Faeser		SPD		Mahmut Özdemir		SPD
							Johann Saathoff
							Rita Schwarzelühr-Sutter
	Foreign		Annalena Baerbock		Green		Katja Keul		Green
							Tobias Lindner
							Anna Lührmann
	Judiciary		Marco Buschmann		FDP		Benjamin Strasser		FDP
	Work and social		Hubertus Heil		SPD		Kerstin Griese		SPD
							Anette Kramme
	defense		Christine Lambrecht		SPD		Thomas Hitschler		SPD
							Siemtje Möller
	Food and Agriculture		Cem Ozdemir		Green		Ophelia Nick		Green
							Manuela Rottmann
	Family, seniors, women and youth		Anne Spiegel		Green		Ekin Deligoz		Green
							Sven Lehmann
	Bless you		Karl Lauterbach		SPD		Sabine Dittmar		SPD
							Edgar Franke
	Digital and traffic		Volker Wissing		FDP		Daniela Kluckert		FDP
							Oliver Luksic
							Michael Theurer
	Environment, nature conservation, nuclear safety and consumer protection		Steffi Lemke		Green		Bettina Hoffmann		Green
							Christian Kühn
	Education and Research		Bettina Stark-Watzinger		FDP		Jens Brandenburg		FDP
							Thomas Sattelberger
	economical co-operation and Development		Svenja Schulze		SPD		Niels Annen		SPD
							Bärbel Kofler
	Housing, urban development and construction		Klara Geywitz		SPD		Soeren Bartol		SPD
							Cansel Kiziltepe
	Federal Minister for Special Tasks Head of the Federal Chancellery		Wolfgang Schmidt		SPD

Remarks

1. ↑ Neither parliamentary state secretaries nor state ministers are part of the federal government according to Art. 62 GG .
2. ↑ As a "specially designated Federal Minister", heads cabinet meetings when the Federal Chancellor and Vice Chancellor are prevented from attending.

Further personal details

The traffic light coalition agreed that the Greens may name the next German EU Commissioner , unless the Commission President is from Germany.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Georg Ismar: SPD, Greens and FDP agree - surprises when ministries are awarded. In: tagesspiegel.de . November 24, 2021, accessed December 7, 2021 . 
2. ↑ Peter Carstens: "We are all up for this coalition". In: FAZ.net . December 4, 2021, accessed December 7, 2021 . 
3. ↑ The traffic light government stands: Greens vote for coalition with SPD and FDP. In: The mirror . December 6, 2021, accessed December 7, 2021 . 
4. ↑ Traffic light coalition: "Now the time for action begins". In: zeit.de . December 7, 2021, accessed December 7, 2021 . 
5. ↑ Scholz elected Chancellor. In: Tagesschau. Norddeutscher Rundfunk, December 8, 2021, accessed on December 8, 2021 . 
6. ↑ The Scholz cabinet is in office. In: zeit.de. Retrieved December 8, 2021 . 
7. ↑ The wording of the coalition agreement of the traffic light parties: The SPD, Greens and FDP have agreed on this. In: The mirror . November 24, 2021, accessed December 7, 2021 . 
8. ↑ Anna Ernst: Ampel: Özdemir becomes Minister of Agriculture. In: sueddeutsche.de . November 25, 2021, accessed December 7, 2021 . 
9. ^ FDP federal executive committee welcomes coalition agreement / proposal for staffing of the FDP departments - press release. In: crm.fdp.de. November 24, 2021, accessed December 7, 2021 . 
10. ↑ Green Ministries: Özdemir is to become Minister of Agriculture. In: tagesschau.de. November 30, 2021, accessed December 7, 2021 . 
11. ↑ Sophia Rockenmaier: SPD Minister: Karl Lauterbach is health minister. In: zdf.de. December 6, 2021, accessed December 7, 2021 . 
12. ↑ Markus Peters: That's what Sarah Ryglewski says about her move to the Federal Chancellery - WESER-KURIER. December 7, 2021, accessed December 8, 2021 .