Cabinet Seehofer I

Cabinet Seehofer I
	24. Bavarian State Government
Prime Minister	Horst Seehofer
choice	2008
Legislative period	16.
education	October 30, 2008
The End	October 8, 2013
Duration	4 years and 343 days
predecessor	Beckstein cabinet
successor	Cabinet Seehofer II
composition
Party (s)	CSU and FDP
representation
Parliament	108/187
Opposition leader	Franz Maget , ; Markus Rinderspacher ( SPD )

The Seehofer I cabinet formed the state government of the Free State of Bavaria from October 30, 2008 to October 8, 2013 . It was led by Horst Seehofer ( CSU ), who was elected Prime Minister by the state parliament on October 27, 2008 . It was the first coalition government in Bavaria since the coalition of the CSU and the Bavarian Party in the Goppel I cabinet (1962–1966). The formation of a coalition became necessary after the CSU had lost its absolute majority in the state elections on September 28, 2008 .

According to the coalition agreement, the FDP appoints the Minister for Economy, Infrastructure, Transport and Technology and the Minister for Science, Research and the Arts . She is also entitled to the position of State Secretary in the Ministry of Economic Affairs. For the other members of the state government, the right of nomination lies with the CSU. As in the previous Stoiber and Beckstein cabinets, the constitutional maximum of 18 members introduced in 1998 has been fully used.

Office or department	Incumbent		State Secretary
Prime Minister	Horst Seehofer	CSU
Deputy Prime Minister	Martin Zeil	FDP
Minister of State and Head of the State Chancellery	Siegfried Schneider until March 17, 2011	CSU
	Marcel Huber March 17th to November 4th 2011	CSU
	Thomas Kreuzer since November 4, 2011	CSU
Minister of State for Federal and European Affairs in the State Chancellery	Emilia Müller	CSU
Second Deputy Prime Minister	Joachim Herrmann	CSU
Interior			Bernd Weiß until October 7, 2009	CSU
Interior			Gerhard Eck from October 14, 2009	CSU
Justice and consumer protection	Beate Merk	CSU
Science, research and art	Wolfgang Heubisch	FDP
Teaching and cult	Ludwig Spaenle	CSU	Marcel Huber until March 17, 2011	CSU
			Thomas Kreuzer March 17, 2011 to November 4, 2011	CSU
			Bernd Sibler since November 4, 2011	CSU
Finances	Georg Fahrenschon until November 4th 2011	CSU	Franz Pschierer	CSU
Finances	Markus Söder from November 4th 2011	CSU	Franz Pschierer	CSU
Economy, infrastructure, transport and technology	Martin Zeil	FDP	Katja Hessel	FDP
Environment and health	Markus Söder until November 4, 2011	CSU	Melanie Huml	CSU
Environment and health	Marcel Huber from November 4th 2011	CSU	Melanie Huml	CSU
Food, Agriculture and Forestry	Helmut Brunner	CSU
Work and social order, family and women	Christine Haderthauer	CSU	Markus Sackmann	CSU