Cabinet Stoiber IV

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Cabinet Stoiber IV
22. Bavarian State Government
Prime Minister	Edmund Stoiber
choice	2003
Legislative period	15th
education	October 14, 2003
The End	October 16, 2007
Duration	4 years and 2 days
predecessor	Cabinet Stoiber III
successor	Beckstein cabinet
composition
Party (s)	CSU
representation
Parliament	124/180
Opposition leader	Franz Maget ( SPD )

The Stoiber IV cabinet formed the state government of the Free State of Bavaria from October 14, 2003 to October 16, 2007 (provisional from October 1, 2007) . Then Günther Beckstein became Stoiber's successor; his cabinet was in office until after the state elections in Bavaria on September 28, 2008 .

After the resignation of Minister of Education Monika Hohlmeier , Stoiber appointed Siegfried Schneider as the new Minister of Education on April 20, 2005 . As a result of the change of Economics and Transport Minister Otto Wiesheu to Deutsche Bahn AG , cabinet members Huber, Sinner and Müller were castled on November 29, 2005 ; Otmar Bernhard joined the state government as State Secretary for the Environment.

Office or department	image	Incumbent	Political party		State Secretary	Political party
Prime Minister		Edmund Stoiber		CSU
Minister of State and Head of the State Chancellery		Erwin Huber until November 29, 2005		CSU
		Eberhard Sinner from November 29, 2005		CSU
Interior and Deputy Prime Minister		Günther Beckstein		CSU	Georg Schmid		CSU
Minister of State for Federal and European Affairs in the State Chancellery		Eberhard Sinner until November 29, 2005		CSU
		Emilia Müller from November 29, 2005		CSU
Judiciary		Beate Merk		CSU
Teaching and cult		Monika Hohlmeier until April 21, 2005		CSU	Karl Freller		CSU
		Siegfried Schneider from April 21, 2005		CSU
Science, research and art		Thomas Goppel		CSU
Finances		Kurt Faltlhauser		CSU	Franz Meyer		CSU
Economy, infrastructure, transport and technology		Otto Wiesheu until November 29, 2005		CSU	Hans Spitzner		CSU
		Erwin Huber from November 29, 2005		CSU
Environment, health and consumer protection		Werner Schnappauf		CSU	Emilia Müller until November 29, 2005		CSU
					Otmar Bernhard from November 29, 2005		CSU
Agriculture and forest		Josef Miller		CSU
Work and social order, family and women		Christa Stewens		CSU	Jürgen W. Heike		CSU