Cabinet Vogel III (Thuringia)

Cabinet Vogel III
	4. Thuringian state government
Prime Minister	Bernhard Vogel
choice	1999
Legislative period	3
education	October 1, 1999
The End	June 5, 2003
Duration	3 years and 247 days
predecessor	Cabinet Vogel II
successor	Cabinet Althaus I
composition
Party (s)	CDU
minister	9
representation
Parliament	49/88

The Cabinet Bird III was the Thuringian state government between 1999 and 2003. In the election for the third Parliament of the Free State of Thuringia on 12 September 1999, received CDU of Prime Minister Bernhard Vogel first time the absolute majority of votes (51.0 percent) and formed based on this result a sole government . The previous coalition partner, the SPD , suffered a significant loss of votes (minus 11.1 percentage points ) and had to hand over the role of the second strongest force in the state parliament to the PDS .

In the constituent session of the 3rd state parliament on October 1, 1999, Bernhard Vogel was elected Minister-President of Thuringia for the third time . He then formed his state government , which was based on 49 state parliament mandates from the CDU parliamentary group against 39 mandates from the opposition parties PDS and SPD. On June 5, 2003, Bernhard Vogel announced his resignation for reasons of age and handed over his office to the CDU state chairman and former minister of education, Dieter Althaus .

At the time of his resignation from the office of Prime Minister Vogel had set two "records": He was the only politician to be head of government in two countries ( Rhineland-Palatinate , 1976–1988; Thuringia, 1992–2003) and he was in office at the age of 23 longest at the head of German state governments.

Cabinet Vogel III - October 1, 1999 to June 5, 2003
Office	Surname
Prime Minister	Bernhard Vogel	CDU
Deputy Prime Minister	Andreas Trautvetter	CDU
Minister for Federal and European Affairs and Head of the State Chancellery	Jürgen Gnauck	CDU
Interior minister	Christian Köckert (until November 21, 2002) Andreas Trautvetter (from November 21, 2002)	CDU
Minister of Education	Michael Krapp	CDU
Minister of Justice	Andreas Birkmann (until October 11, 2002) Karl Heinz Gasser (from October 11, 2002)	CDU
Finance minister	Andreas Trautvetter (until November 21, 2002) Birgit Diezel (from November 21, 2002)	CDU
Minister for Economy, Labor and Infrastructure	Franz Schuster	CDU
Minister for Social Affairs, Family and Health	Frank-Michael Pietzsch	CDU
Minister for Agriculture, Nature Conservation and the Environment	Volker Sklenar	CDU
Minister for Science, Research and the Arts	Dagmar Schipanski	CDU ¹

¹At the time of her appointment party affiliation . In 2000 Dagmar Schipanski joined the CDU.

Individual evidence

↑ 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; 115 kB) In: Plenary minutes 3/1. Thuringian Parliament, October 1, 1999, pp. 18–22 , accessed on April 17, 2017 .
^ Government declaration by the Prime Minister; Election of a new prime minister; Swearing in of the Prime Minister. (PDF; 1.1 MB) In: Plenary Minutes 3/86. Thuringian State Parliament, June 5, 2003, pp. 7481–7504 , accessed on April 17, 2017 .
↑ Responsibility of the individual ministries according to Article 76, Paragraph 2, Clause 1 of the Constitution of the Free State of Thuringia: Decision of the Thuringian state government of November 7, 1999. (PDF; 132 kB) In: Law and Ordinance Gazette for the Free State of Thuringia. November 29, 1999, pp. 610-624 , accessed April 17, 2017 .
↑ ^a ^b Ministerial. (PDF; 1.1 MB) In: Plenary Minutes 3/74. Thuringian State Parliament, November 21, 2002, p. 6308 , accessed on April 17, 2017 .
↑ Swearing-in of the newly appointed Minister of Justice (according to Article 71 Paragraph 1 and 2 LV). (PDF; 580 kB) In: Plenary minutes 3/72. Thuringian Parliament, October 11, 2002, pp. 6256–6257 , accessed on April 17, 2017 .

[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; 115 kB) In: Plenary minutes 3/1. Thuringian Parliament, October 1, 1999, pp. 18–22 , accessed on April 17, 2017 .

[2] Government declaration by the Prime Minister; Election of a new prime minister; Swearing in of the Prime Minister. (PDF; 1.1 MB) In: Plenary Minutes 3/86. Thuringian State Parliament, June 5, 2003, pp. 7481–7504 , accessed on April 17, 2017 .

[3] Responsibility of the individual ministries according to Article 76, Paragraph 2, Clause 1 of the Constitution of the Free State of Thuringia: Decision of the Thuringian state government of November 7, 1999. (PDF; 132 kB) In: Law and Ordinance Gazette for the Free State of Thuringia. November 29, 1999, pp. 610-624 , accessed April 17, 2017 .

[:0-4] Ministerial. (PDF; 1.1 MB) In: Plenary Minutes 3/74. Thuringian State Parliament, November 21, 2002, p. 6308 , accessed on April 17, 2017 .

[5] Swearing-in of the newly appointed Minister of Justice (according to Article 71 Paragraph 1 and 2 LV). (PDF; 580 kB) In: Plenary minutes 3/72. Thuringian Parliament, October 11, 2002, pp. 6256–6257 , accessed on April 17, 2017 .