Cabinet Woidke II

Cabinet Woidke II
	8. Brandenburg State Government
Prime Minister	Dietmar Woidke
choice	2014
Legislative period	6th
education	5th November 2014
The End	20th November 2019
Duration	5 years and 15 days
predecessor	Cabinet Woidke I
successor	Cabinet Woidke III
composition
Party (s)	SPD and DIE LINKE
minister	9
State Secretaries	12
representation
Parliament	47/88
Opposition leader	Ingo Senftleben ( CDU )

The second Woidke cabinet formed the state government of Brandenburg from November 5, 2014 to November 20, 2019 . Although the previous governing parties SPD (with a minus of 1.1 percentage points ) and Die Linke (with a minus of 8.6 percentage points) suffered a significant loss of votes in the election for the 6th state parliament on September 14, 2014 and their majority in the state parliament from last 54 votes to 47 votes, the parties agreed on a continuation of the “ red-red ” government alliance that had existed since November 2009 . Compared to the previous cabinet, Woidke I , the new state government was filled in several positions.

Dietmar Woidke (SPD) was re-elected Prime Minister at the 2nd session of the Brandenburg State Parliament on November 5, 2014 . He then appointed the ministers of the state government. The SPD occupied six ministries , Die Linke received three departments and provided the deputy prime minister.

cabinet

Office or department	Surname		State Secretaries
Prime Minister State Chancellery	Dietmar Woidke	SPD	Head of the State Chancellery: Rudolf Zeeb (until August 23, 2016) Thomas Kralinski (August 30, 2016 to June 12, 2018) Martin Gorholt (since June 12, 2018)	SPD
			Authorized representative of the state of Brandenburg at the federal level and for the media; from March 2015 also commissioner for international relations: Thomas Kralinski (until August 30, 2016) Martin Gorholt (August 30, 2016 to June 12, 2018) Thomas Kralinski (since June 12, 2018)	SPD
			Airport coordinator of the state government: Rainer Bretschneider	independent
Deputy Prime Minister	Christian Goerke	The left
Internal and communal	Karl-Heinz Schröter	SPD	Arne Feuring (until June 10, 2015)
			Matthias Kahl (June 10, 2015 to April 18, 2016)
			Katrin Lange (since April 18, 2016)	SPD
Justice, Europe and consumer protection	Helmuth Markov (until April 22, 2016) Stefan Ludwig (since April 28, 2016)	The left	State Secretary for Justice: Ronald Pienkny (since November 11, 2014)	The left
Justice, Europe and consumer protection		The left	State Secretary for Europe and Consumer Protection: Anne Quart (since December 9, 2014)	The left
Finances	Christian Goerke	The left	Daniela Trochowski	The left
Work, social affairs, health, women and family	Diana Golze (until August 28, 2018) Stefan Ludwig (acting) (August 28 to September 19, 2018) Susanna Karawansky (from September 19, 2018)	The left	Almuth Hartwig-Tiedt (until October 1, 2018) Andreas Büttner (since October 1, 2018)	The left
Economy and energy	Albrecht Gerber (until September 19, 2018) Jörg Steinbach (from September 19, 2018)	SPD	Hendrik Fischer	SPD
Education, youth and sport	Günter Baaske (until September 28, 2017) Britta Ernst (from September 28, 2017)	SPD	Thomas Drescher	independent
Rural development, environment and agriculture	Jörg Vogelsänger	SPD	Carolin shields
Infrastructure and state planning	Kathrin Schneider	SPD	Katrin Lange (November 11, 2014 to May 2, 2016) Ines Jesse (since May 3, 2016)	SPD
Science, research and culture	Sabine Kunst (until March 8, 2016) Martina Münch (since March 9, 2016)	SPD	Martin Gorholt (until August 30, 2016)	SPD
Science, research and culture		SPD	Ulrike Gutheil (since September 20, 2016)	independent

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Red-Red starts with a new cabinet. In: rbb-online.de. November 5, 2014, accessed May 25, 2016 .
↑ Ulrich Thiessen: Brandenburger ministers stand. In: moz.de. November 2, 2014, accessed May 25, 2016 .
↑ Thorsten Metzner: Woidke re-elected Prime Minister. In: tagesspiegel.de. November 5, 2014, accessed May 25, 2016 .
^ Election of the Prime Minister of the State of Brandenburg; Swearing in of the Prime Minister of Brandenburg; Swearing in of the members of the state government. (PDF; 70 KB) In: Plenary minutes 6/2. Landtag Brandenburg, November 5, 2014, pp. 20-22 , accessed on May 25, 2016 .
↑ Announcement of the business areas of the highest state authorities from March 17, 2015. (PDF; 862 KB) In: Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Brandenburg Part II, No. 15/2015. Ministry of Justice and for Europe and Consumer Protection of the State of Brandenburg, March 23, 2015, pp. 1–10 , accessed on May 25, 2016 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c Woidke is reorganizing management level: new state secretaries, new government spokesman. In: press release. State government of Brandenburg, State Chancellery, August 23, 2016, accessed on September 1, 2016 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c Kralinski appointed head of the State Chancellery - Gorholt and Engels introduced to new functions. In: press release. State government of Brandenburg, State Chancellery, August 30, 2016, accessed on September 1, 2016 .
^ ^A ^b ^c ^d Ulrich Wangemann: Woidke exchanges state chancellery boss. In: Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung Online. June 11, 2018, accessed June 16, 2018 .
^ Minister Schröter on the future of the State Secretary. In: Press Release No. 031/2015. Ministry of the Interior and Local Affairs of the State of Brandenburg, April 23, 2015, accessed on May 25, 2016 .
↑ Woidke appoints Kahl as the new Secretary of State - Schröter: "Kahl brings expertise and steadfastness with him". In: press release. State government of Brandenburg, State Chancellery, June 9, 2015, accessed on May 25, 2016 .
↑ Katrin Lange takes over the office of State Secretary. In: Press Release No. 028/2016. Ministry of the Interior and Local Affairs of the State of Brandenburg, April 12, 2016, accessed on May 25, 2016 .
^ Woidke on the resignation of Justice Minister Markov. In: press release. State government of Brandenburg, State Chancellery, April 22, 2016, accessed on May 25, 2016 .
^ Stefan Ludwig appointed Minister of Justice. In: press release. State government of Brandenburg, State Chancellery, April 28, 2016, accessed on May 25, 2016 .
↑ ^a ^b Appointment of further state secretaries. In: press release. State government of Brandenburg, State Chancellery, November 10, 2014, accessed on May 25, 2016 .
↑ Important personnel decisions in the cabinet. In: press release. State government of Brandenburg, State Chancellery, September 12, 2014, accessed on May 25, 2016 .
↑ Susanna Karawanskij appointed as Minister of Social Affairs and Jörg Steinbach as Minister of Economic Affairs - thanks to Minister Albrecht Gerber and Diana Golze | State government of Brandenburg . In: Brandenburg State Government . ( brandenburg.de [accessed on September 20, 2018]).
↑ ^a ^b Andreas Büttner appointed State Secretary for Health. rbb24.de, October 1, 2018, accessed October 1, 2018 .
↑ Susanna Karawanskij appointed as Minister of Social Affairs and Jörg Steinbach as Minister of Economic Affairs - thanks to Minister Albrecht Gerber and Diana Golze | State government of Brandenburg . In: Brandenburg State Government . ( brandenburg.de [accessed on September 20, 2018]).
↑ Until November 2015, Kathrin Schneider was non-party .
↑ Ines Jesse is the new State Secretary in the Ministry of Infrastructure and Regional Planning. In: press release. State government of Brandenburg, State Chancellery, May 3, 2016, accessed on May 25, 2016 .
↑ Swearing-in of the Minister for Science, Research and Culture Dr. Münch. (PDF; 1 MB) In: Plenary minutes 6/24. Landtag Brandenburg, March 9, 2016, p. 2207 , accessed on May 25, 2016 .
↑ Until December 2014 Sabine Kunst was non-party .

[1] Red-Red starts with a new cabinet. In: rbb-online.de. November 5, 2014, accessed May 25, 2016 .

[2] Ulrich Thiessen: Brandenburger ministers stand. In: moz.de. November 2, 2014, accessed May 25, 2016 .

[3] Thorsten Metzner: Woidke re-elected Prime Minister. In: tagesspiegel.de. November 5, 2014, accessed May 25, 2016 .

[4] Election of the Prime Minister of the State of Brandenburg; Swearing in of the Prime Minister of Brandenburg; Swearing in of the members of the state government. (PDF; 70 KB) In: Plenary minutes 6/2. Landtag Brandenburg, November 5, 2014, pp. 20-22 , accessed on May 25, 2016 .

[5] Announcement of the business areas of the highest state authorities from March 17, 2015. (PDF; 862 KB) In: Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Brandenburg Part II, No. 15/2015. Ministry of Justice and for Europe and Consumer Protection of the State of Brandenburg, March 23, 2015, pp. 1–10 , accessed on May 25, 2016 .

[:1-6] Woidke is reorganizing management level: new state secretaries, new government spokesman. In: press release. State government of Brandenburg, State Chancellery, August 23, 2016, accessed on September 1, 2016 .

[:2-7] Kralinski appointed head of the State Chancellery - Gorholt and Engels introduced to new functions. In: press release. State government of Brandenburg, State Chancellery, August 30, 2016, accessed on September 1, 2016 .

[:3-8] A ^b ^c ^d Ulrich Wangemann: Woidke exchanges state chancellery boss. In: Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung Online. June 11, 2018, accessed June 16, 2018 .

[9] Minister Schröter on the future of the State Secretary. In: Press Release No. 031/2015. Ministry of the Interior and Local Affairs of the State of Brandenburg, April 23, 2015, accessed on May 25, 2016 .

[10] Woidke appoints Kahl as the new Secretary of State - Schröter: "Kahl brings expertise and steadfastness with him". In: press release. State government of Brandenburg, State Chancellery, June 9, 2015, accessed on May 25, 2016 .

[11] Katrin Lange takes over the office of State Secretary. In: Press Release No. 028/2016. Ministry of the Interior and Local Affairs of the State of Brandenburg, April 12, 2016, accessed on May 25, 2016 .

[12] Woidke on the resignation of Justice Minister Markov. In: press release. State government of Brandenburg, State Chancellery, April 22, 2016, accessed on May 25, 2016 .

[13] Stefan Ludwig appointed Minister of Justice. In: press release. State government of Brandenburg, State Chancellery, April 28, 2016, accessed on May 25, 2016 .

[:0-14] Appointment of further state secretaries. In: press release. State government of Brandenburg, State Chancellery, November 10, 2014, accessed on May 25, 2016 .

[15] Important personnel decisions in the cabinet. In: press release. State government of Brandenburg, State Chancellery, September 12, 2014, accessed on May 25, 2016 .

[16] Susanna Karawanskij appointed as Minister of Social Affairs and Jörg Steinbach as Minister of Economic Affairs - thanks to Minister Albrecht Gerber and Diana Golze | State government of Brandenburg . In: Brandenburg State Government . ( brandenburg.de [accessed on September 20, 2018]).

[rbb24-17] Andreas Büttner appointed State Secretary for Health. rbb24.de, October 1, 2018, accessed October 1, 2018 .

[18] Susanna Karawanskij appointed as Minister of Social Affairs and Jörg Steinbach as Minister of Economic Affairs - thanks to Minister Albrecht Gerber and Diana Golze | State government of Brandenburg . In: Brandenburg State Government . ( brandenburg.de [accessed on September 20, 2018]).

[19] Until November 2015, Kathrin Schneider was non-party .

[20] Ines Jesse is the new State Secretary in the Ministry of Infrastructure and Regional Planning. In: press release. State government of Brandenburg, State Chancellery, May 3, 2016, accessed on May 25, 2016 .

[21] Swearing-in of the Minister for Science, Research and Culture Dr. Münch. (PDF; 1 MB) In: Plenary minutes 6/24. Landtag Brandenburg, March 9, 2016, p. 2207 , accessed on May 25, 2016 .

[22] Until December 2014 Sabine Kunst was non-party .