Cabinet Wulff II

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The Wulff II cabinet formed the state government of Lower Saxony from February 26, 2008 to July 1, 2010 . Christian Wulff became Prime Minister again on February 26, 2008 and thus head of the state government of Lower Saxony . elected. The cabinet was also appointed on February 26, 2008.

After the resignation of Prime Minister Christian Wulff due to his election as Federal President of the Federal Republic of Germany on June 30, 2010, the state government was now in office in accordance with Section 33 of the Lower Saxony constitution . Deputy Prime Minister Jörg Bode (FDP) took over the office until the next day, when the successor David McAllister was elected .

Office Surname Political party State Secretaries
Prime Minister Christian Wulff
(resigned June 30, 2010)
CDU Lothar Hagebölling
Head of the State Chancellery
Wolfgang G. Gibowski
authorized representative of Lower Saxony at the federal level
Martina Krogmann
Representative of the State of Lower Saxony at the federal government , from April 1, 2010
Deputy Prime Minister Walter Hirche
until February 18, 2009
FDP -
Philipp Rösler
until October 27, 2009
FDP
Jörg Bode
from October 28, 2009
FDP
Heart and sport Uwe Schünemann CDU Wolfgang Meyerding
Sandra von Klaeden from March 24, 2010
Economy, work and transport Walter Hirche
until February 18, 2009
FDP Joachim Werren
Philipp Rösler
until October 27, 2009
FDP Stefan Kapferer from October 13, 2008
Jörg Bode from October 28, 2009 FDP Oliver Liersch from November 17, 2009
Food, Agriculture, Consumer Protection and Regional Development Hans-Heinrich Ehlen CDU Friedrich-Otto Ripke
Astrid Grotelüschen
from April 27, 2010
CDU
Finances Hartmut Möllring CDU Cora-Jeanette Hermenau
Judiciary Bernd Busemann CDU Jürgen Oehlerking
Cult Elisabeth Heister-Neumann CDU Peter Uhlig
Bernd Althusmann
from June 16, 2009
Bernd Althusmann
from April 27, 2010
CDU Christine Hawighorst as of April 27, 2010
Science and culture Lutz Stratmann CDU Josef Lange
Johanna Wanka
from April 27, 2010
CDU
Environment and climate protection Hans-Heinrich Sander FDP Stefan Birkner
Social affairs, women, family, health and integration Mechthild Ross-Luttmann CDU Christine Hawighorst
Aygül Özkan
from April 27, 2010
CDU Heiner Pott from April 27, 2010

Changes

As announced, Walter Hirche resigned from his post as Minister for Economics, Technology and Transport and Deputy Prime Minister in February 2009. His successor was Philipp Rösler. After the election success of the Union and FDP in the 2009 federal elections , he moved to the Merkel II cabinet as health minister , and Jörg Bode succeeded him in the state government.

On April 17, 2010 Christian Wulff announced that four of the seven CDU-led ministries would reshuffle the cabinet, and on April 27, 2010 the new ministers were officially appointed and confirmed by the state parliament. The Brandenburg opposition leader and former Minister of Science Johanna Wanka replaces Minister of Science Stratmann, and Aygül Özkan, MP from Hamburg, succeeded Minister of Social Affairs Mechthild Ross-Luttmann. The Bundestag member Astrid Grotelüschen replaced Heiner Ehlen as Minister of Agriculture, the previous Secretary of State for Culture, Bernd Althusmann, took over Elisabeth Heister-Neumann's role as Minister of Education.

Individual evidence

  1. According to the Lower Saxony constitution, state secretaries are not members of the government.
  2. a b Responsibility for integration changed from the Ministry of the Interior to the Ministry of Social Affairs as part of the cabinet reshuffle in April 2010.
  3. Lower Saxony State Chancellery: New ministers in office  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.stk.niedersachsen.de   , April 27, 2010.