Brandenburg state government

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The state government of 1990 after German reunification, due to the countries Introductory Act restored state of Brandenburg is the executive branch of government ( executive ). It consists of the Prime Minister and the ministers .

The Prime Minister is elected by the Brandenburg state parliament in a secret ballot . He appoints and dismisses the ministers, determines the guidelines of government policy and is responsible to the state parliament for this. The ministers implement government policy, manage the business areas ( ministries ) assigned to them and are responsible to the state parliament for their administration. The meetings of the state government are chaired by the Prime Minister in accordance with the rules of procedure . In the event of a tie, his vote is decisive.

Acting state government

Dietmar Woidke ( SPD ) was elected the third Prime Minister of the restored state of Brandenburg on August 28, 2013 . The incumbent state government has existed since November 20, 2019 as a red-black-green coalition of the parties SPD , CDU and Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen . The division of responsibilities of the so-called Woidke III cabinet provides for the division of the Prime Minister ( State Chancellery ) and ten specialist ministries and thus consists of eleven members:

The members of the Brandenburg state government ( Woidke II cabinet ) when they took office on November 5, 2014. The cabinet left its office on November 20, 2019.
Department Official Political party
Prime Minister Dietmar Woidke SPD
Ministry of the Interior and Local Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister Michael Stübgen CDU
Ministry of Justice Susanne Hoffmann CDU
Ministry of Finance and for Europe Katrin Lange SPD
Ministry of Infrastructure and State Planning Guido Beermann CDU
Ministry of Science, Research and Culture Manja Schüle SPD
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport Britta Ernst SPD
Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Integration and Consumer Protection and Deputy Prime Minister Ursula Nonnemacher Green
Ministry of Agriculture, Environment and Climate Protection Axel Vogel Green
Ministry of Economy, Labor and Energy Jörg Steinbach SPD 1
State Chancellery Kathrin Schneider SPD
1 since November 2018, previously independent

Previous state governments

Ursula Nonnemacher Michael Stübgen Christian Görke Helmuth Markov Johanna Wanka Ulrich Junghanns Jörg Schönbohm Alwin Ziel Dietmar Woidke Matthias Platzeck Manfred Stolpe
Prime ministers and state governments since 1990
Prime Minister Political party Term of office State governments Ruling parties
Manfred Stolpe SPD November 1, 1990

until June 26, 2002

Cabinet Stolpe I

Cabinet Stolpe II

Cabinet Stolpe III

SPD, FDP , Alliance 90

SPD

SPD, CDU

Matthias Platzeck SPD June 26, 2002

until August 28, 2013

Cabinet Platzeck I

Cabinet Platzeck II

Cabinet Platzeck III

SPD, CDU

SPD, CDU

SPD, Die Linke

Dietmar Woidke SPD Since August 28, 2013 Cabinet Woidke I

Cabinet Woidke II

Cabinet Woidke III

SPD, Die Linke

SPD, Die Linke

SPD, CDU, Alliance 90 / The Greens

For the minister-presidents from 1946 to 1952, see the list of minister-presidents of the German states #Brandenburg

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. New state government constituted under the leadership of Prime Minister Woidke. Retrieved November 20, 2019 .
  2. Jörg Steinbach. Retrieved July 9, 2019 .
  3. In March 1994 the parliamentary group "Bündnis" (until April 30, 1993: "Bündnis 90") left the government coalition. A minority government made up of the SPD and FDP was in office until the end of the first parliamentary term on October 11, 1994 .