State government of Rhineland-Palatinate

Prime Minister Malu Dreyer (SPD) and her deputy Volker Wissing (FDP)

The state government of Rhineland-Palatinate is in accordance with Article 98, paragraph 1 of the Constitution of Rhineland-Palatinate from the Prime Minister and the (currently nine) ministers . The state secretaries of the state chancellery and the ministries usually also take part in the meetings of the state government . However, these do not belong to the state government.

Ministries and Government Members

With the formation of the government at the beginning of the 17th electoral term of the state parliament on May 18, 2016, the competencies within the state government were divided between the state chancellery and nine specialist ministries.

The current members of the government in the so-called Dreyer II cabinet are:

Prime Minister	Malu Dreyer ( SPD )
Minister of Economy, Transport, Agriculture and Viticulture and Deputy Prime Minister	Volker Wissing ( FDP )
Minister of Finance	Doris Ahnen (SPD)
Minister of the Interior and Sport	Roger Lewentz (SPD)
Minister for Social Affairs, Labor, Health and Demography	Sabine Bätzing-Lichtenthäler (SPD)
Minister for Education	Stefanie Hubig (SPD)
Minister for Science, Education and Culture	Konrad Wolf (SPD)
Minister of Justice	Herbert Mertin (FDP)
Minister for the Environment, Energy, Food and Forests	Ulrike Höfken ( Greens )
Minister for Family, Women, Youth, Integration and Consumer Protection	Anne Spiegel (Green)

Compared to the previous 16th legislative period , the number of ministries has increased from eight to nine.

Prime Minister

The Prime Ministers of Rhineland-Palatinate since the state was founded in 1946:

• December 3, 1946 to June 13, 1947: Wilhelm Boden , CDU ( appointment by the military government) and from June 13, 1947 to July 9, 1947: Wilhelm Boden, CDU (election by the state parliament)
• July 9, 1947 to May 19, 1969: Peter Altmeier , CDU
• May 19, 1969 to December 2, 1976: Helmut Kohl , CDU
• December 2, 1976 to December 8, 1988: Bernhard Vogel , CDU
• December 8, 1988 to May 21, 1991: Carl-Ludwig Wagner , CDU
• May 21, 1991 to October 26, 1994: Rudolf Scharping , SPD
• October 26, 1994 to January 16, 2013: Kurt Beck , SPD
• since January 16, 2013: Malu Dreyer , SPD

See also

• List of the Prime Ministers of the German states
• Alternative seat of the state government of Rhineland-Palatinate

Web links

• The state government on the website of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate
• Members of the state government of Rhineland-Palatinate at the Federal Council
• State law on the legal relationships of the members of the state government of Rhineland-Palatinate (Ministerial Law) in the version of August 12, 1993, last amended by Article 6 of the law of June 15, 2015 (GVBl. P. 90)
• State ordinance on relocation and travel expenses compensation for members of the state government of July 7, 1994, last amended by Article 1 of the ordinance of August 28, 2001 (GVBl. P. 210)
• Order on the division of responsibilities of the state government of Rhineland-Palatinate from May 18, 2016 (GVBl. P. 276)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Constitution for Rhineland-Palatinate of May 18, 1947. In: Landesrecht online. Ministry of Justice Rhineland-Palatinate , accessed on May 20, 2016 . 
2. ↑ The Rhineland-Palatinate Ministries. State Chancellery Rhineland-Palatinate, accessed on May 20, 2016 .