State ministers of the interior head the supreme state authority responsible for domestic policy in the German states . The business affairs is usually in each country by a special Interior Ministry managed.
Within the framework of cooperative federalism , the interior ministers of the federal states work together in the standing conference of interior ministers and senators of the federal states (short: Conference of Interior Ministers , IMK), at whose meetings the Federal Minister responsible for the interior also regularly takes part. Through their membership in the Federal Council - particularly in its Committee for Internal Affairs - the interior ministers participate in federal legislation .
Acting interior ministers of the German states
At the moment 16 people hold the office of Minister of the Interior . Six office holders belong to the SPD and ten to the Union parties ( CDU / CSU ).
Lorenz Caffier (CDU, since 2006 in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania ) has the longest term of office of the currently incumbent state interior ministers .
country
Supreme state authority
Incumbent
Taking office
Government / s 1
Political party
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Baden-Württemberg
Ministry of the Interior, Digitization and Migration
Thomas Strobl
May 12, 2016
Kretschmann II
CDU
Bavaria
Bavarian State Ministry of the Interior, for Sport and Integration
Joachim Herrmann
October 16, 2007
Beckstein Seehofer I Seehofer II Söder I Söder II
CSU
Berlin
Senate Department for Home Affairs and Sport
Andreas Geisel
December 8, 2016
Müller II
SPD
Brandenburg
Ministry of the Interior and Local Affairs
Michael Stübgen
20th November 2019
Woidke III
CDU
Bremen
The Senator for Home Affairs
Ulrich Mäurer
May 7, 2008
Böhrnsen II Böhrnsen III Sieling Bovenschulte
SPD
Hamburg
Department of Home Affairs and Sport
Andy Grote
20th January 2016
Scholz II Tschentscher I Tschentscher II
SPD
Hesse
Hessian Ministry of the Interior and for Sport
Peter Beuth
January 18, 2014
Bouffier II Bouffier III
CDU
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Ministry of Interior and Europe
Lorenz Caffier
November 7, 2006
Ringstorff III Sellering I Sellering II Sellering III Schwesig
CDU
Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony Ministry of the Interior and Sport
Boris Pistorius
19th February 2013
Because I Because II
SPD
North Rhine-Westphalia
Ministry of the Interior
Herbert Reul
June 30, 2017
Lash
CDU
Rhineland-Palatinate
Ministry of the Interior and Sport
Roger Lewentz
May 18, 2011
Beck V Dreyer I Dreyer II
SPD
Saarland
Ministry of the Interior, Construction and Sports
Klaus Bouillon
November 12, 2014
Kramp-Karrenbauer II Kramp-Karrenbauer III Hans
CDU
Saxony
Saxon State Ministry of the Interior
Roland Wöller
18th December 2017
Kretschmer I Kretschmer II
CDU
Saxony-Anhalt
Ministry of the Interior and Sport
Holger Stahlknecht
April 19, 2011
Haseloff I Haseloff II
CDU
Schleswig-Holstein
Ministry of the Interior, Rural Areas and Integration
Sabine Sütterlin-Waack
April 28, 2020
Günther
CDU
Thuringia
Thuringian Ministry of the Interior and Local Affairs
Georg Maier
August 30, 2017
Ramelow I Ramelow II
SPD
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Lists of the incumbent state ministers by department
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