Cabinet Ramelow

Ramelow Cabinet

8th cabinet of Thuringia
Incumbent
Date formed December 5, 2014 (2014-12-05) [1]
People and organisations
Head of government Bodo Ramelow
No. of ministers 10
Member party
Status in legislature The Left-led coalition government
Opposition party
History
Election(s) Thuringian state election, 2014
Legislature term(s) 6th legislature of the Landtag of Thuringia
Predecessor Lieberknecht

The 8th Cabinet of the German federal state of Thuringia, formed on December 5th, 2014, is the first cabinet of a German federal state being led by a politician of The Left. A so-called "red-red-green coalition", it is coalition of Die Linke, the SPD, and the Greens, and is headed by Bodo Ramelow. CDU|AfD serve as the government's opposition in the Landtag, which consists of 91 members.

The Ramelow Cabinet is currently composed of 5 ministers from Die Linke, 3 ministers from the SPD, and 2 ministers from the Greens.

Cabinet

Office Image Name Party
Minister-President Bodo Ramelow The Left
Deputy Minister-President Heike Taubert SPD
Finance
Interior Holger Poppenhäger
until August 30, 2017		 SPD
Georg Maier
from August 30, 2017
Education, Youth, and Sports Birgit Klaubert
until July 4, 2017		 The Left
Helmut Holter
from August 17, 2017
Labor, Social Affairs, Health, Women, and Family Heike Werner The Left
Economy, Science, and Digital Society Wolfgang Tiefensee SPD
Environment, Energy and Nature Conservation Anja Siegesmund The Greens
Infrastructure and Agriculture Birgit Keller The Left
Migration, Justice, and Consumer Protection Dieter Lauinger The Greens
Culture, Federal and European Affairs Benjamin-Immanuel Hoff The Left

References

  1. ↑ Erik Kirschbaum, "German state elects reform communist leader in historic shift", Reuters, 5 December 2014.
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