Cabinet Laschet
The Cabinet Laschet is the government of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia since June 2017.
Its leader is Minister-President Armin Laschet. He was elected by the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia on 27 June 2017, on 30 June 2017 the Ministers were sworn in. Laschet's government is a coalition between the Christian Democratic Union and the Free Democrats.
The following table shows cabinet members, who hold the office of ministers of their respective portfolio except when denoted otherwise. Note that only the Ministers are members of the Cabinet. The Head of the Minister-President's Office, as a Secretary of State, is not an official member of cabinet, but is invited as non-voting attendee.
Office | Name | Party | Secretary of State |
Minister-President | Armin Laschet | CDU | Nathanael Liminski Head of the State Chancellery |
Minister-President | Armin Laschet | CDU | Andrea Milz for Sports and Volunteer Work |
Deputy Minister-President Children, Families, Refugees, and Integration | Joachim Stamp | FDP | Andreas Bothe Serap Güler |
Finance | Lutz Lienenkämper | CDU | Patrick Opdenhövel |
Interior | Herbert Reul | CDU | Jürgen Mathies |
Economics, Innovation, Digitization, and Energy | Andreas Pinkwart | FDP | Christoph Dammermann |
Labour, Health, and Social Affairs | Karl-Josef Laumann | CDU | Edmund Heller |
Schools and Education | Yvonne Gebauer | FDP | Mathias Richter |
Homeland, Municipal Affairs, Construction, and Equal Rights | Ina Scharrenbach | CDU | Jan Heinisch |
Justice | Peter Biesenbach | CDU | Dirk Wedel |
Transportation | Hendrik Wüst | CDU | Hendrik Schulte |
Environment, Agriculture, Nature and Consumer Protection | Ursula Heinen-Esser | CDU | Heinrich Bottermann |
Culture and Science | Isabel Pfeiffer-Poensgen | Independent | Annette Storsberg Klaus Kaiser |
Federal, European, and International Affairs | Stephan Holthoff-Pförtner | CDU | Mark Speich |