Cabinet Kraft
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Cabinet Kraft is the name of the incumbent government of the German state
of North Rhine-Westphalia
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Its leader is Minister-President Hannelore Kraft
.
Kraft was elected and sworn in as Minister-President by the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia
on 14 July 2010. The following day she appointed and swore in her cabinet.
The following table shows cabinet members, who hold the office of ministers of their respective portfolio except when denoted otherwise. Note that the Secretaries of State in each ministry are not members of the cabinet, except for the Parliamentary Secretary of State. 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.
States of Germany
Germany is made up of sixteen which are partly sovereign constituent states of the Federal Republic of Germany. Land literally translates as "country", and constitutionally speaking, they are constituent countries...
of North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia is the most populous state of Germany, with four of the country's ten largest cities. The state was formed in 1946 as a merger of the northern Rhineland and Westphalia, both formerly part of Prussia. Its capital is Düsseldorf. The state is currently run by a coalition of the...
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Its leader is Minister-President Hannelore Kraft
Hannelore Kraft
Hannelore Kraft is a German politician. She is the leader of the Social Democratic Party in North Rhine-Westphalia and the current Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia. Kraft is the first woman to fill this post since it was created in 1946...
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Kraft was elected and sworn in as Minister-President by the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia
Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia
The Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia is the state diet of the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It convenes in Düsseldorf and currently consists of 181 members of five Parties...
on 14 July 2010. The following day she appointed and swore in her cabinet.
The following table shows cabinet members, who hold the office of ministers of their respective portfolio except when denoted otherwise. Note that the Secretaries of State in each ministry are not members of the cabinet, except for the Parliamentary Secretary of State. 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 |
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Minister-President | Hannelore Kraft Hannelore Kraft Hannelore Kraft is a German politician. She is the leader of the Social Democratic Party in North Rhine-Westphalia and the current Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia. Kraft is the first woman to fill this post since it was created in 1946... |
SPD | Franz-Josef Lersch-Mense Head of the Minister-President's Office |
Thomas Breustedt Government Spokesman |
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Deputy Prime Minister Schools and Education |
Sylvia Löhrmann Sylvia Löhrmann Sylvia Löhrmann is a German politician.Löhrmann is a member of the Green Party, and since 1995 an elected member of the parliament of the German state North-Rhine Westphalia. Since July 15, 2010 she serves as Deputy Minister-President and Minister of Schools and Education in the incumbent... |
Greens | Ludwig Hecke |
Finance | Norbert Walter-Borjans | SPD | Rüdiger Messal |
Interior and Local Government | Ralf Jäger | SPD | Hans-Ulrich Krüger |
Justice | Thomas Kutschaty | SPD | Brigitte Mandt |
Economics, Energy, Transport and Building | Harry Voigtsberger | SPD | Horst-Helmut Becker Deputy Minister & Secretary of State for Transport Günther Horzetzky |
Innovation, Science and Research | Svenja Schulze | SPD | Helmut Dockter |
Labour, Integration and Social Affairs | Guntram Schneider | SPD | Wilhelm Schäffer Zülfiye Kaykin Secretary of State for Integration |
Family, Children, Youth, Culture and Sport | Ute Schäfer | SPD | Klaus Schäfer |
Climate Change, Environment, Agriculture and Consumer Protection | Johannes Remmel | Greens | Udo Paschedag |
Health, Emancipation, Care and the Elder | Barbara Steffens | Greens | Marlis Bredehorst |
Federal Affairs, Europe and Media | Angelica Schwall-Düren | SPD | Marc Jan Eumann |