Cabinet Ramelow I

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

Ramelow Cabinet

8th Cabinet of Thuringia
Incumbent
Date formedDecember 5, 2014 (2014-12-05) [1]
Date dissolvedFebruary 5, 2020 (2020-02-05)
People and organisations
Head of governmentBodo Ramelow
No. of ministers10
Member party
Status in legislatureThe Left-led coalition government
Opposition party
History
Election(s)2014 Thuringian state election
Legislature term(s)6th legislature of the Landtag of Thuringia
PredecessorLieberknecht
SuccessorKemmerich

The Ramelow Cabinet was 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
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References

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