The Second Söder cabinet was the state government of Bavaria from November 2018 to late 2023. It was sworn in on 12 November 2018, after Markus Söder was elected as Minister-President of Bavaria by the members of the Landtag of Bavaria. It was the 27th Cabinet of Bavaria.
It was formed after the 2018 Bavarian state election, by the Christian Social Union (CSU) and Free Voters (FW). Excluding the Minister-President, the cabinet comprised fourteen ministers and three state secretaries. Eleven ministers and two state secretaries were members of the CSU and three ministers and one state secretary were members of the Free Voters.
Formation
The previous cabinet was a majority government of the CSU led by Minister-President Markus Söder, who took office in March 2018.
The election took place on 14 October 2018; it resulted in the CSU losing its absolute majority and recording its worst result since 1950. The Greens improved from fourth to second place with 18% of the vote while the SPD lost more than half its vote share and dropped from second to fifth. The Free Voters remained the third-largest party with 12% of the vote, an improvement of two and a half percentage points. The AfD debuted at 10%; the FDP re-entered the Landtag with 5%.
The CSU met with each party except the AfD, initially expressing interest in both The Greens and Free Voters. On 18 October, they announced they would seek a coalition with the Free Voters. Söder stated that The Greens differed too much from the CSU on refugee and domestic security policy, while the FW held agreeable positions on important issues.
Coalition negotiations between the CSU and FW were finalised on 2 November, and both parties approved the agreement on 4 November.
Söder was elected as Minister-President by the Landtag on 8 November, winning 110 votes out of 202 cast. The new cabinet took office on 12 November.
Composition Portfolio Minister Party Took office Left office State secretary Minister-President Markus Söder CSU 8 November 2018 7 November 2023 Deputy Minister-PresidentMinister for Economics, State Development and Energy Hubert Aiwanger FW 12 November 2018 7 November 2023 Minister for Interior, Sport and Integration Joachim Herrmann CSU 12 November 2018 7 November 2023 Sandro Kirchner Head of the Bavarian State Chancellery and Minister of State for Federal Affairs and Media Florian Herrmann CSU 12 November 2018 7 November 2023 Minister for Housing, Construction and Transport Hans Reichhart CSU 12 November 2018 1 February 2020 Christian Bernreiter CSU 23 February 2022 7 November 2023 Minister for Justice Georg Eisenreich CSU 12 November 2018 7 November 2023 Minister for Teaching and Education Michael Piazolo FW 12 November 2018 7 November 2023 Anna Stolz Minister for Science and Art Bernd Sibler CSU 12 November 2018 23 February 2022 Markus Blume CSU 23 February 2022 7 November 2023 Minister for Finance and Homeland Albert Füracker CSU 12 November 2018 7 November 2023 Minister for Environment and Consumer Protection Thorsten Glauber FW 12 November 2018 7 November 2023 Minister for Food, Agriculture and Forestry Michaela Kaniber CSU 12 November 2018 7 November 2023 Minister for Family, Labour and Social Affairs Kerstin Schreyer CSU 12 November 2018 6 February 2020 CSU 6 February 2020 23 February 2022 Ulrike Scharf CSU 23 February 2022 7 November 2023 Minister of State for European and International Affairs in the State Chancellery Melanie Huml CSU 11 January 2021 7 November 2023 Minister for Health and Care 12 November 2018 10 January 2021 Klaus Holetschek Klaus Holetschek CSU 11 January 2021 7 November 2023 Minister for Digital Affairs Judith Gerlach CSU 12 November 2018 7 November 2023
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