The first Wüst cabinet was the state government of North Rhine-Westphalia between 2021 and 2022, sworn in on 28 October 2021 after Hendrik Wüst was elected as Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia by the members of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia. It was the 25th Cabinet of North Rhine-Westphalia.
It was formed after the resignation of Minister-President Armin Laschet, and was a continuation of the coalition government of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Free Democratic Party (FDP) formed after the 2017 North Rhine-Westphalia state election. Excluding the Minister-President, the cabinet comprised twelve ministers. Eight were members of the CDU, three were members of the FDP, and one was an independent politician.
The first Wüst cabinet was succeeded by the second Wüst cabinet on 29 June 2022.
Formation The previous cabinet was a coalition government of the CDU and FDP led by Minister-President Armin Laschet of the CDU. He announced his resignation after being elected to the Bundestag in the 2021 German federal election. Laschet was the CDU/CSU's Chancellor candidate in the election, and stated he would take up his seat in the Bundestag even if he did not become Chancellor. Since the constitution of North Rhine-Westphalia prohibits members of the Bundestag from serving concurrently in the state government, he was obliged to resign as Minister-President.
On 5 October, Laschet proposed transport minister Hendrik Wüst his successor. He was subsequently elected uncontested as chairman of the North Rhine-Westphalia CDU on 23 October, receiving 98% approval. Laschet resigned on 25 October 2021, a day before the constituent session of the Bundestag.
Wüst was elected as Minister-President by the Landtag on 27 October, winning 103 votes out of 197 cast.
Composition Portfolio Minister Party Took office Left office State secretaries Minister-PresidentState Chancellery Hendrik Wüst CDU 27 October 2021 28 June 2022 Deputy Minister-PresidentMinister for Children, Family, Refugees and Integration Joachim Stamp FDP 28 October 2021 28 June 2022 Minister for Finance Lutz Lienenkämper CDU 28 October 2021 28 June 2022 Minister for Interior Herbert Reul CDU 28 October 2021 28 June 2022 Minister for Economics, Innovation, Digitalisation and Energy Andreas Pinkwart FDP 28 October 2021 28 June 2022 Minister for Labour, Health and Social Affairs Karl-Josef Laumann CDU 28 October 2021 28 June 2022 Minister for School and Education Yvonne Gebauer FDP 28 October 2021 28 June 2022 Minister for Homeland, Communities, Construction and Equality Ina Scharrenbach CDU 28 October 2021 28 June 2022 Minister for Justice Peter Biesenbach CDU 28 October 2021 28 June 2022 Minister for Transport Ina Brandes CDU 28 October 2021 28 June 2022 Minister for Environment, Agriculture, and Nature and Consumer Protection Ursula Heinen-Esser CDU 28 October 2021 7 April 2022 Lutz Lienenkämper(acting) CDU 8 April 2022 28 June 2022 Minister for Culture and Science Isabel Pfeiffer-Poensgen Ind. 28 October 2021 28 June 2022 Minister for Federal, European and International Affairs Stephan Holthoff-Pförtner CDU 28 October 2021 28 June 2022
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