The Third Dreyer cabinet is the current state government of
Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; german: link=no, Rheinland-Pfalz ; lb, Rheinland-Pfalz ; pfl, Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the ...
, sworn in on 18 May 2021 after
Malu Dreyer was elected as
Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate by the members of the
Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is the 25th Cabinet of Rhineland-Palatinate.
It was formed after the
2021 Rhineland-Palatinate state election
The 2021 Rhineland-Palatinate state election was held on 14 March 2021 to elect the 18th Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate. The outgoing government was a "traffic light coalition" of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), Free Democratic Party (FDP), a ...
by the
Social Democratic Party
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(SPD),
Alliance 90/The Greens
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(GRÜNE), and the
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(FDP). Excluding the Minister-President, the cabinet comprises nine ministers. Five are members of the SPD, two are members of the Greens, and two are members of the FDP.
Formation
The previous cabinet was a coalition government of the SPD, FDP, and Greens led by Minister-President Malu Dreyer of the SPD.
The election took place on 14 March 2021, and resulted in no net change for the SPD, while the Greens improved from fifth to third place and the FDP saw a slight decline. The opposition
CDU and
AfD also suffered losses while the
Free Voters entered the Landtag for the first time.
Minister-President Dreyer expressed her desire to renew the coalition between the SPD, Greens, and FDP. State FDP chairman
Volker Wissing made similar comments. The three parties began exploratory talks on 18 March.
On 30 April, they announced they had agreed to renew the coalition. In early May, all three parties held congresses to approve the coalition agreement. It passed the SPD congress with 96.2% of delegates voting in favour, while 83.3% of the Greens approved, as did 82.9% of the FDP.
The Landtag re-elected Dreyer as Minister-President for a third term on 18 May, receiving 55 votes out of the 51 required for a majority.
Composition
External links
Council of Ministers - RLP Government
References
{{Cabinets of Rhineland-Palatinate
Cabinets of Rhineland-Palatinate
State governments of Germany
Cabinets established in 2021
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