The Rhein cabinet is the current state government of Hesse, sworn in on 31 May 2022 after

Boris Rhein Boris Rhein (born 2 January 1972) is a German politician and the current Minister-President of Hesse. A member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), he has been active in the politics of Hesse since the late 1990s. After being elected to th ...

was elected as

Minister-President of Hesse The minister-president of Hesse (german: Ministerpräsident des Landes Hessen), also referred to as the premier or minister-president (also translated into English as the prime minister of Hessen), is the head of government of the German state of ...

by the members of the Landtag of Hesse. It is the 23rd Cabinet of Hesse. It was formed after the resignation of Minister-President

Volker Bouffier Volker Bouffier (born 18 December 1951) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as Minister President of the German state of Hessen from 31 August 2010 to 31 May 2022. From 1 November 2014 until 31 October 2015 ...

, and is a continuation of the

coalition government A coalition government is a form of government in which political parties cooperate to form a government. The usual reason for such an arrangement is that no single party has achieved an absolute majority after an election, an atypical outcome in ...

of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and

Alliance 90/The Greens Alliance 90/The Greens (german: Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, ), often simply referred to as the Greens ( ), is a Green politics, green List of political parties in Germany, political party in Germany. It was formed in 1993 as the merger of The Greens ...

(GRÜNE) formed after the

2018 Hessian state election The 2018 Hessian state election was held on 28 October 2018 to elect the members of the Landtag of Hesse. The outgoing government was a coalition of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and The Greens led by Minister-President Volker Bouffier. ...

. Excluding the Minister-President, the cabinet comprises eleven ministers. Seven are members of the CDU and four are members of the Greens.

Formation

The previous cabinet was a coalition government of the CDU and the Greens led by Minister-President Volker Bouffier of the CDU. In February 2022, Bouffier announced his resignation and intention to leave office at the end of May. He nominated Boris Rhein, President of the Landtag and former minister in Bouffier's second cabinet, as his successor. Shortly after, Rhein was unanimously confirmed by a CDU party conference. Rhein was elected as Minister-President by the Landtag on 31 May 2022, winning 74 votes out of 137 cast.

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