The Second Söder cabinet was the state government of

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from November 2018 to late 2023. It was sworn in on 12 November 2018, after

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was elected as

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by the members of the

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. It was the 27th Cabinet of Bavaria. It was formed after the

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, by the Christian Social Union (CSU) and

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(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

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improved from fourth to second place with 18% of the vote while the

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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

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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.

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