Cabinet Weil II
{{Short description|State government of Lower Saxony}}
{{Infobox government cabinet
| cabinet_name = Second Cabinet of Stephan Weil
{{small|Weil II}}
| cabinet_number = 29th
| cabinet_type = Cabinet
| jurisdiction = Lower Saxony
| flag = Coat of arms of Lower Saxony.svg
| flag_border = true
| incumbent = 22 November 2017 – 7 November 2022
| image = Weil, Stephan.jpg
| image_size = 125px
| caption = Stephan Weil in February 2018
| date_formed = 22 November 2017
| date_dissolved = 7 November 2022
| government_head_title = Minister-President
| government_head = Stephan Weil
| deputy_government_head_title = Deputy Minister-President
| deputy_government_head = Bernd Althusmann
| members_number = 10
| political_parties = Social Democratic Party
Christian Democratic Union
| legislature_status = Grand coalition (Majority)
105 / 137{{spaces|em}}(76%)
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| opposition_parties = Alliance 90/The Greens
Free Democratic Party
Alternative for Germany
| opposition_leader =
| election = 2017 Lower Saxony state election
| legislature_term = 18th Landtag of Lower Saxony
| predecessor = First Weil cabinet
| successor = Third Weil cabinet
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The second Weil cabinet was the state government of Lower Saxony between 2017 and 2022, sworn in on 22 November 2017 after Stephan Weil was elected as Minister-President of Lower Saxony by the members of the Landtag of Lower Saxony. It was the 29th Cabinet of Lower Saxony.
It was formed after the 2017 Lower Saxony state election by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Excluding the Minister-President, the cabinet comprised ten ministers. Five were members of the SPD and five were members of the CDU.
The second Weil cabinet was succeeded by the third Weil cabinet on 8 November 2022.
Formation
{{seealso|2017 Lower Saxony state election}}
The previous cabinet was a coalition government of the SPD and The Greens led by Minister-President Stephan Weil of the SPD.
The election took place on 15 October 2017, and resulted in a modest improvement for the SPD and losses for the Greens. The opposition CDU fell to second place behind the SPD. The FDP also took small losses, while the AfD debuted at 6%.
Overall, the incumbent coalition lost its majority as the decline in Greens support outweighed SPD gains. The FDP ruled out a coalition with the SPD and Greens while the Greens ruled out a coalition with the CDU and FDP, leaving a grand coalition of the SPD and CDU as the only practical option. The two parties agreed to begin discussions on 26 October.{{cite news|url=https://www.zeit.de/politik/deutschland/2017-10/niedersachsen-spd-cdu-sondierungsgespraeche-landtagswahl|title=SPD and CDU agree on exploratory talks|date=26 October 2017|language=de|website=Die Zeit}} On 16 November, they announced that they had come to an agreement, which was approved by the SPD party congress two days later{{cite web|url=https://rp-online.de/politik/deutschland/niedersachsen-spd-stimmt-koalitionsvertrag-mit-cdu-zu_aid-20763619|title=SPD agrees to coalition agreement with CDU|date=18 November 2017|language=de|website=Rheinische Post}} and the CDU congress on the 20th.{{cite news|url=https://www.zeit.de/politik/deutschland/2017-11/niedersachsen-cdu-spd-koalitionsvertrag|title=CDU agrees to coalition agreement with SPD|date=21 November 2017|language=de|website=Die Zeit}} It was formally signed the next day.
Weil was elected as Minister-President by the Landtag on 22 November 2017, winning 104 votes out of 137 cast.{{cite news|url=https://www.zeit.de/politik/deutschland/2017-11/niedersachsen-stephan-weil-zum-ministerpraesidenten-gewaehlt|title=Stephan Weil re-elected Minister-President|date=22 November 2017|language=de|website=Die Zeit}}
Composition
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! Portfolio ! colspan=2| Minister ! colspan=2| Party ! Took office ! Left office ! State secretaries |
| Minister-President
| 75x75px | Stephan Weil | bgcolor={{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}| | SPD | 22 November 2017 | 7 November 2022 | {{smalldiv|
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| Deputy Minister-President Minister for Economics, Labour, Transport and Digitalisation | 75x75px | Bernd Althusmann | bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}| | CDU | 22 November 2017 | 7 November 2022 | {{smalldiv|
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| Minister for Interior and Sport
| 75x75px | Boris Pistorius | bgcolor={{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}| | SPD | 22 November 2017 | 7 November 2022 | {{smalldiv|
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| Minister for Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection
| 75x75px | Barbara Otte-Kinast | bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}| | CDU | 22 November 2017 | 7 November 2022 | {{smalldiv|
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| Minister for Finance
| 75x75px | Reinhold Hilbers | bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}| | CDU | 22 November 2017 | 7 November 2022 | {{smalldiv|
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| Minister for Justice | | Barbara Havliza | bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}| | CDU | 22 November 2017 | 7 November 2022 | {{smalldiv|
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| Minister for Education
| 75x75px | Grant Hendrik Tonne | bgcolor={{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}| | SPD | 22 November 2017 | 7 November 2022 | {{smalldiv|
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| Minister for Science and Culture
| 75x75px | Björn Thümler | bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}| | CDU | 22 November 2017 | 7 November 2022 | {{smalldiv|
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| Minister for Environment, Energy, Construction and Climate Protection
| 75x75px | Olaf Lies | bgcolor={{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}| | SPD | 22 November 2017 | 7 November 2022 | {{smalldiv|
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| style="background-color:#E6E6E6"
| rowspan=2 style="background-color:#F8F9FA"| Minister of Social Affairs, Health, and Equality | 75x75px | Carola Reimann | bgcolor={{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}| | SPD | 22 November 2017 | 1 March 2021 | {{smalldiv|
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| 75x75px
| {{ill|Daniela Behrens|lt=Daniela Behrens|de|Daniela Behrens|WD=}} | bgcolor={{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}| | SPD | 5 March 2021 | 7 November 2022 | {{smalldiv|
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| style="height:75px"
| Minister for Federal and European Affairs and Regional Development | 75x75px | Birgit Honé | bgcolor={{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}| | SPD | 22 November 2017 | 7 November 2022 | {{smalldiv|
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External links
- {{cite web|url=https://www.niedersachsen.de/politik_staat/landesregierung_ministerien/die-niedersaechsische-landesregierung-20076.html|title=The Lower Saxon State Government|access-date=13 March 2022|language=de|website=Niedersachsen.de}}