Third Kretschmer cabinet
{{Short description|Government of Saxony, German since 2024}}
{{Infobox government cabinet
|cabinet_name=Third Cabinet of Michael Kretschmer
{{small|Kretschmer III}}
|cabinet_number=11th
|cabinet_type=Cabinet
|jurisdiction=Saxony
|flag=Coat of arms of Saxony.svg
|flag_border=true
|incumbent=19 December 2024 –
|image=2024-12-18 Sächsischer Landtag – 4. Sitzung der 8. Wahlperiode by Sandro Halank–001.jpg
|image_size=125px
|caption=Michael Kretschmer at his swearing-in ceremony
on December 18, 2024
|date_formed=19 December 2024
|date_dissolved=
|government_head_title=Minister-President
|government_head=Michael Kretschmer (CDU)
|deputy_government_head_title=Deputy Minister-President
|deputy_government_head=Petra Köpping (SPD)
|members_number=10
|political_parties=Christian Democratic Union
Social Democratic Party
|legislature_status=Coalition government (minority)
51 / 120{{spaces|em}}(43%)
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|total=120
|boxwidth=120
|divisionname=
|party1=41
|partycolor1={{party colour|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}
|party2=10
|partycolor2={{party colour|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}
}}
|opposition_parties=Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance
Alternative for Germany
Alliance 90/The Greens
The Left
Free Voters of Saxony|opposition_leader=Jörg Urban
Sabine Zimmermann|election=2024 Saxony state election|legislature_term=8th Landtag of Saxony|predecessor=Second Kretschmer cabinet|successor=}}
The third Kretschmer cabinet has formed the state government of Saxony, Germany, since 18 December 2024. Michael Kretschmer leads a coalition between the CDU and the SPD, a minority government.{{cite web|access-date=2024-12-18 |date=2024-12-04 |title=Koalitionsvertrag: Was CDU und SPD mit Sachsen vorhaben |url=https://vorwaerts.de/inland/koalitionsvertrag-was-cdu-und-spd-mit-sachsen-vorhaben |website=vorwaerts.de}} This was following the 2024 Saxony state election.{{Cite web |date=2024-12-18 |title=Neue und alte Gesichter: Kretschmer beruft sein Kabinett |url=https://www.tag24.de/nachrichten/regionales/sachsen/neue-und-alte-gesichter-kretschmer-beruft-sein-kabinett-3344303 |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=TAG24 |language=de}} It contains four new members than the Second Kretschmer cabinet.{{Cite web |title=Kretschmer stellt sächsisches Kabinett vor - vier Neue dabei - WELT |url=https://www.welt.de/regionales/sachsen/article254914482/Kretschmer-stellt-saechsisches-Kabinett-vor-vier-Neue-dabei.html |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=DIE WELT |language=de}}
Members of the state government
| class="wikitable" width="70%"
! width="45%" |Government office ! class="unsortable" |Photo ! width="45%" |Name ! colspan="2" |Party !State secretaries |
| Minister President
| style="padding:0;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |File:2024-09-01 Wahlabend Sachsen by Sandro Halank–049.jpg | bgcolor="{{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}" | |CDU |{{Ill|Andreas Handschuh|de}} Head of the State Chancellery State Secretary for Federal and European Affairs |
| Deputy Minister President
| rowspan="2" style="padding:0;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |File:2024-09-01 Wahlabend Sachsen by Sandro Halank–016.jpg | rowspan="2" |Petra Köpping | rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}" | | rowspan="2" |SPD | |
| Minister of State for Social Affairs, Health and Social Cohesion
| |
| Minister of State for the Interior
| style="padding:0;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |File:Armin Schuster (2020).jpg | bgcolor="{{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}" | |CDU | |
| Minister of State of Finance
|File:2024-12-18 Sächsischer Landtag – 4. Sitzung der 8. Wahlperiode by Sandro Halank–031.jpg | bgcolor="{{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}" | |CDU | |
| Minister of State for the Environment and Agriculture
| style="padding:0;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |File:2024-12-18 Sächsischer Landtag – 4. Sitzung der 8. Wahlperiode by Sandro Halank–123.jpg | bgcolor="{{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}" | |CDU | |
| Minister of State for Education
| style="padding:0;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |File:2024-12-19 Sächsischer Landtag – 5. Sitzung der 8. Wahlperiode by Sandro Halank–022.jpg |{{Ill|Conrad Clemens|de}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}" | |CDU | |
| State Minister for Science
| style="padding:0;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |File:2024-12-19 Sächsischer Landtag – 5. Sitzung der 8. Wahlperiode by Sandro Halank–012.jpg | bgcolor="{{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}" | |CDU | |
| Minister of State for Culture and Tourism
| style="padding:0;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |File:2024-12-18 Sächsischer Landtag – 4. Sitzung der 8. Wahlperiode by Sandro Halank–042.jpg |{{Ill|Barbara Klepsch|de}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}" | |CDU | |
| State Minister for Economic Affairs, Labor, Energy and Climate Protection
| style="padding:0;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |File:2024-12-19 Ernennung Kabinett Kretschmer III by Sandro Halank–012.jpg |{{Ill|Dirk Panter|de}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}" | |SPD | |
| Minister of State of Justice
| style="padding:0;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |187x187px |{{Ill|Constanze Geiert|de}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}" | |CDU | |
| Minister of State for Infrastructure and Regional Development
| style="padding:0;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |187x187px |{{Ill|Regina Kraushaar|de}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}" | |CDU | |
Election of the Minister-President
| class="wikitable"
|+Dresden, 18 December 2024 (seats in the Landtag of Saxony: 120 votes, absolute majority: 61) !ballot !candidate !number of votes !share (votes cast) |
| rowspan="5" |1st round of voting
|Michael Kretschmer (CDU) | style="text-align:right" |55 | align="right" |45.8% |
| Jörg Urban (AfD)
| style="text-align:right" |40 | align="right" |33.3% |
| Matthias Berger (independent, for Free Voters)
| style="text-align:right" |6 | align="right" |5.0% |
| abstentions
| style="text-align:right" |12 | align="right" |10.0% |
| Invalid votes
| style="text-align:right" |7 | align="right" |5.8% |
| rowspan="5" |2nd ballot
|Michael Kretschmer (CDU) | style="text-align:right" |69 | align="right" |57.5% |
| Jörg Urban (AfD)
| style="text-align:right" |1 | align="right" |0.8% |
| Matthias Berger (independent, for Free Voters)
| style="text-align:right" |39 | align="right" |32.5% |
| abstentions
| style="text-align:right" |11 | align="right" |9.2% |
| Invalid votes
| style="text-align:right" |0 | align="right" |— |
| colspan="4" align="center" |Michael Kretschmer was thus re-elected as Prime Minister of Saxony. |
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Weblinks
- Koalitionsvertrag (2024–2029): Mutig neue Wege gehen. In Verantwortung für Sachsen.https://table.media/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/04180908/241204_KoaV-Sachsen-8.-SLT.pdf (table.media)