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Fifth Cabinet of Ernst Albrecht Albrecht V
19th Cabinet of Lower Saxony
Ernst Albrecht in 1988
Date established	9 July 1986
Date dissolved	21 June 1990
Leadership and composition
Minister-President	Ernst Albrecht
No. of ministers	9
Member parties	Christian Democratic Union of Germany Free Democratic Party
Status in legislature	Coalition government
Opposition parties	Social Democratic Party Alliance 90/The Greens
Formation and history
Election	1986 Lower Saxony state election
Legislature term	11th Landtag of Lower Saxony
Predecessor	Albrecht IV cabinet
Successor	Cabinet Schröder I

The Albrecht V cabinet formed the state government of Lower Saxony from 9 July 1986 to 21 June 1990. It was the fifth cabinet formed by Ernst Albrecht following the state elections on 15 June 1986 and ended with the regular state elections on 13 May 1990. In these elections, the SPD (44.2%) became the strongest party ahead of the CDU (42.0%); Gerhard Schröder became Minister-President of Lower Saxony and formed a red-green coalition government in the state.

Ministers

Cabinet of Albrecht V – 9 July 1986 to 21 June 1990

Office	Name	Party
Minister-President	Ernst Albrecht		CDU
Deputy Minister-President	Wilfried Hasselmann (until October 31, 1988)		CDU
	Josef Stock (until October 31, 1988)		CDU
Interior	Wilfried Hasselmann (bis 31. Oktober 1988)		CDU
	Walter Remmers (October 31, 1988 to November 9, 1988)		CDU
	Josef Stock (from November 9, 1988)		CDU
Economy, Technology and Transport	Walter Hirche		FDP
Food, Agriculture and Forestry	Burkhard Ritz		CDU
Finance	Birgit Breuel		CDU
Justice	Walter Remmers		CDU
Culture	Georg-Berndt Oschatz (until 30 April 1987)		CDU
	Wolfgang Knies (6 May 1987 to 9 November 1988)		CDU
	Horst Horrmann (from 9 November 1988)		CDU
Science and Art	Johann-Tönjes Cassens		CDU
Environment	Walter Remmers		CDU
Social affairs	Hermann Schnipkoweit		CDU
Federal and European Affairs	Heinrich Jürgens		FDP