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Cabinet of Anke Rehlinger Cabinet Rehlinger
29th Cabinet of Saarland
25 April 2022 –
Anke Rehlinger on the evening of the 2022 Saarland state election
Date formed	25 April 2022
People and organisations
Minister-President	Anke Rehlinger
Deputy Minister-President	Jürgen Barke
No. of ministers	6
Member parties	Social Democratic Party
Status in legislature	Majority government
Opposition parties	Christian Democratic Union   Alternative for Germany
History
Election	2022 Saarland state election
Legislature term	17th Landtag of Saarland
Predecessor	Hans cabinet

The Rehlinger cabinet is the current state government of Saarland, sworn in on 25 April 2022 after Anke Rehlinger was elected as Minister-President of Saarland by the members of the Landtag of Saarland. It is the 29th Cabinet of Saarland.

It was formed after the 2022 Saarland state election by the Social Democratic Party (SPD). Excluding the Minister-President, the cabinet comprises six ministers, all of whom are members of the SPD.

Formation

The previous cabinet was a grand coalition government of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and SPD led by Minister-President Tobias Hans of the CDU.

The election took place on 27 March 2022, and resulted in a landslide victory for the SPD, who won an absolute majority of seats with 43.5% of votes. The CDU recorded severe losses and declined to second place with 28.5% and 19 seats, while The Left lost all their seats and the AfD remained steady on 6%.

Owing to the SPD's majority, Rehlinger announced that she would seek to form government alone. She presented her proposed cabinet on 21 April.

Rehlinger was elected as Minister-President by the Landtag on 25 April, winning 32 votes out of 51 cast.

Composition

Portfolio	Minister		Party		Took office	Left office	State secretaries
Minister-President State Chancellery		Anke Rehlinger born (1976-04-06) 6 April 1976		SPD	25 April 2022	Incumbent	David Lindemann (Head of the State Chancellery, Representative for Europe) Thorsten Bischoff (Media, Representative to the Federal Government)
Deputy Minister-President Minister for Economics, Innovation, Digital Affairs and Energy		Jürgen Barke born (1962-12-26) 26 December 1962		SPD	25 April 2022	Incumbent	Elena Yorgova-Ramanauskas
Minister for Finance and Science		Jakob von Weizsäcker born (1970-03-04) 4 March 1970		SPD	25 April 2022	Incumbent	Wolfgang Förster
Minister for Interior, Construction and Sport		Reinhold Jost born (1966-06-04) 4 June 1966		SPD	25 April 2022	Incumbent	Torsten Lang
Minister for Labour, Social Affairs, Women and Health		Magnus Jung born (1971-10-28) 28 October 1971		SPD	25 April 2022	Incumbent	Bettina Altesleben
Minister for Education and Culture		Christine Streichert-Clivot born (1980-04-28) 28 April 1980		SPD	25 April 2022	Incumbent	Jan Benedyczuk
Minister for Environment, Climate Protection, Mobility, Agriculture and Consumer Protection		Petra Berg born (1964-07-10) 10 July 1964		SPD	25 April 2022	Incumbent	Sebastian Thul
Minister for Justice					25 April 2022	Incumbent	Jens Diener

External links

• "Government of Saarland". Saarland.de (in German). Retrieved 26 April 2022.