First Söder cabinet

First Cabinet of Markus Söder Söder I
27th Cabinet of Bavaria
21 March 2018 – 6 November 2018
Markus Söder in January 2017
Date formed	21 March 2018
Date dissolved	6 November 2018
People and organisations
Minister-President	Markus Söder
Deputy Minister-President	Ilse Aigner Joachim Herrmann
No. of ministers	13
Member parties	Christian Social Union
Status in legislature	Majority government 101 / 180
Opposition parties	Social Democratic Party Free Voters Alliance 90/The Greens
History
Election	None
Legislature term	17th Landtag of Bavaria
Predecessor	Second Seehofer cabinet
Successor	Second Söder cabinet

The First Söder cabinet was the state government of Bavaria from March to November 2018, sworn in on 21 March 2018 after Markus Söder was elected as Minister-President of Bavaria by the members of the Landtag of Bavaria. It was the 26th Cabinet of Bavaria.

It was formed after the resignation of Minister-President Horst Seehofer to become Federal Minister of the Interior, Building and Community; it was a continuation of the Christian Social Union (CSU) majority government formed after the 2013 Bavarian state election. Excluding the Minister-President, the cabinet comprised thirteen ministers and four state secretaries. All were members of the CSU.

The first Söder cabinet was succeeded by the second Söder cabinet on 12 November 2018 following the 2018 Bavarian state election.

Formation

The previous cabinet was a majority government of the CSU led by Minister-President Horst Seehofer of the CSU. After the CSU suffered heavy losses in the 2017 German federal election, Seehofer announced he planned to resign as Minister-President in early 2018 and have the office to his finance minister Markus Söder. In March 2018, he announced his switch to federal politics after being nominated as Minister of the Interior in the fourth Merkel cabinet. Seehofer formally resigned on 13 March.

Söder was elected as Minister-President by the Landtag on 16 March, winning 99 votes out of 169 cast. His cabinet was sworn in on 21 March.

Composition

Portfolio	Minister		Party		Took office	Left office	State secretary
Minister-President		Markus Söder born (1967-01-05) 5 January 1967		CSU	16 March 2018	6 November 2018
Deputy Minister-President Minister for Housing, Construction and Transport		Ilse Aigner born (1964-12-07) 7 December 1964		CSU	21 March 2018	11 November 2018	Josef Zellmeier
Minister for Interior and Integration		Joachim Herrmann born (1956-09-21) 21 September 1956		CSU	21 March 2018	11 November 2018	Gerhard Eck
Head of the Bavarian State Chancellery and Minister of State for Federal Affairs		Florian Herrmann born (1971-12-07) 7 December 1971		CSU	21 March 2018	11 November 2018
Minister of State for Digital Affairs, Media and Europe in the State Chancellery		Georg Eisenreich born (1970-12-06) 6 December 1970		CSU	21 March 2018	11 November 2018
Minister for Justice		Winfried Bausback born (1965-10-22) 22 October 1965		CSU	21 March 2018	11 November 2018
Minister for Teaching and Education		Bernd Sibler born (1971-02-19) 19 February 1971		CSU	21 March 2018	11 November 2018	Carolina Trautner
Minister for Science and Art		Marion Kiechle born (1960-04-04) 4 April 1960		CSU	21 March 2018	11 November 2018
Minister for Finance, State Development and Homeland		Albert Füracker born (1968-02-03) 3 February 1968		CSU	21 March 2018	11 November 2018	Hans Reichhart
Minister for Economics, Energy and Technology		Franz Pschierer born (1956-07-01) 1 July 1956		CSU	21 March 2018	11 November 2018
Minister for Environment and Consumer Protection		Marcel Huber born (1958-01-10) 10 January 1958		CSU	21 March 2018	11 November 2018
Minister for Food, Agriculture and Forestry		Michaela Kaniber born (1977-09-14) 14 September 1977		CSU	21 March 2018	11 November 2018
Minister for Family, Labour and Social Affairs		Kerstin Schreyer born (1971-06-29) 29 June 1971		CSU	21 March 2018	11 November 2018
Minister for Health and Care		Melanie Huml born (1975-09-09) 9 September 1975		CSU	21 March 2018	11 November 2018

External links

• "Bavarian Premier Markus Söder shakes up cabinet, ousts elders". Deutsche Welle. 21 March 2018.