First Söder cabinet
# First 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 (age 56) | CSU | 16 March 2018 | 6 November 2018 | |
| Deputy Minister-PresidentMinister for Housing, Construction and Transport | Ilse Aigner born (1964-12-07) 7 December 1964 (age 58) | CSU | 21 March 2018 | 11 November 2018 | Josef Zellmeier |
| Minister for Interior and Integration | Joachim Herrmann born (1956-09-21) 21 September 1956 (age 66) | 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 (age 51) | 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 (age 52) | CSU | 21 March 2018 | 11 November 2018 | |
| Minister for Justice | Winfried Bausback born (1965-10-22) 22 October 1965 (age 57) | CSU | 21 March 2018 | 11 November 2018 | |
| Minister for Teaching and Education | Bernd Sibler born (1971-02-19) 19 February 1971 (age 52) | CSU | 21 March 2018 | 11 November 2018 | Carolina Trautner |
| Minister for Science and Art | Marion Kiechle born (1960-04-04) 4 April 1960 (age 63) | CSU | 21 March 2018 | 11 November 2018 | |
| Minister for Finance, State Development and Homeland | Albert Füracker born (1968-02-03) 3 February 1968 (age 55) | CSU | 21 March 2018 | 11 November 2018 | Hans Reichhart |
| Minister for Economics, Energy and Technology | Franz Pschierer born (1956-07-01) 1 July 1956 (age 67) | CSU | 21 March 2018 | 11 November 2018 | |
| Minister for Environment and Consumer Protection | Marcel Huber born (1958-01-10) 10 January 1958 (age 65) | CSU | 21 March 2018 | 11 November 2018 | |
| Minister for Food, Agriculture and Forestry | Michaela Kaniber born (1977-09-14) 14 September 1977 (age 45) | CSU | 21 March 2018 | 11 November 2018 | |
| Minister for Family, Labour and Social Affairs | Kerstin Schreyer born (1971-06-29) 29 June 1971 (age 52) | CSU | 21 March 2018 | 11 November 2018 | |
| Minister for Health and Care | Melanie Huml born (1975-09-09) 9 September 1975 (age 47) | CSU | 21 March 2018 | 11 November 2018 | |
