Rehlinger cabinet
# Rehlinger 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 (age 47) | 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-PresidentMinister for Economics, Innovation, Digital Affairs and Energy | Jürgen Barke born (1962-12-26) 26 December 1962 (age 60) | SPD | 25 April 2022 | Incumbent | Elena Yorgova-Ramanauskas |
| Minister for Finance and Science | Jakob von Weizsäcker born (1970-03-04) 4 March 1970 (age 53) | SPD | 25 April 2022 | Incumbent | Wolfgang Förster |
| Minister for Interior, Construction and Sport | Reinhold Jost born (1966-06-04) 4 June 1966 (age 57) | SPD | 25 April 2022 | Incumbent | Torsten Lang |
| Minister for Labour, Social Affairs, Women and Health | Magnus Jung born (1971-10-28) 28 October 1971 (age 51) | SPD | 25 April 2022 | Incumbent | Bettina Altesleben |
| Minister for Education and Culture | Christine Streichert-Clivot born (1980-04-28) 28 April 1980 (age 43) | 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 (age 59) | SPD | 25 April 2022 | Incumbent | Sebastian Thul |
| Minister for Justice | Petra Berg born (1964-07-10) 10 July 1964 (age 59) | SPD | 25 April 2022 | Incumbent | Jens Diener |
