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Cabinet Laschet
The Laschet cabinet was the state government of North Rhine-Westphalia between 2017 and 2021, sworn in on 30 June 2017 after Armin Laschet was elected as List of Minister-Presidents of North Rhine-Westphalia, Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia by the members of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia. It was the 24th Cabinet of North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed after the 2017 North Rhine-Westphalia state election by the Christian Democratic Union of Germany, Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Free Democratic Party (Germany), Free Democratic Party (FDP). Excluding the Minister-President, the cabinet comprised twelve ministers. Eight were members of the CDU, three were members of the FDP, and one was an independent politician. After Laschet's resignation as Minister-President, the Laschet cabinet was succeeded by the First Wüst cabinet, Wüst cabinet on 28 October 2021. Formation The previous cabinet was a coalition government of the Social Democratic Party of Ger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armin Laschet
Armin Laschet (; born 18 February 1961) is a German politician who served as Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia from 27 June 2017 to 26 October 2021. He served as Leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 22 January 2021 to 31 January 2022. He was elected to the German Bundestag following the 2021 German federal election. Laschet earned a law degree and worked as a journalist before and during his early political career. In 1994 he was elected to the Bundestag and in 1999 he became a Member of the European Parliament. In 2005 he entered state politics in North Rhine-Westphalia as a member of the state government. In 2012 he became leader of the state party, and he was elected Prime Minister of the state in 2017. His Cabinet consisted of members of his own CDU and the liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP). In January 2021, Laschet was elected leader of the CDU, winning 52.8% of delegates votes against Friedrich Merz in the second round of the contest. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Coalition (Germany)
In German politics, a grand coalition ( , shortened to: ) is a governing coalition between the two parties with the most parliamentarians on federal or state level. The term is generally linked to a coalition between centre-right CDU/CSU alliance (''Union'', consisting of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Christian Social Union of Bavaria (CSU) parties) and the centre-left Social Democratic Party (SPD), since they have historically been the major parties in most state and federal elections since 1949. The meaning of the term changed due to the growth of some formerly minor parties in recent years. The last formation of a coalition between those parties, after the 2025 federal election, marked the first time, that one of the two parties does not have the most or 2nd most parlamentarians (the AfD won the second most seats). Therefore the latest coalition between the alliance and SPD is often instead described as a black-red coalition (referring to the colors of the CDU ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andreas Pinkwart
Andreas Pinkwart (born 1960) is a German politician and academic who served as State Minister for Economic Affairs, Digitization, Innovation and Energy in the governments of Ministers-President Armin Laschet and Hendrik Wüst of North Rhine-Westphalia from 2017 to 2022 and as Deputy Minister-President and State Minister for Innovation, Technology and Research from 2005 to 2010. He previously was the Dean of HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management and holder of the Stiftungsfonds Deutsche Bank Chair of Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship. Education Pinkwart was born in Neunkirchen-Seelscheid, North Rhine-Westphalia. After finishing his Abitur (A-levels) in 1979 Pinkwart took on an apprenticeship with Dresdner Bank in Cologne. He subsequently studied Economics and Management Science in University of Münster, Münster and Bonn, receiving his Diplom-Volkswirt in 1987. With his dissertation "Chaos und Unternehmenskrise" (chaos and a business crisis) he attained the title Dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Reul
Herbert Reul (born 31 August 1952) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as State Minister for Internal Affairs in the government of successive Ministers-President Armin Laschet (2017–2021) and Hendrik Wüst (since 2021). He previously served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP). Early career Reul was born in Langenfeld, Rhineland. The son of a mayor, Reul joined the youth wing of the CDU, the Junge Union, at the age of 18. In 1975, while still a student at University of Cologne, he became a town councillor in his hometown of Leichlingen, near Cologne, and served for 17 years. From 1981 until 1985, he worked as a secondary school teacher. Political career Career in state politics, 1985–2003 In the 1985 state elections, Reul gained a seat in the State Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia and occupied it for 19 years. In parliament, he was his political group's spokesperson on education policy from 1985 to 1991. Between ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lutz Lienenkämper
Lutz is a surname and given name, occasionally a short form of Ludwig and Ludger. People with the name include: Surname *Adolfo Lutz (1855–1940), Brazilian physician * Aleda E. Lutz (1915–1944), American Army flight nurse * Alois Lutz, Austrian figure skater, for whom the Lutz jump is named * Anke Lutz (born 1970), German chess master * Anne Mae Lutz (1871–1938), American cytogeneticist *Berta Lutz (1894–1976), Brazilian scientist and feminist * Bob Lutz (American football), American high school football coach * Bob Lutz (businessman) (born 1932), Swiss American V.P. of General Motors *Bob Lutz (tennis) (born 1947), American tennis player * Bobby Lutz (basketball) (born 1958), American college basketball coach * Brenda Lutz, Scottish-American political science writer * Carl Lutz (1895–1975), Swiss vice-consul to Hungary during WWII, credited with saving over 62,000 Jews * Chris Lutz, (born 1985), American-Filipino professional basketball player * Christopher Lutz (born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serap Güler
Serap Güler (born 7 July 1980) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a Member of the German Bundestag since 2021, representing the Leverkusen – Cologne IV district. In addition to her work in parliament, Güler has been serving as Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office in the government of Chancellor Friedrich Merz since 2025. Early life and career Güler grew up as the child of Turkish guest workers in Germany. After training as a hotel manager, she graduated in communication studies and German studies from University of Duisburg-Essen. Upon graduation, Güler worked as advisor to State Minister for Generations, Family, Women and Integration Armin Laschet and State Minister of Health . Political career Güler was elected to the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia in the 2012 North Rhine-Westphalia state election; at the time, she was her parliamentary group’s first member of Turkish origin. From 2012 until 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathanael Liminski
Nathanael Liminski (born 19 September 1985) is a German politician from the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Since 30 June 2017, he has been Head of the State Chancellery of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and since June 29, 2022 Minister for Federal, European and International Affairs and the Media. Liminski was considered the irreplaceable "mastermind" and most important confidant of former Prime Minister and failed CDU chancellor candidate Armin Laschet and is now perceived as a close collaborator of new Prime Minister Hendrik Wüst. Biography Family and Religion Nathanael Liminski was born in Bonn and grew up with seven older and two younger siblings in Sankt Augustin in a catholic family that is closely associated with the lay organization Opus Dei. He gained attention as the voice of the ''Generation Benedict'', a group of young pope-loyal and conservative Catholics, which Liminski co-founded in the wake of the World Youth Day 2005. In this role, he was a guest on Germ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armin Laschet 2021 (cropped)
Armin is a male given name and surname of Indo-European origin. In the Balkans, Armin is popular among Bosniaks in the former Yugoslav nations. The name is a modification of Amin, following a pattern similar to the modification of Anel to Arnel. This region also has a female equivalent: Armina. The name became especially popular in the region after the 2007 Croatian-Bosnian drama film Armin. History Historical records of Armin as a forename appear independently from two different sources: * Germanic ** Armin is the modern form of Arminius who was a German prince. He is mostly known for defeating the Roman army in Battle of the Teutoburg Forest. The latinized name of "Arminius" itself comes form an ancient Germanic name that may have derived from elemental noun "ermen" which means "whole" or "universal" in essence. * Iranic ** Armin was son of Kai Kobad who is a fantastical character in the Shahnameh book of poetry. He belonged to the Kayanian dynasty in Persian literature an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Ministers-President Of North Rhine-Westphalia
The Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia (), also referred to as Premier or Prime Minister, is the head of government of the Germany, German states of Germany, state of North Rhine-Westphalia (''NRW''). The position was created in 1946, when the British occupation zone in Germany, British administration merged the Prussian provinces of Province of Westphalia, Westphalia and the northern part of the Prussian province of the Rhine Province, Rhine (North Rhine) to form the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. In 1947, the state was expanded by the inclusion of the state of Lippe. The current Minister-President is Hendrik Wüst, heading a Cabinet Wüst, coalition government between the Christian Democratic Union of Germany, Christian Democratic Union and Alliance 90/The Greens. Wüst succeeded Armin Laschet following his resignation in 2021. The office of the Minister President is known as the State Chancellery () and is located in the capital of Düsseldorf, along with the rest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
