Cabinet Kraft II

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Cabinet Kraft is the name of the incumbent government of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Its leader is Minister-President Hannelore Kraft. Kraft was reelected by the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia on 20 June 2012. She has already led the previous government. Kraft's government is a coalition between the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and The Greens. There were only little changes from the previous government to this one.

The following table shows cabinet members, who hold the office of ministers of their respective portfolio except when denoted otherwise. Note that only the Ministers are members of the Cabinet. The Head of the Minister-President's Office, as a Secretary of State, is not an official member of cabinet, but is invited as non-voting attendee.

Office Name Party Secretary of State
Minister-President Hannelore Kraft SPD Franz-Josef Lersch-Mense
Head of the Minister-President's Office
Thomas Breustedt
Government Spokesman
Deputy Prime Minister
Schools and Education		 Sylvia Löhrmann Greens Ludwig Hecke
Finance Norbert Walter-Borjans SPD Rüdiger Messal
Interior and Local Government Ralf Jäger SPD Hans-Ulrich Krüger
Justice Thomas Kutschaty SPD Karl-Heinz Krems
Economics, Energy, Industry and Commerce Garrelt Duin SPD Günther Horzetzky
Construction, Housing, Urban Development and Transport Michael Groscheck SPD Gunther Adler
Innovation, Science and Research Svenja Schulze SPD Helmut Dockter
Labour, Integration and Social Affairs Guntram Schneider SPD Wilhelm Schäffer
Zülfiye Kaykin
Secretary of State for Integration
Family, Children, Youth, Culture and Sport Ute Schäfer SPD Klaus Schäfer
Climate Change, Environment, Agriculture and Consumer Protection Johannes Remmel Greens Udo Paschedag
Health, Emancipation, Care and the Elder Barbara Steffens Greens Marlis Bredehorst
Federal Affairs, Europe and Media Angelica Schwall-Düren SPD Marc Jan Eumann
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