Cabinet Ramelow I

The 8th Cabinet of the German federal state of Thuringia, formed on December 5, 2014, was the first cabinet of a German federal state being led by a politician of The Left. A so-called "red-red-green coalition", it was coalition of Die Linke, the SPD, and the Greens, and was headed by Bodo Ramelow. The CDU and AfD served as the government's opposition in the Landtag, which consists of 91 members.

Ramelow Cabinet
8th Cabinet of Thuringia
Incumbent
Date formed	December 5, 2014 [1]
Date dissolved	February 5, 2020
People and organisations
Head of government	Bodo Ramelow
No. of ministers	10
Member party	The Left SPD Greens
Status in legislature	The Left-led coalition government
Opposition party	CDU AfD
History
Election(s)	2014 Thuringian state election
Legislature term(s)	6th legislature of the Landtag of Thuringia
Predecessor	Lieberknecht
Successor	Kemmerich

The Ramelow Cabinet was composed of 5 ministers from Die Linke, 3 ministers from the SPD, and 2 ministers from the Greens.

Cabinet

Office	Image	Name	Party
Minister-President		Bodo Ramelow		The Left
Deputy Minister-President		Heike Taubert		SPD
Finance
Interior		Holger Poppenhäger until August 30, 2017		SPD
		Georg Maier from August 30, 2017
Education, Youth, and Sports		Birgit Klaubert until July 4, 2017		The Left
		Helmut Holter from August 17, 2017
Labor, Social Affairs, Health, Women, and Family		Heike Werner		The Left
Economy, Science, and Digital Society		Wolfgang Tiefensee		SPD
Environment, Energy and Nature Conservation		Anja Siegesmund		The Greens
Infrastructure and Agriculture		Birgit Keller		The Left
Migration, Justice, and Consumer Protection		Dieter Lauinger		The Greens
Culture, Federal and European Affairs		Benjamin-Immanuel Hoff		The Left

References

1. Erik Kirschbaum, "German state elects reform communist leader in historic shift", Reuters, 5 December 2014.