PROFILBARU.COM

First Cabinet of Daniel Günther
Cabinet Günther I
First Cabinet of Daniel Günther; Cabinet Günther I
; 26th Cabinet of Schleswig-Holstein
28 June 2017 – 29 June 2022
	Daniel Günther in July 2017
Date formed	28 June 2017
Date dissolved	28 June 2022
People and organisations
Minister-President	Daniel Günther
Deputy Minister-President	Robert Habeck (until Feb 2018); Monika Heinold (from Feb 2018)Heiner Garg
No. of ministers	7
Member parties	Christian Democratic Union; Alliance 90/The Greens; Free Democratic Party
Status in legislature	Coalition government; 44 / 73
Opposition parties	Social Democratic Party; Alternative for Germany; South Schleswig Voters' Association
History
Election	2017 Schleswig-Holstein state election
Legislature term	19th Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein
Predecessor	Albig cabinet
Successor	Second Günther cabinet

The first Günther cabinet was the state government of Schleswig-Holstein from between 2017 and 2022, sworn in after Daniel Günther was elected as Minister-President of Schleswig-Holstein by the members of the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein. It was the 26th Cabinet of Schleswig-Holstein.

It was formed after the 2017 Schleswig-Holstein state election by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Alliance 90/The Greens (GRÜNE) and Free Democratic Party (FDP). Excluding the Minister-President, the cabinet comprised seven ministers. Three were members of the CDU, two were members of the Greens, and two were members of the FDP.

The first Günther cabinet was succeeded by the second Günther cabinet on 29 June 2022.

Formation

The previous cabinet was a coalition government of the Social Democratic Party, Greens, and South Schleswig Voters' Association led by Minister-President Torsten Albig.

The election took place on 7 May 2017, and resulted in small losses for all three governing parties. The opposition CDU and FDP both recorded a swing toward them, while the AfD debuted at 6%.

Overall, the incumbent coalition lost its majority. The CDU invited the Greens and FDP to exploratory talks, seeking to form a "Jamaica coalition" of the three. The SPD did the same in hopes of forming a traffic light coalition, but the FDP turned down their invitation, citing conflicts with parliamentary leader Ralf Stegner and an unwillingness from the SPD to compromise. Nonetheless, the Greens stated that a government with the SPD and FDP was their preferred outcome.^[1]^[2]

After exploratory talks, the CDU and FDP both voted to begin negotiations for a Jamaica coalition. The Greens followed on 23 May.^[3] The three presented their coalition agreement on 13 June,^[4] and formally signed it on the 27th.^[5]

Günther was elected Minister-President by the Landtag on 28 June, winning 42 votes out of 73 cast.^[6]

Composition

Portfolio			Took office	Left office	State secretaries
Minister-President State Chancellery	Daniel Günther born (1973-07-24)24 July 1973	CDU	28 June 2017	28 June 2022	Dirk Schrödter (Head of the State Chancellery) Sandra Gerken (Representative to the Federal Government)
First Deputy Minister-President	Monika Heinold born (1958-12-30)30 December 1958	GRÜNE	6 February 2018	28 June 2022	Udo Philipp (Tax) Silke Torp (State Budget)
Minister for Finance			28 June 2017	28 June 2022	Udo Philipp (Tax) Silke Torp (State Budget)
Acting Minister for Energy Transition, Agriculture, Environment, Nature and Digitalisation			2 June 2022^[7]	Dorit Kuhnt (Agriculture and Nature) Tobias Goldschmidt (Energy Transition, Environment and Digitalisation)
Second Deputy Minister-President Minister for Social Affairs, Health, Youth, Family and Seniors	Heiner Garg born (1966-02-06)6 February 1966	FDP	28 June 2017	28 June 2022	Matthias Badenhop
Minister for Interior, Rural Areas, Integration and Equality	Sabine Sütterlin-Waack born (1958-02-15)15 February 1958	CDU	29 April 2020	28 June 2022	Torsten Geerdts (Integration and Police) Kristina Herbst (Until 07 June 2022: Rural Areas)
Minister for Justice, Europe, Consumer Protection and Equality	Sabine Sütterlin-Waack born (1958-02-15)15 February 1958	CDU	28 June 2017	29 April 2020	Wilfried Hoops
Minister for Justice, Europe and Consumer Protection	Claus Christian Claussen born (1961-03-26)26 March 1961	CDU	4 May 2020	28 June 2022	Wilfried Hoops
Minister for Education, Science and Culture	Karin Prien born (1965-06-26)26 June 1965	CDU	28 June 2017	28 June 2022	Oliver Grundei (Science and Culture) Dorit Stenke (Education)
Minister for Interior, Rural Areas and Integration	Hans-Joachim Grote born (1955-04-30)30 April 1955	CDU	28 June 2017	28 April 2020	Torsten Geerdts (Integration and Police) Kristina Herbst (Rural Areas)
Minister for Energy Transition, Agriculture, Environment, Nature and Digitalisation	Jan Philipp Albrecht born (1982-12-20)20 December 1982	GRÜNE	1 September 2018	2 June 2022^[7]	Dorit Kuhnt (Agriculture and Nature) Tobias Goldschmidt (Energy Transition, Environment and Digitalisation)
First Deputy Minister-President	Robert Habeck born (1969-09-02)2 September 1969	GRÜNE	28 June 2017	6 February 2018	Anke Erdmann (Agriculture and Nature) Tobias Goldschmidt (Energy Transition, Environment and Digitalisation)
Minister for Energy Transition, Agriculture, Environment, Nature and Digitalisation	Robert Habeck born (1969-09-02)2 September 1969	GRÜNE	28 June 2017	31 August 2018
Minister for Economics, Transport, Labour, Technology and Tourism	Bernd Buchholz born (1961-11-02)2 November 1961	FDP	28 June 2017	28 June 2022	Thilo Rohlfs