Schweitzer cabinet

Schweitzer Cabinet
26th Cabinet of Rhineland-Palatinate
10 July 2024 – present
Alexander Schweitzer in 2014
Date formed	10 July 2024
Date dissolved	18 May 2026
People and organisations
Minister-President	Alexander Schweitzer
Deputy Minister-President	Katharina Binz
No. of ministers	9
Member parties	Social Democratic Party   Alliance 90/The Greens   Free Democratic Party
Status in legislature	Majority (Coalition)
Opposition parties	Christian Democratic Union   Alternative for Germany   Free Voters   Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht
History
Election	2021 Rhineland-Palatinate state election
Legislature term	18th Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate
Predecessor	Dreyer III
Successor	Schnieder

The Schweitzer cabinet was the government of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate from July 2024 to May 2026, succeeding the third Dreyer cabinet.

The cabinet was again formed as a traffic light coalition consisting of the SPD, the Greens and the FDP.

Vote in the Landtag

On 10 July 2024, the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate elected Alexander Schweitzer as Minister-President, receiving three more votes than the coalition factions supporting him actually have; thus, he was also elected by opposition MPs in the secret ballot. Schweitzer's cabinet was then appointed and confirmed by the Landtag.

Mainz, 10 July 2024 – total number of votes = 101 votes – absolute majority = 51 votes

Ballot	Candidate	Votes	number of votes	share (votes cast)	supporters
1st round of voting	Alexander Schweitzer (SPD)	yes votes	57	56.4%	SPD, Greens, FDP
		no votes	39	38.6%
		abstentions	4	4.0%
		Invalid votes	0	0.0%
		non-participation	1	1.0%
Alexander Schweitzer was elected Minister President of Rhineland-Palatinate.

State government

Schweitzer Cabinet

Office/department	Photo	Name	Party		Picture	State secretaries	Party
Ministerpräsident Head of the State Chancellery of Rhineland-Palatinate		Alexander Schweitzer		SPD		Fedor Ruhose - Head of the State Chancellery		SPD
						Heike Raab - Representative of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate in Berlin, and for Europe, Media, Digital and Sustainability
Minister for Family, Women, Culture and Integration		Katharina Binz Also Deputy Minister-President		GRÜNE		Jürgen Hardeck		non-partisan
						Janosch Littig		GRÜNE
Minister for Economic Affairs, Transport, Agriculture and Viticulture		Daniela Schmitt		FDP		Andy Becht		FDP
						Petra Dick-Walther
Minister of Finance		Doris Ahnen		SPD		Stephan Weinberg		SPD
Minister of Justice		Herbert Mertin (died 2025) Philipp Fernis		FDP		Matthias Frey		FDP
Minister of the Interior and Sport		Michael Ebling		SPD		Daniel Stich		SPD
						Simone Schneider
Minister of Education		Stefanie Hubig		SPD		Bettina Brück		SPD
Minister of Labour, Social Affairs, Transformation and Digitization		Dörte Schall		SPD		Denis Alt		SPD
Minister of Science and Health		Clemens Hoch		SPD		Nicole Steingaß		SPD
Minister for Climate Protection, Environment, Energy and Mobility		Katrin Eder		GRÜNE		Erwin Manz		GRÜNE
						Michael Hauer