Third Haseloff cabinet

Third Cabinet of Reiner Haseloff Haselhoff III
10th Cabinet of Saxony-Anhalt
16 September 2021 – 28 January 2026
Reiner Haseloff in November 2019
Date formed	16 September 2021
Date dissolved	28 January 2026
People and organisations
Minister-President	Reiner Haseloff
Deputy Minister-President	Armin Willingmann Lydia Hüskens
No. of ministers	9
Member parties	Christian Democratic Union Social Democratic Party Free Democratic Party
Status in legislature	Majority (coalition) 56 / 97 (58%)
Opposition parties	Alternative for Germany The Left Alliance 90/The Greens
History
Election	2021 Saxony-Anhalt state election
Legislature term	8th Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt
Predecessor	Second Haseloff cabinet
Successor	Schulze cabinet

The Third Haseloff cabinet was the state government of Saxony-Anhalt, sworn in on 16 September 2021 after Reiner Haseloff was elected as Minister-President of Saxony-Anhalt by the members of the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt. It was the 10th Cabinet of Saxony-Anhalt.

It was formed after the 2021 Saxony-Anhalt state election by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Social Democratic Party (SPD), and Free Democratic Party (FDP). Excluding the Minister-President, the cabinet comprises nine ministers. Six are members of the CDU, two are members of the SPD, and one is a member of the FDP.

Formation

See also: 2021 Saxony-Anhalt state election

The previous cabinet was a coalition government of the CDU, SPD, and Greens led by Minister-President Reiner Haseloff.

The election took place on 6 June 2021, and resulted in a substantial swing toward to CDU, while the SPD recorded small losses and the Greens slight gains. The opposition AfD and The Left also suffered losses, while the FDP re-entered the Landtag with 6%.

Overall, the incumbent coalition increased its majority; the CDU and SPD alone held a one-seat majority. The CDU announced that they would seek exploratory talks with the SPD, Greens, and FDP. The Greens ruled out renewing the outgoing government on the basis that their involvement was no longer mathematically necessary. The FDP initially rejected a coalition with the CDU and SPD on the same grounds, but recanted their position two days after the election and stated they were open to talks.

Exploratory discussions began on 21 June with a meeting between the CDU and SPD. By 2 July, the CDU and FDP had come to an agreement on a number of points, and stated that they were seeking a third partner for a coalition. The CDU also noted that they had found difficulties during talks with the Greens, and wished for another meeting with the SPD.

On 7 July, the CDU, SPD, and FDP announced their intention to begin coalition negotiations together. After some debate, on 16 July the SPD party congress gave their approval for the party to commence negotiations. They began on 19 July and concluded with a 15-hour meeting on 6 August, at which the parties finalised their coalition contract and agreed to present it on the 9th.

The CDU and SPD both held membership ballots to approve the pact. The SPD announced their results on 4 September, with 63.4% of members approving the coalition on 60.4% turnout. The CDU announced on 10 September that their membership had voted 92.1% in favour; the FDP party congress also passed the contract later that evening with 98% approval from delegates. It was formally signed on 13 September.

Reiner Haseloff was elected Minister-President by the Landtag on 16 September after two rounds of voting. He unexpectedly lost the first ballot, receiving 48 votes in favour to 49 against, with no abstentions. On the second ballot, he was elected with 53 votes in favour to 43 against and one abstention.

Minister-President election
Ballot →		16 September 2021
Required majority →		49 out of 97 N	49 out of 97 Y
	Reiner Haseloff	48 / 97	53 / 97
	Against	49 / 97	43 / 97
	Abstentions	0 / 97	1 / 97

Composition

Portfolio	Minister		Party		Took office	Left office	State secretaries
Minister-President		Reiner Haseloff born (1954-02-19) 19 February 1954		CDU	16 September 2021	27 January 2026
Acting Minister-President		Armin Willingmann born (1963-01-13) 13 January 1963		SPD	27 January 2026	28 January 2026
First Deputy Minister-President Minister for Science, Energy, Climate Protection and Environment					16 September 2021		Thomas Wünsch (Science) Steffen Eichner (Environment)
Second Deputy Minister-President Minister for Infrastructure and Digital Affairs		Lydia Hüskens born (1964-03-26) 26 March 1964		FDP	16 September 2021	28 January 2026	Sven Haller (Infrastructure) Bernd Schlömer (Digital Affairs, Chief information officer)
Minister for Labour, Social Affairs, Health and Equality		Petra Grimm-Benne born (1962-04-27) 27 April 1962		SPD	16 September 2021	28 January 2026	Beate Bröcker (Departement Chief) (Until 31 December 2021) Wolfgang Beck (Departement Chief) (Since 1 January 2022) Susi Möbbeck (Integration)
Head of the Chancellery		Rainer Robra born (1951-10-15) 15 October 1951		CDU	16 September 2021	28 January 2026	Federal and European Affairs, Representative to the Federal Government Michael Schneider (Until 30 September 2022) Simone Großner (Since 1 October 2022)
Minister for Culture							Sebastian Putz (Culture) Jürgen Ude (Structural Change and Large-scale Settlements) (Since 3 May 2022)
Minister for Interior and Sport		Tamara Zieschang born (1970-08-21) 21 August 1970		CDU	16 September 2021	28 January 2026	Anne Poggemann (Until 1 October 2021) Klaus Zimmermann (Since 1 October 2021)
Minister for Economics, Tourism, Agriculture and Forests		Sven Schulze born (1979-07-31) 31 July 1979		CDU	16 September 2021	28 January 2026	Jürgen Ude (Until 3 May 2022) Stefanie Pötzsch (Since 3 May 2022) Gert Zender (Departement Chief)
Minister for Finance		Michael Richter born (1954-06-27) 27 June 1954		CDU	16 September 2021	28 January 2026	Rüdiger Malter (Department Chief) Klaus Klang (Until 31 January 2022)
Minister for Education		Jan Riedel born (1982-06-08) 8 June 1982		CDU	29 June 2025	28 January 2026	Frank Diesener (Until 15 June 2023) Jürgen Bohm (Since 11 July 2023)
		Eva Feußner born (1963-03-12) 12 March 1963		CDU	16 September 2021	29 June 2025
Minister for Justice and Consumer Protection		Franziska Weidinger born (1976-10-08) 8 October 1976		CDU	16 September 2021	28 January 2026	Josef Molkenbur (Until 30 April 2022) Steffen Eckold (Since 1 May 2022)

External links

• "The State Government". Sachsen-anhalt.de (in German). Retrieved 16 March 2022.