Third Kretschmer cabinet

Third Cabinet of Michael Kretschmer
Kretschmer III
Third Cabinet of Michael Kretschmer; Kretschmer III
; 11th Cabinet of Saxony
19 December 2024 –
	Michael Kretschmer at his swearing-in ceremony; on December 18, 2024
Date formed	19 December 2024
People and organisations
Minister-President	Michael Kretschmer (CDU)
Deputy Minister-President	Petra Köpping (SPD)
No. of ministers	10
Member parties	Christian Democratic Union; Social Democratic Party
Status in legislature	Coalition government (minority); 51 / 120 (43%) ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Opposition parties	Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance; Alternative for Germany; Alliance 90/The Greens; The Left; Free Voters of Saxony
Opposition leader	Jörg Urban; Sabine Zimmermann
History
Election	2024 Saxony state election
Legislature term	8th Landtag of Saxony
Predecessor	Second Kretschmer cabinet

The third Kretschmer cabinet has formed the state government of Saxony, Germany, since 18 December 2024. Michael Kretschmer leads a coalition between the CDU and the SPD, a minority government.^[1] This was following the 2024 Saxony state election.^[2] It contains four new members than the Second Kretschmer cabinet.^[3]

Quick Facts Date formed, People and organisations ...

Government office	Name		State secretaries
Minister President Staatskanzlei	Michael Kretschmer	CDU	Andreas Handschuh [de] Head of the State Chancellery State Secretary for Federal and European Affairs
Deputy Minister President	Petra Köpping	SPD
Minister of State for Social Affairs, Health and Social Cohesion	Petra Köpping	SPD
Minister of State for the Interior	Armin Schuster	CDU
Minister of State of Finance	Christian Piwarz	CDU
Minister of State for the Environment and Agriculture	Georg-Ludwig von Breitenbuch	CDU
Minister of State for Education	Conrad Clemens [de]	CDU
State Minister for Science	Sebastian Gemkow	CDU
Minister of State for Culture and Tourism	Barbara Klepsch [de]	CDU
State Minister for Economic Affairs, Labor, Energy and Climate Protection	Dirk Panter [de]	SPD
Minister of State of Justice	Constanze Geiert [de]	CDU
Minister of State for Infrastructure and Regional Development	Regina Kraushaar [de]	CDU

ballot	candidate	number of votes	share (votes cast)
1st round of voting	Michael Kretschmer (CDU)	55	45.8%
	Jörg Urban (AfD)	40	33.3%
	Matthias Berger (independent, for Free Voters)	6	5.0%
	abstentions	12	10.0%
	Invalid votes	7	5.8%
2nd ballot	Michael Kretschmer (CDU)	69	57.5%
	Jörg Urban (AfD)	1	0.8%
	Matthias Berger (independent, for Free Voters)	39	32.5%
	abstentions	11	9.2%
	Invalid votes	0	—
Michael Kretschmer was thus re-elected as Prime Minister of Saxony.

Members of the state government