Third Söder cabinet

The Third Söder cabinet was sworn in on 8 November 2023, following Markus Söder's re-election as Minister-President of Bavaria by the members of the Landtag of Bavaria on 31 October 2023. It is the 28th Cabinet of Bavaria.

Third Cabinet of Markus Söder Söder III
28th Cabinet of Bavaria
8 November 2023 –
Markus Söder on election night, 8 October 2023
Date formed	Minister-President elected: 31 October 2023 Cabinet sworn in: 8 November 2023
People and organisations
Minister-President	Markus Söder
Deputy Minister-President	Hubert Aiwanger
No. of ministers	14
Member parties	Christian Social Union Free Voters of Bavaria
Status in legislature	Coalition government (Majority) 122 / 203 (60%)
Opposition parties	Alternative for Germany Alliance 90/The Greens Social Democratic Party
History
Election	2023 Bavarian state election
Legislature term	19th Landtag of Bavaria
Predecessor	Second Söder cabinet

Formation

See also: 2023 Bavarian state election

Markus Söder was re-elected Minister-President by the Landtag on 31 October 2023, with 120 votes for, 76 votes against, and two abstentions. The Christian Social Union and Free Voters of Bavaria coalition has 122 of the 203 seats.^[1]

Composition

Portfolio	Minister		Party		Took office	Left office	State secretary
Minister-President		Markus Söder		CSU	31 October 2023
Deputy Minister-President Minister for Economics, State Development and Energy [de]		Hubert Aiwanger		FW	8 November 2023		Tobias Gotthardt [de]
Additional Deputy Minister-President Minister for Family, Work and Social [de]		Ulrike Scharf [de]		CSU	8 November 2023
Head of the State Chancellery and Minister of State for Federal Affairs and Media [de]		Florian Herrmann		CSU	8 November 2023
Minister of Interior, Sport and Integration		Joachim Herrmann		CSU	8 November 2023		Sandro Kirchner [de]
Minister for Housing, Construction and Transport [de]		Christian Bernreiter		CSU	8 November 2023
Minister of Justice [de]		Georg Eisenreich		CSU	8 November 2023
Minister for Education and Culture [de]		Anna Stolz [de]		FW	8 November 2023
Minister for Science and Art [de]		Markus Blume		CSU	8 November 2023
Minister of Finance and Homeland [de]		Albert Füracker		CSU	8 November 2023		Martin Schöffel [de]
Minister for Environment and Consumer Protection [de]		Thorsten Glauber		FW	8 November 2023
Minister for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Tourism [de]		Michaela Kaniber		CSU	8 November 2023
Minister for Health, Care and Prevention [de]		Judith Gerlach [de]		CSU	8 November 2023
Minister for Digital [de]		Fabian Mehring [de]		FW	8 November 2023
Minister for European and International Affairs [de] in the State Chancellery		Eric Beißwenger [de]		CSU	8 November 2023