The Socialists nominated six women and 3 men for 9 positions in the future German government. Among them are respective fresh faces and 1 minister who retained his position.
Lars Klingbeil, the leader of the SPD party, was appointed Minister of Finance and Vice Chancellor, making him the most crucial minister in the government of Friedrich Merz. No future government task can be implemented without its support. The 47-year-old from Saxony Dolna is an educated polytologist and sociologist, since 2009 he has served in the Bundestag.
Pistorius remains Minister of Defence
Boris Pistorius is the only SPD minister to stay in office. According to many polls besides coming from Lower Saxony politicians, it is inactive the most popular politician in Germany. The 65-year-old has a hard task of upgrading the Bundeswehr and making it an army capable of defending the country. This will facilitate the improvement of the budget anchor, which involves taking out defence spending of more than 1% of GDP from the constraints of the budget anchor.
The fresh Minister of Labour and Social Affairs Bärbel Bas has so far been president of the Bundestag. She is 1 of the fewer Members with a direct mandate. Since 2009, she has always won straight in her constituency in Duisburg. Its biggest task in the Ministry of Labour will most likely be a re-reform of the civilian benefit.
Positions for east politicians
Originated in Thuringia, Carsten Schneider, the erstwhile German government typical for east Lands will become Minister of Environment and Climate Protection. The fresh east Lands Plenipotentiary will be Elisabeth Kaiser, the current Parliamentary State Secretary at the Ministry of Construction. On the another hand, 32-year-old Natalie Pawlik, born in Russia, the current typical for German displaced persons and national minorities, will be the Minister of State and the Plenipotentiary of Government for Migration, Refugees and Integration.
A surprise is the nomination of Reem Alabama-Radovan, who will become Minister of economical Cooperation and Development. A 35-year-old was born in Moscow and her parents are from Iraq. The household emigrated to Germany erstwhile Reem Alabama-Radovan was six years old. The policy has so far served as a proxy for migration, refugees and integration.
Stefanie Hubig of Rhineland-Palatinate, on the another hand, was 1 of the favorites to embrace the ministry of justice and, as it turned out, will receive this portfolio. The 56-year-old Hubig is acquainted with this hotel due to the fact that she has already worked there as Secretary of State.
From start-up to ministry
The fresh Minister of Housing, Urban improvement and Construction Verena Hubertz, like Alabama-Radovan, has a fast career in SPD. The messenger from Trewir has only been in the Bundestag since 2021. The 37-year-old was already the vice-president of the SPD parliamentary club in the Bundestag. She was previously the founder of the Kitchen Stories culinary start-up.
Christian Democrats from the CDU and the Bavarian CSU introduced their ministers already last week. Thus, all members of Friedrich Merz's government are known. On Tuesday, May 6, the Bundestag will gather to elect a fresh chancellor. The CDU leader Friedrich Merz needs a alleged chancellorial majority in the first vote – i.e. the majority of all members of the Bundestag. This threshold is 316 votes.
