Second cabinet Wulff
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The Cabinet Wulff II was the state government of the German state
of Lower Saxony
from 26 February 2008 to 30 June 2010. Wulff left the position in June 2010 upon being elected President of Germany
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Unless noted otherwise, the minister served the entire term of the cabinet.
States of Germany
Germany is made up of sixteen which are partly sovereign constituent states of the Federal Republic of Germany. Land literally translates as "country", and constitutionally speaking, they are constituent countries...
of Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...
from 26 February 2008 to 30 June 2010. Wulff left the position in June 2010 upon being elected President of Germany
President of Germany
The President of the Federal Republic of Germany is the country's head of state. His official title in German is Bundespräsident . Germany has a parliamentary system of government and so the position of President is largely ceremonial...
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| Portfolio | Minister | Party | Changes |
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| Prime Minister of Lower Saxony Prime Minister of Lower Saxony The Minister-President of Lower Saxony , also referred to as Premier or Prime Minister, is the head of government of the German state of Lower Saxony. The position was created in 1946, when the states of Brunswick, Oldenburg, Schaumburg-Lippe and the State of Hanover were merged to form the state... |
Christian Wulff Christian Wulff Christian Wilhelm Walter Wulff is the President of Germany and a politician of the Christian Democratic Union. He was elected President on 2010 and publicly swore the oath of office on . A lawyer by profession, he served as Premier of the state of Lower Saxony from 2003 to 2010.-Early life and... |
CDU Christian Democratic Union (Germany) The Christian Democratic Union of Germany is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Germany. It is regarded as on the centre-right of the German political spectrum... |
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| Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Economics, Labour and Transport |
Walter Hirche | FDP Free Democratic Party (Germany) The Free Democratic Party , abbreviated to FDP, is a centre-right classical liberal political party in Germany. It is led by Philipp Rösler and currently serves as the junior coalition partner to the Union in the German federal government... |
Resigned 18 February 2009 |
| Philipp Rösler Philipp Rösler Philipp Rösler is a German politician, who, since 2011, has been the Federal Minister of Economics and Technology and the Vice Chancellor of Germany... |
FDP Free Democratic Party (Germany) The Free Democratic Party , abbreviated to FDP, is a centre-right classical liberal political party in Germany. It is led by Philipp Rösler and currently serves as the junior coalition partner to the Union in the German federal government... |
18 February - 27 October 2009 | |
| Jörg Bode Jörg Bode Jörg Bode may refer to*Jörg Bode, the Deputy Prime Minister of Lower Saxony*Jörg Bode, a footballer... |
FDP Free Democratic Party (Germany) The Free Democratic Party , abbreviated to FDP, is a centre-right classical liberal political party in Germany. It is led by Philipp Rösler and currently serves as the junior coalition partner to the Union in the German federal government... |
Appointed 27 October 2009 | |
| Minister of the Interior and Sports | Uwe Schünemann Uwe Schünemann Uwe Schuenemann is a German politician and interior minister of the German state of the federation Lower Saxony... |
CDU | |
| Minister of Food, Agriculture, Consumer Protection and Regional Development | Hans-Heinrich Ehlen | CDU | Resigned 27 April 2010 |
| Astrid Grotelüschen | CDU | Appointed 27 April 2010 | |
| Minister of Finance | Hartmut Möllring | CDU | |
| Minister of Justice | Bernd Busemann | CDU | |
| Minister of Education | Elisabeth Heister-Neumann | CDU | Resigned 27 April 2010 |
| Bernd Althusmann | CDU | Appointed 27 April 2010 | |
| Minister of Science and Culture | Lutz Stratmann | CDU | Resigned 27 April 2010 |
| Johanna Wanka Johanna Wanka Johanna Wanka is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union. She is Minister of Science and Culture of the state of Lower Saxony, in the Cabinet McAllister... |
CDU | Appointed 27 April 2010 | |
| Minister of the Environment | Hans-Heinrich Sander Hans-Heinrich Sander Hans-Heinrich Sander is a German politician for the Free Democratic Party .He was elected to the Lower Saxon Landtag in 2003, and has been re-elected on one occasion... |
FDP | |
| Minister of Social Affairs, Women, Families and Health | Mechthild Ross-Luttmann | CDU | Resigned 27 April 2010 |
| Aygül Özkan Aygül Özkan Aygül Özkan is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union. Since 2010, she has served as Minister of Social Affairs, Women, Families, Health and Integration in the state of Lower Saxony, in the Second Cabinet Wulff and the Cabinet McAllister.Özkan's father immigrated from Ankara to... |
CDU | Appointed 27 April 2010 |
Unless noted otherwise, the minister served the entire term of the cabinet.