Schulze cabinet

The Schulze cabinet is the current state government of Saxony-Anhalt, sworn in on 28 January 2026 after Sven Schulze was elected as Minister-President of Saxony-Anhalt by the members of the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt, succeeding retiring Reiner Haseloff. It is the 11th Cabinet of Saxony-Anhalt.

Cabinet of Sven Schulze Schulze
11th Cabinet of Saxony-Anhalt
28 January 2026 – present
Sven Schulze in August 2024
Date formed	28 January 2026
People and organisations
Minister-President	Sven Schulze
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
Legislature term	8th Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt
Predecessor	Third Haseloff cabinet

Formation

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

Sven Schulze was elected Minister-President by the Landtag on 28 January. He was elected with 58 votes in favour to 38 against and one invalid vote.

Minister-President election
Ballot →		28 January 2026
Required majority →		49 out of 97 Y
	Sven Schulze	58 / 97
	Against	38 / 97
	Invalid	1 / 97

Composition

Portfolio	Minister		Party		Took office	Left office	State secretaries
Minister-President		Sven Schulze born (1979-07-31) 31 July 1979		CDU	28 January 2026	Incumbent
First Deputy Minister-President Minister for Science, Energy, Climate Protection and Environment		Armin Willingmann born (1963-01-13) 13 January 1963		SPD	28 January 2026	Incumbent	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	28 January 2026	Incumbent	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	28 January 2026	Incumbent	Wolfgang Beck Susi Möbbeck (Integration)
Head of the Chancellery		Rainer Robra born (1951-10-15) 15 October 1951		CDU	28 January 2026	Incumbent	Simone Großner (Federal and European Affairs, Representative to the Federal Government)
Minister for Culture							Sebastian Putz (Culture) Jürgen Ude (Structural Change and Large-scale Settlements)
Minister for Interior and Sport		Tamara Zieschang born (1970-08-21) 21 August 1970		CDU	28 January 2026	Incumbent	Klaus Zimmermann
Minister for Economics, Tourism, Agriculture and Forests		Michael Richter born (1954-06-27) 27 June 1954		CDU	28 January 2026	Incumbent	Stefanie Pötzsch Gert Zender
Minister for Finance							Rüdiger Malter
Minister for Education		Jan Riedel born (1982-06-08) 8 June 1982		CDU	28 January 2026	Incumbent	Jürgen Bohm
Minister for Justice and Consumer Protection		Franziska Weidinger born (1976-10-08) 8 October 1976		CDU	28 January 2026	Incumbent	Steffen Eckold