Cabinet Kraft I


Cabinet Kraft was the name of the government of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia from July 2010 until June 2012.
Its leader was Hannelore Kraft, elected and sworn in as Minister-President by the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia on 14 July 2010. The following day she appointed and swore in her cabinet.
The government was a coalition government of the center-left Social Democratic Party of Germany and the Green party, who formed a minority government that was short of one seat from the absolute majority in the state parliament, the Landtag. The government failed to get its budget approved by the Parliament in 2012, so the Parliament was dissolved. The subsequent election was won by the two governing parties who went on to form Cabinet Kraft II.
The following table shows cabinet members, who held the office of ministers of their respective portfolio except when denoted otherwise. Note that only the Ministers are members of the Cabinet. The Head of the Minister-President's Office, as a Secretary of State, is not an official member of cabinet, but is invited as non-voting attendee.
OfficeNamePartySecretary of State
Minister-PresidentHannelore KraftSPDFranz-Josef Lersch-Mense
Head of the Minister-President's Office
Minister-PresidentHannelore KraftSPDThomas Breustedt
Government Spokesman
Deputy Prime Minister
Schools and Education
Sylvia LöhrmannGreens-
FinanceNorbert Walter-BorjansSPDRüdiger Messal
Interior and Local GovernmentRalf JägerSPDHans-Ulrich Krüger
JusticeThomas KutschatySPDBrigitte Mandt
Karl-Heinz Krems
Economics, Energy, Transport and BuildingHarry VoigtsbergerSPDHorst-Helmut Becker
Deputy Minister & Secretary of State for Transport
Günther Horzetzky
Innovation, Science and ResearchSvenja SchulzeSPDHelmut Dockter
Labour, Integration and Social AffairsGuntram SchneiderSPDWilhelm Schäffer
Zülfiye Kaykin
Secretary of State for Integration
Family, Children, Youth, Culture and SportUte SchäferSPDKlaus Schäfer
Climate Change, Environment, Agriculture and Consumer ProtectionJohannes RemmelGreensUdo Paschedag
Health, Emancipation, Care and the ElderBarbara SteffensGreensMarlis Bredehorst
Federal Affairs, Europe and MediaAngelica Schwall-DürenSPDMarc Jan Eumann