# Second Söder cabinet

The Second Söder cabinet was the state government of Bavaria from November 2018 to late 2023. It was sworn in on 12 November 2018, after Markus Söder was elected as Minister-President of Bavaria by the members of the Landtag of Bavaria. It was the 27th Cabinet of Bavaria.
It was formed after the 2018 Bavarian state election, by the Christian Social Union (CSU) and Free Voters (FW). Excluding the Minister-President, the cabinet comprised fourteen ministers and three state secretaries. Eleven ministers and two state secretaries were members of the CSU and three ministers and one state secretary were members of the Free Voters.

## Formation

The previous cabinet was a majority government of the CSU led by Minister-President Markus Söder, who took office in March 2018.
The election took place on 14 October 2018; it resulted in the CSU losing its absolute majority and recording its worst result since 1950. The Greens improved from fourth to second place with 18% of the vote while the SPD lost more than half its vote share and dropped from second to fifth. The Free Voters remained the third-largest party with 12% of the vote, an improvement of two and a half percentage points. The AfD debuted at 10%; the FDP re-entered the Landtag with 5%.
The CSU met with each party except the AfD, initially expressing interest in both The Greens and Free Voters. On 18 October, they announced they would seek a coalition with the Free Voters. Söder stated that The Greens differed too much from the CSU on refugee and domestic security policy, while the FW held agreeable positions on important issues.
Coalition negotiations between the CSU and FW were finalised on 2 November, and both parties approved the agreement on 4 November.
Söder was elected as Minister-President by the Landtag on 8 November, winning 110 votes out of 202 cast. The new cabinet took office on 12 November.

## Composition

| Portfolio | Minister | Party | Took office | Left office | State secretary |
| Minister-President | Markus Söder born (1967-01-05) 5 January 1967 (age 58) | CSU | 8 November 2018 | 7 November 2023 | |
| Deputy Minister-PresidentMinister for Economics, State Development and Energy | Hubert Aiwanger born (1971-01-26) 26 January 1971 (age 53) | FW | 12 November 2018 | 7 November 2023 | Roland Weigert [de] |
| Minister for Interior, Sport and Integration | Joachim Herrmann born (1956-09-21) 21 September 1956 (age 68) | CSU | 12 November 2018 | 7 November 2023 | Sandro Kirchner [de] |
| Head of the Bavarian State Chancellery and Minister of State for Federal Affairs and Media | Florian Herrmann born (1971-12-07) 7 December 1971 (age 53) | CSU | 12 November 2018 | 7 November 2023 | |
| Minister for Housing, Construction and Transport | Hans Reichhart [de] born (1982-06-20) 20 June 1982 (age 42) | CSU | 12 November 2018 | 1 February 2020 | |
| Minister for Housing, Construction and Transport | Christian Bernreiter born (1964-04-07) 7 April 1964 (age 60) | CSU | 23 February 2022 | 7 November 2023 | |
| Minister for Justice | Georg Eisenreich born (1970-12-06) 6 December 1970 (age 54) | CSU | 12 November 2018 | 7 November 2023 | |
| Minister for Teaching and Education | Michael Piazolo born (1959-10-22) 22 October 1959 (age 65) | FW | 12 November 2018 | 7 November 2023 | Anna Stolz [de] |
| Minister for Science and Art | Bernd Sibler [de] born (1971-02-19) 19 February 1971 (age 53) | CSU | 12 November 2018 | 23 February 2022 | |
| Minister for Science and Art | Markus Blume born (1975-02-14) 14 February 1975 (age 49) | CSU | 23 February 2022 | 7 November 2023 | |
| Minister for Finance and Homeland | Albert Füracker born (1968-02-03) 3 February 1968 (age 56) | CSU | 12 November 2018 | 7 November 2023 | |
| Minister for Environment and Consumer Protection | Thorsten Glauber born (1970-11-21) 21 November 1970 (age 54) | FW | 12 November 2018 | 7 November 2023 | |
| Minister for Food, Agriculture and Forestry | Michaela Kaniber born (1977-09-14) 14 September 1977 (age 47) | CSU | 12 November 2018 | 7 November 2023 | |
| Minister for Family, Labour and Social Affairs | Kerstin Schreyer [de] born (1971-06-29) 29 June 1971 (age 53) | CSU | 12 November 2018 | 6 February 2020 | Carolina Trautner [de] |
| Minister for Family, Labour and Social Affairs | Carolina Trautner [de] born (1961-05-25) 25 May 1961 (age 63) | CSU | 6 February 2020 | 23 February 2022 | |
| Minister for Family, Labour and Social Affairs | Ulrike Scharf [de] born (1967-12-16) 16 December 1967 (age 57) | CSU | 23 February 2022 | 7 November 2023 | |
| Minister of State for European and International Affairs in the State Chancellery | Melanie Huml born (1975-09-09) 9 September 1975 (age 49) | CSU | 11 January 2021 | 7 November 2023 | |
| Minister for Health and Care | Melanie Huml born (1975-09-09) 9 September 1975 (age 49) | CSU | 12 November 2018 | 10 January 2021 | Klaus Holetschek [de] |
| Minister for Health and Care | Klaus Holetschek [de] born (1964-10-21) 21 October 1964 (age 60) | CSU | 11 January 2021 | 7 November 2023 | |
| Minister for Digital Affairs | Judith Gerlach [de] born (1985-11-03) 3 November 1985 (age 39) | CSU | 12 November 2018 | 7 November 2023 | |