# Schweitzer cabinet

The Schweitzer cabinet has been the government of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate since July 2024, succeeding the third Dreyer cabinet.
The cabinet was again formed as a traffic light coalition consisting of the SPD, the Greens and the FDP.

## Vote in the Landtag

On 10 July 2024, the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate elected Alexander Schweitzer as Minister-President, receiving three more votes than the coalition factions supporting him actually have; thus, he was also elected by opposition MPs in the secret ballot. Schweitzer's cabinet was then appointed and confirmed by the Landtag.
Mainz, 10 July 2024 – total number of votes = 101 votes – absolute majority = 51 votes :
| Ballot | Candidate | Votes | number of votes | share (votes cast) | supporters |
| 1st round of voting | Alexander Schweitzer (SPD) | yes votes | 57 | 56.4% | SPD, Greens, FDP |
| 1st round of voting | Alexander Schweitzer (SPD) | no votes | 39 | 38.6% | SPD, Greens, FDP |
| 1st round of voting | Alexander Schweitzer (SPD) | abstentions | 4 | 4.0% | SPD, Greens, FDP |
| 1st round of voting | Alexander Schweitzer (SPD) | Invalid votes | 0 | 0.0% | SPD, Greens, FDP |
| 1st round of voting | Alexander Schweitzer (SPD) | non-participation | 1 | 1.0% | SPD, Greens, FDP |
| Alexander Schweitzer was elected Minister President of Rhineland-Palatinate. ||||||

## State government

Schweitzer Cabinet :
| Office/department | Name | | State secretaries | Party |
| Ministerpräsident Head of the State Chancellery of Rhineland-Palatinate [de] | Alexander Schweitzer | SPD | Fedor Ruhose [de] - Head of the State Chancellery [de] | SPD |
| Ministerpräsident Head of the State Chancellery of Rhineland-Palatinate [de] | Alexander Schweitzer | SPD | Heike Raab - Representative of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate in Berlin [de], and for Europe, Media, Digital and Sustainability | SPD |
| Minister for Family, Women, Culture and Integration [de] | Katharina Binz Also Deputy Minister-President | GRÜNE | Jürgen Hardeck [de] | non-partisan |
| Minister for Family, Women, Culture and Integration [de] | Katharina Binz Also Deputy Minister-President | GRÜNE | Janosch Littig [de] | GRÜNE |
| Minister for Economic Affairs, Transport, Agriculture and Viticulture [de] | Daniela Schmitt | FDP | Andy Becht [de] | FDP |
| Minister for Economic Affairs, Transport, Agriculture and Viticulture [de] | Daniela Schmitt | FDP | Petra Dick-Walther [de] | FDP |
| Minister of Finance [de] | Doris Ahnen | SPD | Stephan Weinberg [de] | SPD |
| Minister of Justice [de] | Herbert Mertin | FDP | Matthias Frey [de] | FDP |
| Minister of the Interior and Sport [de] | Michael Ebling | SPD | Daniel Stich [de] | SPD |
| Minister of the Interior and Sport [de] | Michael Ebling | SPD | Simone Schneider [de] | SPD |
| Minister of Education [de] | Stefanie Hubig | SPD | Bettina Brück [de] | SPD |
| Minister of Labour, Social Affairs, Transformation and Digitization [de] | Dörte Schall [de] | SPD | Denis Alt [de] | SPD |
| Minister of Science and Health [de] | Clemens Hoch [de] | SPD | Nicole Steingaß [de] | SPD |
| Minister for Climate Protection, Environment, Energy and Mobility [de] | Katrin Eder | GRÜNE | Erwin Manz [de] | GRÜNE |
| Minister for Climate Protection, Environment, Energy and Mobility [de] | Katrin Eder | GRÜNE | Michael Hauer [de] | GRÜNE |