# Fourth Woidke cabinet

The fourth Woidke cabinet is the current state government of Brandenburg formed on December 11, 2024. Incumbent Social Democratic Party (SPD) Minister President Dietmar Woidke leads the coalition of his party and the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW). This government ushered in the BSW as governing partner in any government in Germany for the first time as a so-called "red–purple coalition", two days ahead of their entrance into the Voigt cabinet in Thuringia.
Excluding the Minister-President, the cabinet comprises ten ministers. Among them seven are members of the SPD, two are from the BSW and one without party affiliation nominated by BSW.

## Formation

While the SPD gained 7 seats at the 2024 Brandenburg state election, the previous government were no longer able to command a majority as its main governing partner in the third Woidke cabinet the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) lost three seats while the other partner, the Alliance 90/The Greens, failed to clear the 5% threshold and thus was completely shut out of the legislature. The composition of the Landtag is as follows (showing only parties with seats before or after the election):
| Party | Leader | List | Direct | Total |
| Social Democratic Party | Dietmar Woidke | 13 | 19 | 32 |
| Alternative for Germany | Hans-Christoph Berndt | 5 | 25 | 30 |
| Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance | Robert Crumbach | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| Christian Democratic Union | Jan Redmann | 12 | 0 | 12 |
With the Landtag consisting 88 seats, 45 votes were required to secure an absolute majority. The Landtag held two ballots on December 11, 2024, and confirmed its confidence in Minister President Woidke on the second ballot. Balloting for to confirm the Minister President were as follows:
| Candidate | Position | 1st Ballot | 1st Ballot | 2nd Ballot | 2nd Ballot |
| Dietmar Woidke (SPD) | For | 43 | 48.9% | 50 | 56.8% |
| Dietmar Woidke (SPD) | Against | 40 | 45.5% | 36 | 40.9% |
| Dietmar Woidke (SPD) | Abstentions | 2 | 2.3% | 1 | 1.1% |
| Dietmar Woidke (SPD) | Spoiled | 2 | 2.3% | | |
The fourth Woidke cabinet was sworn in after Woidke received 50 out of 88 votes available on the second ballot.

## Cabinet

| Portfolio | Minister | Minister | Minister | Term of Office | Term of Office |
| Portfolio | Minister | Minister | Minister | Start | End |
| Minister-President State Chancellor | | Dietmar Woidke | | August 28, 2013 | incumbent |
| Deputy Minister-President | | Robert Crumbach | | December 11, 2024 | incumbent |
| Finance and Europe | | Robert Crumbach | | December 11, 2024 | incumbent |
| Interior and Communities | | Katrin Lange (Minister for Finance and Europe in Woidke III) | | December 11, 2024 | incumbent |
| Agriculture, Food, Environment and Consumer Protection | | Hanka Mittelstädt | | December 13, 2024 (acting prior : Katrin Lange) | incumbent |
| Education, Youth and Sports | | Steffen Freiberg | | April 17, 2023 Continued from Woidke III | incumbent |
| Science, Research and Culture | | Manja Schüle | | November 20, 2019 Continued from Woidke III | incumbent |
| Economic Affairs, Labor, Energy and Climate Protection | | Daniel Keller [de] | | December 11, 2024 | incumbent |
| Justice and Digitalization | | Benjamin Grimm [de] | | December 11, 2024 | incumbent |
| Health and Social Affairs | | Britta Müller [de] non-partisan (nominated by BSW) | | December 11, 2024 | incumbent |
| Infrastructure and Regional Planning | | Detlef Tabbert [de] | | December 11, 2024 | incumbent |
| Responsible for the State Chancellery | | Kathrin Schneider | | November 20, 2019 Continued from Woidke III | incumbent |