# First Ramelow cabinet

The first Ramelow cabinet was the state government of Thuringia between 2014 and 2020, sworn in on 5 December 2014 after Bodo Ramelow was elected as Minister-President by the members of the Landtag of Thuringia. It was the 7th Cabinet of Thuringia.
It was formed after the 2014 Thuringian state election by The Left (LINKE), the Social Democratic Party (SPD), and Alliance 90/The Greens (GRÜNE). Excluding the Minister-President, the cabinet comprised nine ministers. Four were members of The Left, three were members of the SPD, and two were members of the Greens.
The first Ramelow cabinet left office on 5 February 2020 after Thomas Kemmerich was elected Minister-President.

## Formation

The previous cabinet was a coalition government CDU and SPD led by Minister-President Christine Lieberknecht.
The state election took place on 14 September, and resulted in small gains for the CDU and a substantial decline for the SPD. The Left and Greens remained steady on 28% and 6% respectively, while the AfD debuted at 11%. Overall, the incumbent coalition retained a slim majority of one seat.
The SPD's losses prompted the party to consider changing course and defecting from the outgoing government. A left-wing coalition of The Left, SPD, and Greens also held a one-seat majority. After holding exploratory talks with the other parties, they SPD carried out a postal ballot of their membership to gauge support for a coalition with The Left and Greens. The results were announced on 4 November, with 69.9% voting in favour. Turnout among the party's 4,300 members was 77.5%. The three parties thus entered into negotiations. They presented their coalition agreement on 19 November.
Bodo Ramelow was elected Minister-President by the Landtag on 6 December after two rounds of voting. In the first ballot, he received 45 votes in favour to 44 against, one short of the required majority. In the second ballot, he was elected with 46 votes in favour to 43 against. In both rounds, there was one abstention and one invalid vote.
Minister-President election :
| Ballot → | Ballot → | 4 March 2020 | 4 March 2020 |
| Required majority → | Required majority → | 46 out of 91 N | 46 out of 91Y |
| | Bodo Ramelow | 45 / 91 | 46 / 91 |
| | Against | 44 / 91 | 43 / 91 |
| | Abstentions | 1 / 91 | 1 / 91 |

## Composition

The composition of the cabinet at the time of its dissolution was as follows:
| Portfolio | Senator | Party | Took office | Left office | State secretaries |
| Minister-President | Bodo Ramelow born (1956-02-19)19 February 1956 | LINKE | 5 December 2014 | 5 February 2020 | |
| First Deputy Minister-PresidentMinister for Finance | Heike Taubert born (1958-11-14)14 November 1958 | SPD | 5 December 2014 | 5 February 2020 | Hartmut Schubert |
| Second Deputy Minister-PresidentMinister for Environment, Energy, and Nature Protection | Anja Siegesmund born (1977-01-16)16 January 1977 | GRÜNE | 5 December 2014 | 5 February 2020 | Olaf Möller |
| Minister for Culture, Federal and European Affairs and Chief of the State Chancellery | Benjamin-Immanuel Hoff born (1976-02-17)17 February 1976 | LINKE | 5 December 2014 | 5 February 2020 | Malte Krückels (Media, Representative to the Federal Government) Babette Winter (Culture and Europe) |
| Minister for Infrastructure and Agriculture (acting) | Benjamin-Immanuel Hoff born (1976-02-17)17 February 1976 | LINKE | 26 November 2019 | 5 February 2020 | Klaus Sühl |
| Minister for Interior and Communities | Holger Poppenhäger born (1957-04-03)3 April 1957 | SPD | 5 December 2014 | 30 August 2017 | Udo Götze |
| Minister for Interior and Communities | Georg Maier born (1967-04-25)25 April 1967 | SPD | 30 August 2017 | 5 February 2020 | Udo Götze Uwe Höhn |
| Minister for Education, Youth and Sport | Birgit Klaubert born (1954-09-28)28 September 1954 | LINKE | 5 December 2014 | 17 August 2017 | Gabi Ohler |
| Minister for Education, Youth and Sport | Helmut Holter born (1953-05-22)22 May 1953 | LINKE | 17 August 2017 | 5 February 2020 | Gabi Ohler |
| Minister for Migration, Justice and Consumer Protection | Dieter Lauinger born (1962-12-05)5 December 1962 | GRÜNE | 5 December 2014 | 5 February 2020 | Sebastian von Ammon |
| Minister for Economics, Science and Digital Society | Wolfgang Tiefensee born (1955-01-04)4 January 1955 | SPD | 5 December 2014 | 5 February 2020 | Markus Hoppe (Science) Valentina Kerst (Economic Policy, Economic Development, Tourism and Digital Society) |
| Minister for Labour, Social Affairs, Health, Women and Family | Heike Werner born (1969-05-30)30 May 1969 | LINKE | 5 December 2014 | 5 February 2020 | Ines Feierabend |
| Minister for Infrastructure and Agriculture | Birgit Keller born (1959-01-28) 28 January 1959 (age 66) | LINKE | 5 December 2014 | 26 November 2019 | Klaus Sühl |