# Second Müller senate

The second Müller senate was the state government of Berlin between 2016 and 2021, sworn in on 8 December 2016 after Michael Müller was elected as Governing Mayor by the members of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin. It was the 27th Senate of Berlin.
It was formed after the 2016 Berlin state election by the Social Democratic Party (SPD), The Left (LINKE) and Alliance 90/The Greens (GRÜNE). Excluding the Governing Mayor, the senate comprised ten members, called Senators. Four were members of the SPD, three were members of The Left, and three were members of the Greens.
The second Müller senate was succeeded by the Giffey senate on 21 December 2021.

## Formation

The previous Senate was a grand coalition government of the SPD and CDU led by Governing Mayor Michael Müller, who took office in December 2014.
The election took place on 18 September 2016, and resulted in significant losses for both governing parties. The Left improved to third place and the Greens saw a decline, while the AfD debuted at 14% and the FDP re-entered the Abgeordnetenhaus in sixth place. As a result of their losses, the SPD and CDU fell short of a majority, bringing the grand coalition to an end. Müller voiced his preference for a government with the Left and Greens; during the campaign, both the SPD and Greens had ruled out a coalition with the CDU.
On 26 September, Müller announced that he would seek exploratory talks between the SPD, Left, and Greens. Negotiations began on 6 October.
After intensive discussions, the three parties presented their 251-page coalition programme on 16 November. It was approved by the Greens at a party congress on 5 December, receiving only two votes against; the SPD followed on 6 December with almost 90% approval. The Left held a membership ballot on the coalition, with 89.3% of members voting in favour.
The Abgeordnetenhaus elected Müller as Governing Mayor on 8 December, winning 88 votes out of 158 cast.

## Composition

The composition of the Senate at the time of its dissolution was as follows:
| Portfolio | Senator | Party | Took office | Left office | State secretaries |
| Governing Mayor of Berlin Senate Chancellery | Michael Müller born (1964-12-09)9 December 1964 | SPD | 8 December 2016 | 20 December 2021 | Christian Gaebler (Head of the Senate Chancellery and Media) Sawsan Chebli (Civic Engagement and Int'l Affairs, Representative to the Federal Government) Frank Nägele (Administrative and Infrastructure Modernisation/Growing City) |
| Deputy MayorSenator for Culture and Europe | Klaus Lederer born (1974-03-21)21 March 1974 | LINKE | 8 December 2016 | 20 December 2021 | Torsten Wöhlert (Culture) Gerry Woop (Europe) |
| Deputy MayorSenator for Economics, Energy and Enterprise | Ramona Pop born (1977-10-31)31 October 1977 | GRÜNE | 8 December 2016 | 20 December 2021 | Barbro Dreher (Economics) Christian Rickerts (Digitalisation) |
| Senator for Interior and Sport | Andreas Geisel born (1966-03-01)1 March 1966 | SPD | 8 December 2016 | 20 December 2021 | Torsten Akmann (Interior) Aleksander Dzembritzki (Sport) Sabine Smentek (Information Technology) |
| Senator for Education, Youth and Family | Sandra Scheeres born (1970-02-15)15 February 1970 | SPD | 8 December 2016 | 20 December 2021 | Beate Stoffers (Education) Sigrid Klebba (Youth and Family) |
| Senator for Finance | Matthias Kollatz-Ahnen born (1957-09-24)24 September 1957 | SPD | 8 December 2016 | 20 December 2021 | Vera Junker (Assets, Investment, Tax Administration and Personnel) Fréderic Verrycken (Budget and Finance Policy) |
| Senator for Health, Nursing and Equality | Dilek Kalayci born (1967-02-07)7 February 1967 | SPD | 8 December 2016 | 20 December 2021 | Martin Matz (Health) Barbara König (Equality) |
| Senator for Integration, Labour and Social Affairs | Elke Breitenbach born (1961-03-30)30 March 1961 | LINKE | 8 December 2016 | 20 December 2021 | Alexander Fischer (Labour and Social Affairs) Daniel Tietze (Integration) |
| Senator for Urban Development and Housing | Katrin Lompscher born (1962-04-07)7 April 1962 | LINKE | 8 December 2016 | 2 August 2020 | Regula Lüscher (Urban Development and Senate Construction Director) Sebastian Scheel (Housing) |
| Senator for Urban Development and Housing | Sebastian Scheel born (1975-12-07)7 December 1975 | LINKE | 20 August 2020 | 20 December 2021 | Regula Lüscher (Urban Development and Senate Construction Director) Wenke Christoph (Housing) |
| Senator for Justice, Consumer Protection and Anti-Discrimination | Dirk Behrendt born (1971-08-05)5 August 1971 | GRÜNE | 8 December 2016 | 20 December 2021 | Daniela Brückner (Justice) Margit Gottstein (Consumer Protection and Anti-Discrimination) |
| Senator for Environment, Transport and Climate Protection | Regine Günther born (1962-12-26)26 December 1962 | GRÜNE | 8 December 2016 | 20 December 2021 | Stefan Tidow (Environment and Climate Protection) Ingmar Streese (Transport) |