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The Cabinet Laschet is the government of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia since June 2017.[1]

Its leader is Minister-President Armin Laschet. He was elected by the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia on 27 June 2017, on 30 June 2017 the Ministers were sworn in. Laschet's government is a coalition between the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Free Democrats (FDP).

The following table shows cabinet members, who hold the office of ministers of their respective portfolio except when denoted otherwise. Note that only the Ministers are members of the Cabinet. The Head of the Minister-President's Office, as a Secretary of State, is not an official member of cabinet, but is invited as non-voting attendee.

Office Name Party Secretary of State
Minister-President Armin Laschet CDU Nathanael Liminski
Head of the State Chancellery
Andrea Milz
for Sports and Volunteer Work
Deputy Prime Minister
Children, Families, Refugees, and Integration
Joachim Stamp FDP Andreas Bothe (Head of Office)

Serap Güler (for Integration)

Finance Lutz Lienenkämper CDU Patrick Opdenhövel
Interior Herbert Reul CDU Jürgen Mathies (Independent)
Economics, Innovation, Digitization, and Energy Andreas Pinkwart FDP Christoph Dammermann
Labour, Health, and Social Affairs Karl-Josef Laumann CDU Edmund Heller
Schools and Education Yvonne Gebauer FDP Mathias Richter
Homeland, Municipal Affairs, Construction, and Equal Rights Ina Scharrenbach CDU Jan Heinisch
Justice Peter Biesenbach CDU Dirk Wedel (FDP)
Transportation Hendrik Wüst CDU Hendrik Schulte (Independent)
Environment, Agriculture, Nature and Consumer Protection Christina Schulze Föcking CDU Heinrich Bottermann
Culture and Science Isabel Pfeiffer-Poensgen Independent Annette Storsberg (CDU)

Klaus Kaiser (CDU) (Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of Culture and Science)

Federal, European, and International Affairs Stephan Holthoff-Pförtner CDU Mark Speich

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