The New Federal Government's Ministerial Lineup 🇩🇪 - A Closer Look at Merz's Cabinet
- Written by Daniel Bakir and Lennard Worobic
- Insights from April 2025 🌟
New Federal Government's Cabinet Members: A Visual Overview of the New Political Leaders' Appearances - Newly Appointed Federal Ministers' Facial Appearances Examined
In the political landscape of April 2025, The Union, led by the likely future Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz, debuted its cabinet list on the 28th, with the Social Democrats revealing theirs on the 5th. Here's a snapshot of the 18 ministry positions within the Christian Democrats' Federal Government, with a dossier on the expected key players.
The Main Players of the Merz Cabinet 🤝
- Chancellor and Vice Chancellor: Friedrich Merz (CDU), Lars Klingbeil (SPD)
- Defense: Boris Pistorius (SPD), expected to stay in his post
- Labor and Social Affairs: To be confirmed by the SPD (expected: Bärbel Bas)
- Construction and Housing: To be confirmed by the SPD (expected: Verena Hubertz)
- Development Aid: Reem Alabali-Radovan (SPD)
- Environment: Carsten Schneider (SPD)
- Justice: To be confirmed by the SPD
- Chancellery: Thorsten Frei (CDU)
- Interior: Potentially Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) or another CSU nominee
- Economy and Energy: To be confirmed by the CDU (expected: Katherina Reiche)
- Foreign Office: To be confirmed by the CDU (expected: Johann Wadephul)
- Research and Space: Dorothee Baer (CSU)
- Education and Family: Karin Prien (CDU), first Jewish Federal Minister
- Health: Nina Warken (CDU)
- Transport: Patrick Schnieder (CDU)
- Digitalization and State Modernization: Karsten Wildberger (independent)
- Agriculture: Alois Rainer (CSU)
- State Ministers:
- Sport and Volunteering: Christiane Schenderlein (CDU)
- Culture and Media: Wolfram Weimer (independent)
A Closer Look at the Key Players in the Merz Cabinet 🔍
This section will provide more detailed insights into the key members of the Merz cabinet, as unavailable information has been estimated from insights from April 2025.
Thorsten Frei, the Alter Ego of Friedrich Merz 👨💼
Chancellery, CDU
Katherina Reiche, Merz' Economics Minister: A Hint of Habeck 💼
Economy and Energy, CDU
Johann Wadephul, Germany's New Designated Foreign Minister 🌐
Foreign Office, CDU
Alexander Dobrindt, the Merz Whisperer 🗣
Interior, CSU
First Jewish Federal Minister - Karin Prien, Moves to Berlin 🇩🇪
Education and Family, CDU
Karsten Wildberger, This Top Manager is Finally Supposed to Make Germany Digital 💻
Digitalization and State Modernization, Independent
Dorothee Baer, Söder's Woman for the Moon 🚀
Research and Space, CSU
The First of Her Kind: This is Sports Minister Christiane Schenderlein ♀️
State Minister for Sport and Volunteering, CDU
Stay tuned as the SPD finalizes remaining ministerial appointments! 🌟
Bonus Material 🤩
- Government: Friedrich Merz cabinet
- Political Parties: Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Christian Social Union (CSU), Social Democratic Party (SPD)
- Members: List of Merz cabinet members, Biographies, and Career highlights
- Trivia: Fascinating facts about the ministers, including a record for sausages! 🍖
- Minister Friedrich Merz serves as both Chancellor and Vice Chancellor alongside Lars Klingbeil of the SPD in the Christian Democrats' Federal Government.
- Thorsten Frei, deemed the alter ego of Friedrich Merz, is assigned to the Chancellery within the CDU.
- Katherina Reiche, who bears a resemblance to Robert Habeck, is expected to serve as the Minister for Economy and Energy within the CDU.
- Women make history in the Merz cabinet with the appointments of Karin Prien as the first Jewish Federal Minister for Education and Family and Christiane Schenderlein as the first female State Minister for Sport and Volunteering.
