Third Cabinet of Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer Kramp-Karrenbauer III
27th Cabinet of Saarland
17 May 2017 – 28 February 2018
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer in April 2016
Date formed	17 May 2017
Date dissolved	28 February 2018
People and organisations
Minister-President	Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer
Deputy Minister-President	Anke Rehlinger
No. of ministers	6
Member parties	Christian Democratic Union Social Democratic Party
Status in legislature	Grand coalition government 41 / 51
Opposition parties	The Left Alternative for Germany
History
Election(s)	None
Legislature term(s)	16th Landtag of Saarland
Predecessor	Second Kramp-Karrenbauer cabinet
Successor	Hans cabinet

The Third Kramp-Karrenbauer cabinet was the state government of Saarland between 2017 and 2018, sworn in on 17 May 2017 after Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer was elected as Minister-President of Saarland by the members of the Landtag of Saarland. It was the 27th Cabinet of Saarland.

It was formed after the 2017 Saarland state election by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Social Democratic Party (SPD). Excluding the Minister-President, the cabinet comprised six ministers. Three were members of the CDU and three were members of the SPD.

After Kramp-Karrenbauer's resignation as Minister-President, the third Kramp-Karrenbauer cabinet was succeeded by the Hans cabinet on 1 March 2018.

Formation

The previous cabinet was a grand coalition government of the CDU and SPD led by Minister-President Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer of the CDU.

The election took place on 26 March 2017, and resulted in an improvement for the CDU and slight losses for the SPD. The opposition Left party also recorded a decline, while the AfD debuted at 6%.

Overall, the incumbent coalition retained an increased majority. The CDU could also achieve a majority with either The Left or AfD, but had ruled out cooperation with either party before the election. The day after the election, the CDU and SPD agreed to begin talks to renew their coalition.^[1] Formal negotiations began on 7 April.^[2] They finalised a coalition agreement on 3 May.^[3] It subsequently received approval from both parties, with the SPD congress voting 97% in favour and the CDU unanimously.^[4]

Kramp-Karrenbauer was elected as Minister-President by the Landtag on 17 May, winning 41 votes out of 51 cast.^[5]

Composition

The composition of the cabinet at the time of its dissolution was as follows:

Portfolio	Minister		Party		Took office	Left office	State secretaries
Minister-President State Chancellery Minister for Science and Technology		Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer born (1962-08-09)9 August 1962		CDU	17 May 2017	28 February 2018	Jürgen Lennartz (Head of the State Chancellery, Representative to the Federal Government)
Deputy Minister-President Minister for Economics, Labour, Energy and Transport		Anke Rehlinger born (1976-04-06)6 April 1976		SPD	17 May 2017	28 February 2018	Jürgen Barke
Minister for Finance and Europe Minister for Justice		Stephan Toscani born (1967-02-21)21 February 1967		CDU	17 May 2017	28 February 2018	Ulli Meyer (Finance) Roland Theis (Justice and Europe)
Minister for Interior, Construction and Sport		Klaus Bouillon born (1947-11-19)19 November 1947		CDU	17 May 2017	28 February 2018	Christian Seel
Minister for Social Affairs, Health, Women and Family		Monika Bachmann born (1950-02-24)24 February 1950		CDU	17 May 2017	28 February 2018	Stephan Kolling
Minister for Education and Culture		Ulrich Commerçon born (1968-04-28)28 April 1968		SPD	17 May 2017	28 February 2018	Christine Streichert-Clivot
Minister for Environment and Consumer Protection		Reinhold Jost born (1966-06-04)4 June 1966		SPD	17 May 2017	28 February 2018	Ronald Krämer

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