The new cabinet of Chancellor Friedrich Merz was also officially appointed by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
The country’s 17 ministers were to meet late Tuesday evening for the first meeting of the cabinet.
Here is a reminder of some of those who will serve:
Vice-Chancellor and Minister of Finance Lars Klingbeil (SPD)
Social Democratic Party (SPD)
Succeeds the Minister of Finance, Christian Lindner (FDP) and Jörg Kukies (SPD) and the vice-chancellor Robert Habeck (of the Greens))
Context: former SPD youth chief.
Former roles: was deputy district of former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder (although he then repudiated the pro-Moscow position of the former chancellor), was secretary general of the SPD, then president of the party (since 2017)
Notable positions: he opposed the abolition of certain unemployment benefits, but then abandoned this position. He is also in favor of strengthening German soldiers.
Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul
Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
Succeeds Annalena Baerbock (Greens)
Former roles: German member of Bundestag since 2009, deputy chief of the conservative faction of the CDU / CSU in Parliament, responsible for foreign and defense questions
Notable positions: largely considered as faithful to Merz and among his most faithful supporters. Jana Puglierin of the European Council for Foreign Relations expect Wadephul to direct critical relations with the United States, China and Russia.
Defense Minister Boris Pistorius
SPD
Remains in his role as Minister of Defense
Context: Pistorius is the only member of the outgoing cabinet of Chancellor Olaf Scholz to participate in the new government as one of the most popular politicians in Germany.
Former roles: Minister of the Interior in lower Saxony (until 2023)
Notable positions: Pistorius said that Germany should be ready to cope with a war by 2029 due to growing threats from the Russian. He was appointed to become the SPD candidate for the Chancellor following the collapse of the Scholz coalition of the coalition last year, but he retired from the race when Scholz reported that he would run.
Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt
Christian Social Union (CSU)
Succeeds Nancy FaeSer (SPD)
Former roles: Minister of Transport under the former Chancellor Angela Merkel (from 2013 to 2017), member of Bundestag since 2002
Notable positions: a supporting supporter of the reduction in illegal migration, with a plan to tighten border control during the first week in power.
Minister of Justice Stefanie Hubig
SPD
Volker Wissing (independent, previously with user -friendly FDP) succeeds
Context: former judge and public prosecutor
Former roles: Minister of Education in its original state, palatage in Rhineland, subordinate minister of the Federal Ministry of Justice
Notable positions: Hubig has often talked about the need to increase efforts to combat anti -Semitism in Germany. She takes the post in the midst of growing calls for the ban on far -right AFD festival.
Katherina Reiche Minister of Economy
Cdu
Succeeds Robert Habeck (Greens)
Former roles: CEO of the Regional Society of Westennergie Energy Infrastructure, former member of Bundestag (from 1998 to 2015)
Notable positions: Reiche faces criticisms of its former CEO of an energy infrastructure company, some claiming that its government post could set up a conflict of interest.
