Seven weeks after the state elections, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's red and red state government was sworn in in the state parliament.
After 15 years of the SPD / CDU coalition, a change of power has taken place.
After the swearing-in by the President of the State Parliament, Birgit Hesse, the four ministers took their seats on the government bench.
Schwerin - Prime Minister Manuela Schwesig (SPD) had been elected and sworn in in the state parliament a few hours earlier.
Then she had appointed her ministerial team in the State Chancellery.
The Cabinet was supposed to meet for the first time that evening.
The election winner SPD provides six ministers and two of the junior partner Die Linke.
dpa