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The government team in NRW
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In the new cabinet of the re-elected Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia Hendrik Wüst (CDU), mainly old companions will sit.
Of the eight ministers appointed by the CDU after the coalition change from black-yellow to black-green, five were already members of the previous state government.
For example, Health Minister Karl-Josef Laumann (CDU), who should continue to be responsible for health and social affairs, or Interior Minister Herbert Reul (CDU).
The new finance minister, Marcus Optendrenk, is a long-time member of the CDU.
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At the presentation of the twelve ministers from the CDU and the Greens – six men and six women each – in the Düsseldorf State Chancellery on Wednesday, Wüst only had two real pieces of news ready.
Above all, the top personnel for the Ministry of Education had been eagerly awaited.
Yvonne Gebauer (FDP) will be succeeded by the previous District President of Münster, Dorothee Feller (CDU).
The previous Clever District Administrator Silke Gorißen (CDU) will become Minister of Agriculture and Consumer Protection.
The Greens take over the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Transport.
The previous parliamentary group leader of the Greens, Josefine Paul, replaces the voted-out FDP top candidate Joachim Stamp in the Ministry for Children, Youth, Family, Equality, Integration and Refugees.
Deputy Prime Minister Mona Neubaur (Greens) should take care of the economy, industry, climate and energy.
On May 15, the CDU emerged as the clear winner of the state elections in the most populous federal state with 35.7 percent.
On Monday, the leaders of the CDU and Greens signed the coalition agreement approved by both parties at the weekend.
On Tuesday, the 46-year-old lawyer Wüst was confirmed as head of government in the state parliament in a secret ballot with 106 out of 181 valid votes in the first ballot.
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