Cabinet Kraft II was the name of the government of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia from June 2012 until June 2017.
Its leader is Minister-President Hannelore Kraft. Kraft was reelected by the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia on 20 June 2012. She has already led the previous government. Kraft's government is a coalition between the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and The Greens. There were only little changes from the previous government to this one.
The following table shows cabinet members, who hold the office of ministers of their respective portfolio except when denoted otherwise. Note that only the Ministers are members of the Cabinet. The Head of the Minister-President's Office, as a Secretary of State, is not an official member of cabinet, but is invited as non-voting attendee.
OfficeNamePartySecretary of StateMinister-PresidentHannelore Kraft SPD Franz-Josef Lersch-Mense Head of the Minister-President's Office Thomas Breustedt Government Spokesman Deputy Prime Minister Schools and Education Sylvia Löhrmann Greens Ludwig Hecke Finance Norbert Walter-Borjans SPD Rüdiger Messal Interior and Local Government Ralf Jäger SPD Hans-Ulrich Krüger Justice Thomas Kutschaty SPD Karl-Heinz Krems Economics, Energy, Industry and Commerce Garrelt Duin SPD Günther Horzetzky Construction, Housing, Urban Development and Transport Michael Groscheck SPD Gunther Adler Innovation, Science and Research Svenja Schulze SPD Helmut Dockter Labour, Integration and Social Affairs Guntram Schneider SPD Wilhelm Schäffer Zülfiye KaykinSecretary of State for Integration Family, Children, Youth, Culture and Sport Ute Schäfer SPD Klaus Schäfer (politician) Climate Change, Environment, Agriculture and Consumer Protection Johannes Remmel Greens Udo Paschedag Health, Emancipation, Care and the Elder Barbara Steffens Greens Marlis Bredehorst Federal Affairs, Europe and Media Angelica Schwall-Düren SPD Marc Jan Eumann