The Third Haseloff cabinet was the state government of Saxony-Anhalt, sworn in on 16 September 2021 after Reiner Haseloff was elected as Minister-President of Saxony-Anhalt by the members of the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt. It was the 10th Cabinet of Saxony-Anhalt.
It was formed after the 2021 Saxony-Anhalt state election by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Social Democratic Party (SPD), and Free Democratic Party (FDP). Excluding the Minister-President, the cabinet comprises nine ministers. Six are members of the CDU, two are members of the SPD, and one is a member of the FDP.
Formation
The previous cabinet was a coalition government of the CDU, SPD, and Greens led by Minister-President Reiner Haseloff.
The election took place on 6 June 2021, and resulted in a substantial swing toward to CDU, while the SPD recorded small losses and the Greens slight gains. The opposition AfD and The Left also suffered losses, while the FDP re-entered the Landtag with 6%.
Overall, the incumbent coalition increased its majority; the CDU and SPD alone held a one-seat majority. The CDU announced that they would seek exploratory talks with the SPD, Greens, and FDP. The Greens ruled out renewing the outgoing government on the basis that their involvement was no longer mathematically necessary. The FDP initially rejected a coalition with the CDU and SPD on the same grounds, but recanted their position two days after the election and stated they were open to talks.
Exploratory discussions began on 21 June with a meeting between the CDU and SPD. By 2 July, the CDU and FDP had come to an agreement on a number of points, and stated that they were seeking a third partner for a coalition. The CDU also noted that they had found difficulties during talks with the Greens, and wished for another meeting with the SPD.
On 7 July, the CDU, SPD, and FDP announced their intention to begin coalition negotiations together. After some debate, on 16 July the SPD party congress gave their approval for the party to commence negotiations. They began on 19 July and concluded with a 15-hour meeting on 6 August, at which the parties finalised their coalition contract and agreed to present it on the 9th.
The CDU and SPD both held membership ballots to approve the pact. The SPD announced their results on 4 September, with 63.4% of members approving the coalition on 60.4% turnout. The CDU announced on 10 September that their membership had voted 92.1% in favour; the FDP party congress also passed the contract later that evening with 98% approval from delegates. It was formally signed on 13 September.
Reiner Haseloff was elected Minister-President by the Landtag on 16 September after two rounds of voting. He unexpectedly lost the first ballot, receiving 48 votes in favour to 49 against, with no abstentions. On the second ballot, he was elected with 53 votes in favour to 43 against and one abstention.
Minister-President election Ballot → 16 September 2021 Required majority → 49 out of 97 49 out of 97 Reiner Haseloff Against Abstentions
Composition Portfolio Minister Party Took office Left office State secretaries Minister-President Reiner Haseloff CDU 16 September 2021 27 January 2026 Acting Minister-PresidentArmin Willingmann SPD 27 January 2026 28 January 2026 First Deputy Minister-PresidentMinister for Science, Energy, Climate Protection and Environment 16 September 2021 (Science) (Environment) Second Deputy Minister-PresidentMinister for Infrastructure and Digital Affairs Lydia Hüskens FDP 16 September 2021 28 January 2026 (Infrastructure) Bernd Schlömer (Digital Affairs, Chief information officer) Minister for Labour, Social Affairs, Health and Equality SPD 16 September 2021 28 January 2026 (Departement Chief) (Until 31 December 2021) (Departement Chief) (Since 1 January 2022) (Integration) Head of the Chancellery CDU16 September 202128 January 2026 Federal and European Affairs, Representative to the Federal Government (Until 30 September 2022) (Since 1 October 2022) Minister for Culture (Culture) (Structural Change and Large-scale Settlements) (Since 3 May 2022) Minister for Interior and Sport Tamara Zieschang CDU 16 September 2021 28 January 2026 (Until 1 October 2021) (Since 1 October 2021) Minister for Economics, Tourism, Agriculture and Forests Sven Schulze CDU 16 September 2021 28 January 2026 (Until 3 May 2022) (Since 3 May 2022) (Departement Chief) Minister for Finance CDU 16 September 2021 28 January 2026 (Department Chief) (Until 31 January 2022)Minister for Education Jan Riedel CDU 29 June 2025 28 January 2026 (Until 15 June 2023) (Since 11 July 2023) CDU 16 September 2021 29 June 2025 Minister for Justice and Consumer Protection Franziska Weidinger CDU 16 September 2021 28 January 2026 (Until 30 April 2022) (Since 1 May 2022)
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