The Voigt cabinet is the current state government of Thuringia, sworn in on 12 December 2024 May after Mario Voigt was elected as Minister-President of Thuringia by the Landtag of Thuringia. It is the 11th Cabinet of Thuringia.
It was formed after the 2024 Thuringian state election by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Social Democratic Party (SPD) and the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW). A coalition of these three parties was the first of its kind in Germany and is known colloquially as a "blackberry coalition".
Following a poor result for the BSW in the 2025 German federal election, national party leader Sahra Wagenknecht stated that the party's participation in the government in Thuringia was responsible for the party's lower-than-expected national vote share. In September 2026, amid increased public pressure from Wagenknecht for the state's BSW members to end its participation in the Voigt cabinet, 13 of the 15 BSW members of the Landtag of Thuringia left the BSW and formed a new party, Thüringen.Gerecht. All three BSW cabinet members, including First Deputy Minister-President Katja Wolf, joined the new party.
Composition The Voigt cabinet ministers were sworn in on 13 December 2024. Portfolio Senator Party Took office Left office State secretaries Minister-President Mario Voigt CDU 12 December 2024 Incumbent First Deputy Minister-President Katja Wolf BSW(until 2026) 13 December 2024 Incumbent Minister of Finance Thuringia.Just(from 2026) Second Deputy Minister-President Georg Maier SPD 12 December 2024 Incumbent Minister for the Interior, Local Government and Regional Development Head of the State Chancellery Stefan Gruhner CDU 13 December 2024 Incumbent Minister for Federal and European Affairs, Sports and Voluntary Work Minister for Justice, Migration and Consumer Protection Beate Meißner CDU 13 December 2024 Incumbent Minister for Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Rural Areas Colette Boos-John CDU 13 December 2024 Incumbent Minister for Digital Affairs and InfrastructureSteffen Schütz BSW(until 2026)13 December 2024Incumbent Thuringia.Just(from 2026) Minister for Social Affairs, Health, Labor and Family Katharina Schenk SPD 13 December 2024 Incumbent Minister for the Environment, Energy, Nature Conservation and ForestryTilo Kummer BSW(until 2026)13 December 2024Incumbent Thuringia.Just(from 2026) Minister for Education, Science and Culture Christian Tischner CDU 13 December 2024 Incumbent
Investiture vote Minister-President election Ballot → 12 December 2024 Required majority → 45 out of 88 Mario Voigt Against Abstentions References