Lies Cabinet
Cabinet of Olaf Lies Cabinet Lies | |
|---|---|
31st Cabinet of Lower Saxony | |
| 20 May 2025 - | |
Olaf Lies in 2023 | |
| Date formed | 20 May 2025 |
| People and organisations | |
| Minister-President | Olaf Lies |
| Deputy Minister-President | Julia Hamburg |
| No. of ministers | 10 |
| Member parties | Social Democratic Party Alliance 90/The Greens |
| Status in legislature | Coalition government (Majority) |
| Opposition parties | Christian Democratic Union Alternative for Germany |
| History | |
| Election | 2022 Lower Saxony state election |
| Legislature term | 19th Landtag of Lower Saxony |
| Predecessor | Third Weil cabinet |
The Cabinet Lies is the current state government of Lower Saxony. It was formed on 20 May 2025, after the retirement of long-serving Minister-President of Lower Saxony Stephan Weil after 12 years in office. It is the 31st Cabinet of Lower Saxony.
It succeeded the Third Weil cabinet as a continuation of the existing Red-green coalition between the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Alliance 90/The Greens (GRÜNE) which was formed after the 2022 Lower Saxony state election, subsequently elected by the members of the Landtag of Lower Saxony. Excluding the Minister-President, the cabinet comprises ten ministers. Six are members of the SPD and four are members of the Greens.