Fourth Merkel Cabinet (The More Things Changed)

The fourth cabinet of Chancellor Angela Merkel is the current government of Germany, sworn in on March 14th, 2018, after Merkel was proposed as Chancellor by President of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier and elected on the first ballot. It is the 24th cabinet of the Federal Republic of Germany.

This government is supported by a coalition of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), the Christian Social Union of Bavaria (CSU), the Free Democratic Party (FDP), and the Greens (Die Grüne).

Cabinet

Cabinet
Office		Incumbent			Party	Term begins
Chancellor		Angela Merkel			CDU	March 14, 2018
Office	Incumbent	Party	Term begins	Office	Incumbent	Party	Term begins
Vice Chancellor and Minister of Finance	Christian Lindner	FDP	March 14, 2018	Vice Chancellor and Minister of Economics and Energy	Rainer Baake	Grüne	March 14, 2018
Minister of the Interior, Building, and Community	Horst Seehofer	CSU	March 14, 2018	Minister of Foreign Affairs	Nicola Beer	FDP	March 14, 2018
Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection	Katarina Barley	CDU	March 14, 2018	Minister of Labour and Social Affairs	Pascal Kober	FDP	March 14, 2018
Minister of Defence	Ursula von der Leyen	CDU	March 14, 2018	Minister of Food and Agriculture	Julia Klöckner	CDU	March 14, 2018
Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth	Katja Dörner	Grüne	March 14, 2018	Minister of Health	Jens Spahn	CDU	March 14, 2018
Minister of Transport and Digital Infrastructure	Andreas Scheuer	CSU	March 14, 2018	Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety	Sylvia Kotting-Uhl	Grüne	March 14, 2018
Minister of Education and Research	Anja Karliczek	CDU	March 14, 2018	Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development	Christoph Hoffman	FDP	March 14, 2018
Minister for Special Affairs and Head of the Chancellery	Helge Braun	CDU	March 14, 2018