Annen II Cabinet

Andreas Annen's second cabinet was the 49th cabinet of Baltia, in office from 5 April 2007 to 6 April 2011. It was a coalition cabinet of Centre Party, Christian Social Union and Social Democratic Party.

The cabinet was formed following the 2007 parliamentary election. As in the dire economic situation the government turned out incapable to solve the problem of required budget cuts the Social Democratic Party left from the coalition on 21 May 2009 and its three ministers were relieved from their posts. Coalition talks with the Baltish People's Party were derailed on 1 June 2009 by councils of the Baltish People's Party and of the Christian Social Union. Therefore, from 4 June 2009 the cabinet continued as a minority cabinet with 89 seats out of 190 in the Landtag. The coalition was sworn in on 5 April 2007.

List of ministers

Portfolio	Minister		Took office	Left office	Party
Prime Minister		Andreas Annen	5 April 2007	6 April 2011	ZP
Deputy Prime Minister		Anton Lulling	5 April 2007	7 June 2007	CSU
		Jakob Aach	7 June 2007	6 April 2011	CSU
Minister of Foreign Affairs		Udo Pagels	5 April 2007	6 April 2011	ZP
Minister of Finance		Ivan Pankin	5 April 2007	21 May 2009	SP
		Jürgen Lichter	4 June 2009	6 April 2011	ZP
Minister of the Interior		Jürgen Piltz	5 April 2007	21 May 2009	SP
		Markus Pöllmacher	4 June 2009	6 April 2011	CSU
Minister of Justice		Reinhold Langkamp	5 April 2007	6 April 2011	ZP
Minister of Education and Research		Anton Lulling	5 April 2007	6 April 2011	CSU
Minister of Defence		Jakob Aach	5 April 2007	6 April 2011	CSU
Minister of Health, Labour and Social Affairs		Grete Martin	5 April 2007	23 February 2009	ZP
		Johannes Peukert	23 February 2009	6 April 2011	ZP
Minister of Economic Affairs and Infrastructure		Johannes Pankau	5 April 2007	6 April 2011	CSU
Minister of Agriculture		Helmut-Valter Seetzen	5 April 2007	6 April 2011	CSU
Minister of Environment		Johannes Tanneberger	5 April 2007	6 April 2011	ZP
Minister of Culture		Lena Jahnke-Rahner	5 April 2007	6 April 2011	ZP
Minister of Regional Affairs		Waldemar Reimann	5 April 2007	22 January 2008	CSU
		Simon Kiesel	22 January 2008	6 April 2011	CSU
Minister of Population and Minority Rights		Ute Pauli	5 April 2007	21 May 2009	SP
		Abolished	4 June 2009	6 April 2011	—

Resignations and Changes

On 22 January 2008 Minister of Regional Affairs, Waldemar Reimann, resigned due to an internal dispute within his party, the Christian Social Union. He was replaced, on the same day, by Simon Kiesel.

On 23 February 2009 Minister of Health, Labour and Social Affairs, Grete Martin, resigned from her post, victim of a scandal linked to the new system of payment of pensions. She was replaced by Johannes Peukert.

On 21 May 2009, Social Democratic Party left the government coalition due to the dire economic situation and the required budget cuts. As a result of this, three ministers were relieved from their posts.

• Jürgen Lichter (ZP) replaced Ivan Pankin (SP) as Minister of Finance.
• Markus Pöllmacher (CSU) replaced Jürgen Piltz (SP) as Minister of the Interior.
• The Ministry of Population and Minority Rights, directed until then by Ute Pauli (SP), was abolished.

See also

Annen III Cabinet
Annen I Cabinet
Government of Baltia