List of participants in the Scholz cabinet coalition negotiations

The list of participants in the coalition negotiations between the SPD, Alliance 90/The Greens and the FDP in 2021 lists the people who took part in the coalition negotiations between the parties following the 2021 German federal election.[1]
On 4 December 2021, the delegates of a special SPD party conference approved the traffic light coalition agreement for the Scholz cabinet with 98.8% of the votes, on 5 December 2021, the delegates of a largely digital extraordinary FDP federal party conference approved it with 92.24% of the votes and on 6 December 2021, 86% of the members of Alliance 90/The Greens approved it in a ballot vote.[2][3][4]
Top group
SPD
- Olaf Scholz, candidate for chancellor
- Saskia Esken, SPD chairwoman
- Norbert Walter-Borjans, SPD chairman
- Rolf Mützenich, Chairman of the SPD parliamentary group
- Lars Klingbeil, General Secretary of the SPD
- Malu Dreyer, Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate
- Manuela Schwesig, Minister-President of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern & Chairwoman of the SPD Mecklenburg-Vorpommern[5]
Greens
- Annalena Baerbock, party leader
- Robert Habeck, party chairman
- Katrin Göring-Eckardt, parliamentary group leader
- Anton Hofreiter, parliamentary group leader
- Britta Haßelmann, parliamentary group manager
- Claudia Roth, Vice President of the Bundestag
- Ricarda Lang, deputy party leader
- Michael Kellner, party manager
- Winfried Kretschmann, Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg
FDP
The FDP was represented by its executive committee:
- Christian Lindner, FDP party chairman
- Volker Wissing, FDP General Secretary
- Wolfgang Kubicki, deputy FDP chairman
- Nicola Beer, deputy FDP chairwoman
- Johannes Vogel, deputy FDP chairman
- Marco Buschmann, parliamentary manager of the FDP parliamentary group
- Lydia Hüskens, Chairwoman of the FDP Saxony-Anhalt
- Michael Theurer, Chairman of the FDP Baden-Württemberg
- Bettina Stark-Watzinger, parliamentary manager of the FDP parliamentary group
- Harald Christ, FDP treasurer
- Moritz Körner, Member of the European Parliament
Working groups
22 working groups were formed, led by the chief negotiators of each party.[6][7][8]
Modern State and Democracy
| Role | SPD | Greens | FDP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chief negotiator | Thomas Kutschaty | Britta Haßelmann | Konstantin Kuhle |
| Other members | Verena Hubertz | Till Steffen | Bernd Buchholz |
| Dirk Wiese | Martin Hagen | Matthias Frey | |
| Marianne Schieder | Florian Stegmann | Judith Pirscher |
Digital Innovations and Digital Infrastructure
| Role | SPD | Greens | FDP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chief negotiator | Jens Zimmermann | Malte Spitz | Andreas Pinkwart |
| Other members | Falko Mohrs | Anna Christmann | Mario Brandenburg |
| Jan Pörksen | Jan Philipp Albrecht | Manuel Höferlin | |
| Elvan Korkmaz-Emre | Alexandra Geese | Bernd Schlömer |
Innovation, Science and Research
| Role | SPD | Greens | FDP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chief negotiator | Thomas Losse-Müller | Katharina Fegebank | Lydia Hüskens |
| Other members | Manja Schüle | Kai Gehring | Jens Brandenburg |
| Wiebke Esdar | Angela Dorn-Rancke | Magnus Buhlert | |
| Michael Müller | Dieter Janecek | Thomas Sattelberger |
Business
| Role | SPD | Greens | FDP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chief negotiator | Carsten Schneider | Cem Özdemir | Michael Theurer |
| Other members | Peter Tschentscher | Katharina Dröge | Torsten Herbst |
| Sabine Poschmann | Maik Außendorf | Reinhard Houben | |
| Bernd Westphal | Anna Cavazzini | Michael Kruse | |
| Johann Saathoff | Anna Kebschull | Andreas Reichel | |
| Gabriele Katzmarek | Claudia Müller | Daniela Schmitt |
Environmental and nature conservation
| Role | SPD | Greens | FDP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chief negotiator | Rita Schwarzelühr-Sutter | Steffi Lemke | Stefan Birkner |
| Other members | Florian von Brunn | Bettina Hofmann | Olaf in der Beek |
| Carsten Träger | Jutta Paulus | Karlheinz Busen | |
| Isabel Mackensen-Geis | Axel Vogel | Judith Skudelny |
Agriculture and nutrition
| Role | SPD | Greens | FDP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chief negotiator | Till Backhaus | Renate Künast | Carina Konrad |
| Other members | Susanne Mittag | Priska Hinz | Andy Becht |
| Olaf Lies | Harald Ebner | Lukas Braun | |
| Franziska Kersten | Martin Häusling | Gero Hocker |
Mobility
| Role | SPD | Greens | FDP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chief negotiator | Anke Rehlinger | Anton Hofreiter | Oliver Luksic |
| Other members | Dorothee Martin | Tarek Al-Wazir | Daniela Kluckert |
| Andreas Bovenschulte | Matthias Gastel | Christof Rasche | |
| Sören Bartol | Maike Schaefer | Daniela Schmitt |
Climate, Energy, Transformation
| Role | SPD | Greens | FDP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chief negotiator | Matthias Miersch | Oliver Krischer | Lukas Köhler |
| Other members | Stephan Weil | Anne Spiegel | Nicole Bauer |
| Svenja Schulze | Michael Bloss | Andreas Pinkwart | |
| Dietmar Woidke | Tobias Goldschmidt | René Rock | |
| Delara Burkhardt | Ingrid Nestle | Michael Theurer | |
| Kathrin Michel | Jürgen Trittin | Sandra Weeser |
Welfare state, basic security, pension
| Role | SPD | Greens | FDP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chief negotiator | Dagmar Schmidt | Sven Lehmann | Johannes Vogel |
| Other members | Melanie Leonhard | Markus Kurth | Dennys Bornhöft |
| Martin Rosemann | Stephanie Aeffner | Sylvia Bruns | |
| Martin Dulig | Belit Onay | Heiner Garg | |
| Katja Mast | Udo Philipp | Pascal Kober | |
| Rasha Nasr | Christiane Rohleder |
Work
| Role | SPD | Greens | FDP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chief negotiator | Hubertus Heil | Katharina Dröge | Johannes Vogel |
| Other members | Alexander Schweitzer | Frank Bsirske | Jens Brandenburg |
| Yasmin Fahimi | Beate Müller-Gemmeke | Bernd Buchholz | |
| Jessica Rosenthal | Wolfgang Strengmann-Kuhn | Jens Teutrine |
Building and Living
| Role | SPD | Greens | FDP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chief negotiator | Kevin Kühnert | Christian Kühn | Daniel Föst |
| Other members | Dorothee Stapelfeldt | Daniela Wagner | Christoph Dammermann |
| Bernhard Daldrup | Canan Bayram | Sebastian Körber | |
| Claudia Tausend | Stephan Kühn | Hagen Reinhold |
Health and Care
| Role | SPD | Greens | FDP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chief negotiator | Katja Pähle | Maria Klein-Schmeink | Christine Aschenberg-Dugnus |
| Other members | Bärbel Bas | Janosch Dahmen | Heiner Garg |
| Karl Lauterbach | Manfred Lucha | Andrew Ullmann | |
| Daniela Behrens | Kordula Schulz-Asche | Nicole Westig |
Education and Opportunities for All
| Role | SPD | Greens | FDP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chief negotiator | Andreas Stoch | Felix Banaszak | Jens Brandenburg |
| Other members | Ties Rabe | Theresa Schopper | Björn Försterling |
| Stefanie Hubig | Anke Erdmann | Yvonne Gebauer | |
| Oliver Kaczmarek | Lasse Petersdotter | Thomas Sattelberger |
Children, families, seniors and youth
| Role | SPD | Greens | FDP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chief negotiator | Serpil Midyatli | Katrin Göring-Eckardt | Stephan Thomae |
| Other members | Sönke Rix | Ekin Deligöz | Jens Beeck |
| Antje Draheim | Katja Keul | Maren Jasper-Winter | |
| Stefan Schwartze | Anja Stahmann | Jens Teutrine |
Cultural and media policy
| Role | SPD | Greens | FDP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chief negotiator | Carsten Brosda | Claudia Roth | Otto Fricke |
| Other members | Heike Raab | Theresia Bauer | Thomas Hacker |
| Michelle Müntefering | Erhard Grundl | Thomas Nückel | |
| Bettina Martin | Tabea Rößner | Christopher Vorwerk |
Internal Security, Civil Rights, Justice, Consumer Protection, Sports
| Role | SPD | Greens | FDP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chief negotiator | Christine Lambrecht | Konstantin von Notz | Wolfgang Kubicki |
| Other members | Katarina Barley | Irene Mihalic | Svenja Hahn |
| Thomas Hitschler | Lamya Kaddor | Konstantin Kuhle | |
| Georg Maier | Sergey Lagodinsky | Matthias Schulenberg | |
| Mahmut Özdemir | Manuela Rottmann | Benjamin Strasser | |
| Johannes Fechner | Verena Schäffer | Stephan Thomae |
Equality and Diversity
| Role | SPD | Greens | FDP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chief negotiator | Petra Köpping | Ricarda Lang | Herbert Mertin |
| Other members | Leni Breymaier[9] | Aminata Touré | Martin Hagen |
| Karamba Diaby | Gesine Agena | Katrin Helling-Plahr | |
| Kaweh Mansoori | Ulle Schauws | Michael Kauch |
Good living conditions in town and country
| Role | SPD | Greens | FDP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chief negotiator | Frank Junge | Manuela Rottmann | Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann |
| Other members | Sabine Bätzing-Lichtenthäler | Katja Dörner | Kai Abruszat |
| Sören Link | Stefan Schmidt | Torsten Herbst | |
| Elisabeth Kaiser | Franziska Schubert | Thomas Nitzsche |
Flight, Migration, Integration
| Role | SPD | Greens | FDP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chief negotiator | Boris Pistorius | Luise Amtsberg | Joachim Stamp |
| Other members | Frank Schwabe | Erik Marquardt | Hans-Ulrich Rülke |
| Nancy Faeser | Dirk Adams | Linda Teuteberg | |
| Aydan Özoğuz | Filiz Polat | Stephan Thomae |
Foreign Affairs, Security, Defence, Development, Human Rights
Europe
| Role | SPD | Greens | FDP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chief negotiator | Udo Bullmann | Franziska Brantner | Nicola Beer |
| Other members | Jens Geier | Jamila Schäfer | Christian Dürr |
| Michael Roth | Terry Reintke | Michael Georg Link | |
| Gabriele Bischoff | Manuel Sarrazin | Frank Schäffler |
Finance and Budget
| Role | SPD | Greens | FDP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chief negotiator | Doris Ahnen | Lisa Paus | Christian Dürr |
| Other members | Sarah Ryglewski | Anja Hajduk | Otto Fricke |
| Achim Post | Danyal Bayaz | Christian Grascha | |
| Michael Schrodi | Sven Giegold | Katja Hessel | |
| Dennis Rohde | Monika Heinold | Moritz Körner | |
| Cansel Kiziltepe | Sven-Christian Kindler | Florian Toncar |
External links
- Koalitionsvertrag: Mehr Fortschritt wagen – Bündnis für Freiheit, Gerechtigkeit und Nachhaltigkeit (SPD.de)
References
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