Cabinet Schröder II (Lower Saxony)

For Schröder's second cabinet as Chancellor of Germany, see Second Schröder cabinet.

Second Cabinet of Gerhard Schröder Cabinet Schröder II
20th Cabinet of Lower Saxony
20 June 1994 – 30 March 1998
Gerhard Schröder
Date formed	20 June 1994
Date dissolved	30 March 1998 (3 years, 9 months, 1 week and 3 days)
People and organisations
Chancellor	Helmut Kohl
Minister President	Gerhard Schröder
Deputy Minister President	Gerhard Glogowski
Member party	Social Democratic Party
Opposition party	Christian Democratic Union Alliance 90/The Greens
Opposition leader	Christian Democratic Union
History
Election	1994 Lower Saxony state election
Legislature term	13th Landtag of Lower Saxony
Predecessor	Cabinet Schröder I
Successor	Cabinet Schröder III

The Cabinet Schröder II was the state government of the German state of Lower Saxony from 20 June 1994 until 30 March 1998. The Cabinet was headed by Minister President Gerhard Schröder and was formed by the Social Democratic Party, after Schröder's winning of the 1994 Lower Saxony state election. On 20 June 1994 Schröder was re-elected and sworn in as Minister President by the Landtag of Lower Saxony. It was succeeded by Schröder's third and last cabinet.

Schröder left the position in 1998 upon being elected Chancellor. One member of this cabinet – Funke – was also part of Schröder's first cabinet as Chancellor.

Composition

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party
Minister President	Gerhard Schröder	20 June 1994	30 March 1998		SPD
Deputy Minister President & Minister of the Interior	Gerhard Glogowski	20 June 1994	30 March 1998		SPD
Minister of Economics, Technology and Transport	Peter Fischer	20 June 1994	30 March 1998		SPD
Minister of Nutrition, Agriculture and Forestry	Karl-Heinz Funke	20 June 1994	30 March 1998		SPD
Minister of Finance	Hinrich Swieter	20 June 1994	1 November 1996		SPD
	Willi Waike	1 November 1996	30 March 1998		SPD
Minister of Justice	Heidrun Alm-Merk	21 June 1990	20 June 1994		SPD
Minister of Education	Rolf Wernstedt	20 June 1994	30 March 1998		SPD
Minister of Science and Culture	Helga Schuchardt	20 June 1994	30 March 1998		Independent
Minister of the Environment	Monika Griefahn	20 June 1994	30 March 1998		SPD
Minister of Social Affairs	Walter Hiller	20 June 1994	15 November 1996		SPD
	Wolf Weber	15 November 1996	30 March 1998		SPD
Minister of Women	Christina Bührmann	20 June 1994	30 March 1998		SPD
Minister of European Affairs	Heidrun Merk	5 November 1996	30 March 1998		SPD