WHO'S WHO IN THE NEW GERMAN GOVERNMENT

Germany’s new government is a grand coalition of the country's main centre-right and centre-left parties.

Here below is the configuration of the new German Government

• Angela Merkel (CDU), Chancellor
• Wolfgang Schäuble (CDU), Finance minister
• Thomas de Maizière (CDU) Interior Minister
• Ursula von der Leyen (CDU) Defence minister
• Peter Altmaier (CDU), Chief of Staff  , Co-ordination of  intelligence services
• Johanna Wanka (CDU) Education and Research Minister
• Alexander Dobrindt, (CSU), Transport Minister
• Hans-Peter Friedrich, (CSU) Agricultural Minister
• Gerd Müller (CSU) Development Minister
• Sigmar Gabriel, (SPD) Vice-Chancellor and Minister for Energy and Economy
• Frank-Walter Steinmeier (SPD), Foreign Minister
• Andrea Nahles, (SPD), Labour and Social affairs Minister
• Manuela Schwesig (SPD)  Minister for Family, Senior Citizen, Womens' and Youth
• Barbara Hendricks (SPD) Minister for the Environment, Nature conservation, Construction and Nuclear Reactor Security
• Heiko Maas (SPD) Minister for Justice and Consumer Protection
• Aydan Özoguz (SPD) Federal Commissioner for Migration, Refugees and Integration