What do ministers of state and secretaries of state do?

The ministerial tableau of CDU and CSU is established. Also among the state secretaries are known names. What is the difference to state ministers? And what role do they play? By Ellen Waldeyer.

In addition to federal ministers, CDU and CSU have other offices to occupy – state ministers and state secretaries. Among them are new faces, but also some old acquaintances.

The Union has also designated its parliamentary secretaries of state – with surprising personalities, open questions on expertise and clear signals on the strategic realignment. Image AI-generated. LOGICAL WAY was mainly looked at the future Federal Ministers of CDU and CSU on the day of the nominations. Before the SPD list is expected to follow on Wednesday, a brief look into the second series of Union government members, the designated parliam…

Berlin – Federal Health Minister-designate Nina Warken (CDU) will be appointed two Parliamentary State Secretaries with experience in health policy, Tino Sorge and Georg Kippels, to lead the ministry. CDU party leader Friedrich Merz announced this today in Berlin. Sorge has been a member of the Bundestag since 2013...

The chairman of the CDU of Germany, Friedrich Merz, mentioned at the Presidium meeting on 28 April the names of the designated ministers, ministers, state ministers and parliamentary secretaries of the CDU. More about the Team Germany. For the presentation of the names there was very much agreement in the Presidium. These personalities should be active in the following functions: Thorsten Frei Federal Minister for Special Tasks and Head of the F…