The Second Söder cabinet was the state government of Bavaria from November 2018 to late 2023. It was sworn in on 12 November 2018, after Markus Söder was elected as Minister-President of Bavaria by the members of the Landtag of Bavaria. It was the 27th Cabinet of Bavaria.

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Second Cabinet of Markus Söder Söder II
27th Cabinet of Bavaria
12 November 2018 – 7 November 2023
Markus Söder at the Landtag of Bavaria plenary session in December 2018
Date formed	12 November 2018
Date dissolved	7 November 2023
People and organisations
Minister-President	Markus Söder
Deputy Minister-President	Hubert Aiwanger
No. of ministers	15
Member parties	Christian Social Union Free Voters of Bavaria
Status in legislature	Coalition government 112 / 205
Opposition parties	Alliance 90/The Greens Alternative for Germany Social Democratic Party Free Democratic Party
History
Election(s)	2018 Bavarian state election
Legislature term(s)	18th Landtag of Bavaria
Predecessor	First Söder cabinet
Successor	Third Söder cabinet

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It was formed after the 2018 Bavarian state election, by the Christian Social Union (CSU) and Free Voters (FW). Excluding the Minister-President, the cabinet comprised fourteen ministers and three state secretaries. Eleven ministers and two state secretaries were members of the CSU and three ministers and one state secretary were members of the Free Voters.

The previous cabinet was a majority government of the CSU led by Minister-President Markus Söder, who took office in March 2018.

The election took place on 14 October 2018; it resulted in the CSU losing its absolute majority and recording its worst result since 1950. The Greens improved from fourth to second place with 18% of the vote while the SPD lost more than half its vote share and dropped from second to fifth. The Free Voters remained the third-largest party with 12% of the vote, an improvement of two and a half percentage points. The AfD debuted at 10%; the FDP re-entered the Landtag with 5%.

The CSU met with each party except the AfD, initially expressing interest in both The Greens and Free Voters. On 18 October, they announced they would seek a coalition with the Free Voters. Söder stated that The Greens differed too much from the CSU on refugee and domestic security policy, while the FW held agreeable positions on important issues.^[1]

Coalition negotiations between the CSU and FW were finalised on 2 November, and both parties approved the agreement on 4 November.^[2]

Söder was elected as Minister-President by the Landtag on 8 November, winning 110 votes out of 202 cast. The new cabinet took office on 12 November.^[3]

• "Cabinet". State Government of Bavaria (in German). Retrieved 10 March 2022.