Second Senate of Michael Müller Senate Müller II
27thSenate of Berlin
2016–2021
Left to right:Ramona Pop,Klaus Lederer, andMichael Müller at theAbgeordnetenhaus of Berlin plenary session on 8 December 2016
Date formed	8 December 2016
Date dissolved	20 December 2021
People and organisations
Governing Mayor	Michael Müller
Deputy Mayor	Klaus Lederer Ramona Pop
No. of ministers	10
Member parties	Social Democratic Party The Left Alliance 90/The Greens
Status in legislature	Coalition government (Majority)
Opposition parties	Christian Democratic Union Alternative for Germany Free Democratic Party
History
Election	2016 Berlin state election
Legislature term	18thAbgeordnetenhaus of Berlin
Predecessor	First Müller senate
Successor	Giffey senate

Thesecond Müller senate was the state government ofBerlin between 2016 and 2021, sworn in on 8 December 2016 afterMichael Müller was elected asGoverning Mayor by the members of theAbgeordnetenhaus of Berlin. It was the 27thSenate of Berlin.

It was formed after the2016 Berlin state election by theSocial Democratic Party (SPD),The Left (LINKE) andAlliance 90/The Greens (GRÜNE). Excluding the Governing Mayor, the senate comprised ten members, called Senators. Four were members of the SPD, three were members of The Left, and three were members of the Greens.

The second Müller senate was succeeded by theGiffey senate on 21 December 2021.

The previous Senate was agrand coalition government of the SPD andCDU led by Governing Mayor Michael Müller, who took office in December 2014.

The election took place on 18 September 2016, and resulted in significant losses for both governing parties. The Left improved to third place and the Greens saw a decline, while theAfD debuted at 14% and theFDP re-entered the Abgeordnetenhaus in sixth place. As a result of their losses, the SPD and CDU fell short of a majority, bringing the grand coalition to an end.^[1] Müller voiced his preference for a government with the Left and Greens; during the campaign, both the SPD and Greens had ruled out a coalition with the CDU.^[2]

On 26 September, Müller announced that he would seek exploratory talks between the SPD, Left, and Greens.^[3] Negotiations began on 6 October.^[4]

After intensive discussions, the three parties presented their 251-page coalition programme on 16 November.^[5] It was approved by the Greens at a party congress on 5 December, receiving only two votes against; the SPD followed on 6 December with almost 90% approval. The Left held a membership ballot on the coalition, with 89.3% of members voting in favour.^[6]

The Abgeordnetenhaus elected Müller as Governing Mayor on 8 December, winning 88 votes out of 158 cast.^[7]

The composition of the Senate at the time of its dissolution was as follows:

Portfolio	Senator		Party		Took office	Left office	State secretaries
Governing Mayor of Berlin Senate Chancellery		Michael Müller born(1964-12-09)9 December 1964		SPD	8 December 2016	20 December 2021	Christian Gaebler (Head of the Senate Chancellery and Media) Sawsan Chebli (Civic Engagement and Int'l Affairs, Representative to the Federal Government) Frank Nägele (Administrative and Infrastructure Modernisation/Growing City)
Deputy Mayor Senator for Culture and Europe		Klaus Lederer born(1974-03-21)21 March 1974		LINKE	8 December 2016	20 December 2021	Torsten Wöhlert (Culture) Gerry Woop (Europe)
Deputy Mayor Senator for Economics, Energy and Enterprise		Ramona Pop born(1977-10-31)31 October 1977		GRÜNE	8 December 2016	20 December 2021	Barbro Dreher (Economics) Christian Rickerts (Digitalisation)
Senator for Interior and Sport		Andreas Geisel born(1966-03-01)1 March 1966		SPD	8 December 2016	20 December 2021	Torsten Akmann (Interior) Aleksander Dzembritzki (Sport) Sabine Smentek (Information Technology)
Senator for Education, Youth and Family		Sandra Scheeres born(1970-02-15)15 February 1970		SPD	8 December 2016	20 December 2021	Beate Stoffers (Education) Sigrid Klebba (Youth and Family)
Senator for Finance		Matthias Kollatz-Ahnen born(1957-09-24)24 September 1957		SPD	8 December 2016	20 December 2021	Vera Junker (Assets, Investment, Tax Administration and Personnel) Fréderic Verrycken (Budget and Finance Policy)
Senator for Health, Nursing and Equality		Dilek Kalayci born(1967-02-07)7 February 1967		SPD	8 December 2016	20 December 2021	Martin Matz (Health) Barbara König (Equality)
Senator for Integration, Labour and Social Affairs		Elke Breitenbach born(1961-03-30)30 March 1961		LINKE	8 December 2016	20 December 2021	Alexander Fischer (Labour and Social Affairs) Daniel Tietze (Integration)
Senator for Urban Development and Housing		Katrin Lompscher born(1962-04-07)7 April 1962		LINKE	8 December 2016	2 August 2020	Regula Lüscher (Urban Development and Senate Construction Director) Sebastian Scheel (Housing)
		Sebastian Scheel born(1975-12-07)7 December 1975		LINKE	20 August 2020	20 December 2021	Regula Lüscher (Urban Development and Senate Construction Director) Wenke Christoph (Housing)
Senator for Justice, Consumer Protection and Anti-Discrimination		Dirk Behrendt born(1971-08-05)5 August 1971		GRÜNE	8 December 2016	20 December 2021	Daniela Brückner (Justice) Margit Gottstein (Consumer Protection and Anti-Discrimination)
Senator for Environment, Transport and Climate Protection		Regine Günther born(1962-12-26)26 December 1962		GRÜNE[a]	8 December 2016	20 December 2021	Stefan Tidow (Environment and Climate Protection) Ingmar Streese (Transport)

• "Müller Senate (2014-2021)".Berlin.de (in German). Retrieved4 March 2022.

• Cabinets of Berlin
• Cabinets established in 2016
• 2016 establishments in Germany
• 2021 disestablishments in Germany
• Cabinets disestablished in 2021

• CS1 German-language sources (de)
• Articles with short description
• Short description is different from Wikidata
• Articles using an unknown Template:Engvar option