title: Cabinet Schröder II (Lower Saxony)
text: # Cabinet Schröder II (Lower Saxony)
  
  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 |
  | Minister of Finance | 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 |
  | Minister of Social Affairs | 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 |
  