Overview

• In a fast‑tracked secret ballot triggered by a coalition urgency motion, Rackles won 47 votes to 35 with one abstention, accepted the post and was sworn in.
• He succeeds Sascha Karolin Aulepp, who had announced her withdrawal from the education portfolio.
• Rackles brings senior roles from Berlin, including education state secretary, chief of staff at the Kultusministerkonferenz, leader of a school‑construction task force, and chair of the Berlin‑Brandenburg school quality institute.
• CDU floor leader Wiebke Winter attacked the state’s record, citing low kindergarten attendance among under‑threes and high rates of pre‑school and language support needs.
• Bremen’s Mayor Andreas Bovenschulte defended the government’s record, pointing to a large school‑building program and tablet rollout, and praised Rackles’ experience and drive.