Fifth Kohl cabinet

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Fifth Cabinet of Helmut Kohl
Cabinet Kohl V
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17th Cabinet of the Federal Republic of Germany
15 November 1994 – 27 October 1998
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Helmut Kohl
Date formed15 November 1994
Date dissolved27 October 1998
(3 years, 11 months, 1 week and 5 days)
People and organisations
PresidentRoman Herzog
ChancellorHelmut Kohl
Vice-ChancellorKlaus Kinkel
Member partyChristian Democratic Union
Christian Social Union
Free Democratic Party
Status in legislatureCoalition government led by CDU/CSU
Opposition partySocial Democratic Party
The Greens
Party of Democratic Socialism
Opposition leader
History
Election(s)1994 federal election
Legislature term(s)13th Bundestag
PredecessorKohl IV
SuccessorSchröder I


The Fifth Kohl cabinet led by Helmut Kohl was sworn in on 15 November 1994 and laid down its function on 27 October 1998. The cabinet was formed after the 1994 elections. It laid down its function after the formation of the Cabinet Schröder I, which was formed following the 1998 elections.

Composition[]

Portfolio Minister Took office Left office Party
ChancellorHelmut Kohl15 November 199427 October 1998 CDU
Vice Chancellor &
Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs
Klaus Kinkel15 November 199427 October 1998 FDP
Federal Minister of DefenseVolker Rühe15 November 199427 October 1998 CDU
Federal Minister of the InteriorManfred Kanther15 November 199427 October 1998 CDU
Federal Minister of FinanceTheo Waigel15 November 199427 October 1998 CSU
Federal Minister of JusticeSabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger15 November 199417 January 1996 FDP
Edzard Schmidt-Jortzig17 January 199627 October 1998 FDP
Federal Minister of EconomicsGünter Rexrodt15 November 199427 October 1998 FDP
Federal Minister of Labour and Social AffairsNorbert Blüm15 November 199427 October 1998 CDU
Federal Minister of Food, Agriculture, and ForestryJochen Borchert15 November 199427 October 1998 CDU
Federal Minister of TransportMatthias Wissmann15 November 199427 October 1998 CDU
Federal Minister of ConstructionKlaus Töpfer15 November 199414 January 1998 CDU
Eduard Oswald14 January 199827 October 1998 CSU
Federal Minister of Family and Senior CitizensClaudia Nolte15 November 199427 October 1998 CDU
Federal Minister of HealthHorst Seehofer15 November 199427 October 1998 CDU
Federal Minister of Education, Science and TechnologyJürgen Rüttgers15 November 199427 October 1998 CDU
Federal Minister of Economic CooperationCarl-Dieter Spranger15 November 199427 October 1998 CSU
Federal Minister of Environment,
Nature Conservation, and Reactor Security
Angela Merkel15 November 199427 October 1998 CDU
Federal Minister of Posts and Communications
(The Ministry was abolished on 31 December 1997.)
Wolfgang Bötsch15 November 199431 December 1997 CSU
Federal Minister of Special Affairs &
Head of the Chancellery
Friedrich Bohl15 November 199427 October 1998 CDU

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