First Erhard cabinet
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First Cabinet of Ludwig Erhard Cabinet Erhard I | |
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![]() 5th Cabinet of the Federal Republic of Germany | |
1963–1965 | |
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Date formed | 17 October 1963 |
Date dissolved | 26 October 1965 (2 years, 1 week and 2 days) |
People and organisations | |
President | Heinrich Lübke |
Chancellor | Ludwig Erhard |
Vice-Chancellor | Erich Mende |
Member party | Christian Democratic Union Christian Social Union Free Democratic Party |
Status in legislature | Coalition government |
Opposition party | Social Democratic Party |
Opposition leader |
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History | |
Election(s) | None |
Legislature term(s) | 4th Bundestag |
Predecessor | Adenauer V |
Successor | Erhard II |
The First Erhard cabinet was the government of Germany between 17 October 1963 and 26 October 1965. Led by the Christian Democratic Union Ludwig Erhard, the cabinet was a coalition between the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Free Democratic Party (FDP). The Vice-Chancellor was the Free Democrat Erich Mende (FDP).
Composition[]
Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party | |
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Chancellor | Ludwig Erhard | 17 October 1963 | 26 October 1965 | Independent | |
Vice Chancellor & Federal Minister of All-German Affairs | Erich Mende | 17 October 1963 | 26 October 1965 | FDP | |
Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs | Gerhard Schröder | 17 October 1963 | 26 October 1965 | CDU | |
Federal Minister of Internal Affairs | Hermann Höcherl | 17 October 1963 | 26 October 1965 | CSU | |
Federal Minister of Justice | Ewald Bucher | 17 October 1963 | 27 March 1965 | FDP | |
Karl Weber | 1 April 1965 | 26 October 1965 | CDU | ||
Federal Minister of Finance | Rolf Dahlgrün | 17 October 1963 | 26 October 1965 | FDP | |
Federal Minister of Economics | Kurt Schmücker | 17 October 1963 | 26 October 1965 | CDU | |
Federal Minister of Food, Agriculture and Forests | Werner Schwarz | 17 October 1963 | 26 October 1965 | CDU | |
Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs | Theodor Blank | 17 October 1963 | 26 October 1965 | CDU | |
Federal Minister of Defence | Kai-Uwe von Hassel | 17 October 1963 | 26 October 1965 | CDU | |
Minister of Transport | Hans-Christoph Seebohm | 17 October 1963 | 26 October 1965 | CDU | |
Minister of Post and Communication | Richard Stücklen | 17 October 1963 | 26 October 1965 | CSU | |
Federal Minister of Housing, Construction and Urban Development | Paul Lücke | 17 October 1963 | 26 October 1965 | CDU | |
Federal Minister of Displaced Persons, Refugees and War Victims | Hans Krüger | 17 October 1963 | 11 February 1964 | CDU | |
Ernst Lemmer | 19 February 1964 | 26 October 1965 | CDU | ||
Federal Minister for Scientific Research | Hans Lenz | 17 October 1963 | 26 October 1965 | FDP | |
Federal Minister for Family and Youth Affairs | Bruno Heck | 17 October 1963 | 26 October 1965 | CDU | |
Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation | Walter Scheel | 17 October 1963 | 26 October 1965 | FDP | |
Federal Minister of Treasury | Werner Dollinger | 17 October 1963 | 26 October 1965 | CSU | |
Federal Minister of Health Affairs | Elisabeth Schwarzhaupt | 17 October 1963 | 26 October 1965 | CDU | |
Federal Minister of Special Affairs & Federal Minister of the Affairs of the Federal Defence Council (from 13 July 1964) | Heinrich Krone | 17 October 1963 | 26 October 1965 | CDU | |
Federal Minister of the Affairs of the Federal Council and the States | Alois Niederalt | 17 October 1963 | 26 October 1965 | CSU | |
Federal Minister of Special Affairs & Head of the Chancellery | Ludger Westrick | 16 June 1964 | 26 October 1965 | CDU |
Categories:
- Historic German cabinets
- 1963 establishments in West Germany
- 1965 disestablishments in West Germany
- Cabinets established in 1965
- Cabinets disestablished in 1966
- Coalition governments of Germany
- Ludwig Erhard