Kiesinger cabinet
Cabinet of Kurt Georg Kiesinger Cabinet Kiesinger | |
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7th Cabinet of the Federal Republic of Germany | |
1 December 1966 – 20 October 1969 (until 22 October 1969 as caretaker government) | |
Date formed | 1 December 1966 |
Date dissolved | 22 October 1969 (2 years, 10 months and 3 weeks) |
People and organisations | |
President | Heinrich Lübke (until 30 June 1969) Gustav Heinemann (from 1 July 1969) |
Chancellor | Kurt Georg Kiesinger |
Vice-Chancellor | Willy Brandt |
Member party | Christian Democratic Union Social Democratic Party Christian Social Union of Bavaria |
Status in legislature | Grand coalition led by CDU |
Opposition party | Free Democratic Party |
Opposition leader | Knut von Kühlmann-Stumm (FDP), until 23 January 1968 Wolfgang Mischnick (FDP), from 23 January 1968 |
History | |
Election(s) | 1965 federal election |
Legislature term(s) | 5th Bundestag |
Predecessor | Erhard II |
Successor | Brandt I |
The Kiesinger cabinet was the 8th Government of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1 December 1966 to 21 October 1969 throughout the 5th legislative session of the Bundestag. Led by Christian Democrat and former Nazi Party member Kurt Georg Kiesinger. The Bundestag chosen in the September 1965 election initially resulted in the Cabinet Erhard II, but when the FDP resigned from the government, that led to the formation of this new cabinet. The cabinet was supported by the first grand coalition between the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Christian Social Union of Bavaria (CSU) and the Social Democratic Party (SPD). The Vice-Chancellor was the Social Democratic Party Willy Brandt (SPD)
Composition[]
Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party | |
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Chancellor | Kurt Georg Kiesinger | 1 December 1966 | 22 October 1969 | CDU | |
Vice Chancellor & Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs | Willy Brandt | 1 December 1966 | 22 October 1969 | SPD | |
Federal Minister of Defense | Gerhard Schröder | 1 December 1966 | 22 October 1969 | CDU | |
Federal Minister of the Interior | Paul Lücke | 1 December 1966 | 2 April 1968 | CDU | |
Ernst Benda | 2 April 1968 | 22 October 1969 | CDU | ||
Federal Minister of Finance | Franz Josef Strauß | 1 December 1966 | 22 October 1969 | CSU | |
Federal Minister of Justice | Gustav Heinemann | 1 December 1966 | 26 March 1969 | SPD | |
Horst Ehmke | 26 March 1969 | 22 October 1969 | SPD | ||
Federal Minister of Economics | Karl Schiller | 1 December 1966 | 22 October 1969 | SPD | |
Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs | 1 December 1966 | 22 October 1969 | CDU | ||
Federal Minister of Food, Agriculture, and Forestry | Hermann Höcherl | 1 December 1966 | 22 October 1969 | CSU | |
Federal Minister of Transport | Georg Leber | 1 December 1966 | 22 October 1969 | SPD | |
Federal Minister of Construction | Lauritz Lauritzen | 1 December 1966 | 22 October 1969 | SPD | |
Federal Minister of Family and Youth | Bruno Heck | 1 December 1966 | 16 October 1968 | CDU | |
Aenne Brauksiepe | 16 October 1968 | 22 October 1969 | CDU | ||
Federal Minister of Health | Käte Strobel | 1 December 1966 | 22 October 1969 | SPD | |
Federal Minister of Scientific Research | Gerhard Stoltenberg | 1 December 1966 | 22 October 1969 | CDU | |
Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation | Hans-Jürgen Wischnewski | 1 December 1966 | 16 October 1968 | SPD | |
Erhard Eppler | 16 October 1968 | 22 October 1969 | SPD | ||
Federal Minister of Posts and Communications | Werner Dollinger | 1 December 1966 | 22 October 1969 | CSU | |
Federal Minister of Displaced Persons | Kai-Uwe von Hassel | 1 December 1966 | 7 February 1969 | CDU | |
Heinrich Windelen | 7 February 1969 | 22 October 1969 | CDU | ||
Federal Minister of All-German Affairs | Herbert Wehner | 1 December 1966 | 22 October 1969 | SPD | |
Federal Minister of Federal Treasure | Kurt Schmücker | 1 December 1966 | 22 October 1969 | CDU | |
Federal Minister for Affairs of the Bundesrat of Germany | Carlo Schmid | 1 December 1966 | 22 October 1969 | SPD |
References[]
Categories:
- Historic German cabinets
- 1966 establishments in West Germany
- 1969 disestablishments in West Germany
- Cabinets established in 1966
- Cabinets disestablished in 1969
- Coalition governments of Germany
- Kurt Georg Kiesinger