Second Brandt cabinet
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Second Cabinet of Willy Brandt Cabinet Brandt II | |
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9th Cabinet of the Federal Republic of Germany | |
15 December 1972 – 6 May 1974 (until 16 May 1974 as caretaker government) | |
Date formed | 15 December 1972 |
Date dissolved | 16 May 1974 (1 year, 5 months and 1 day) |
People and organisations | |
President | Gustav Heinemann |
Chancellor | Willy Brandt (until 7 May 1974) Walter Scheel (Acting; from 7 May 1974) |
Vice-Chancellor | Walter Scheel |
Member party | Social Democratic Party Free Democratic Party |
Status in legislature | Coalition government |
Opposition party | Christian Democratic Union Christian Social Union |
Opposition leader |
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History | |
Election(s) | 1972 West German federal election |
Legislature term(s) | 7th Bundestag |
Predecessor | Brandt I |
Successor | Schmidt I |
The Second Brandt cabinet was the government of Germany between 15 December 1972 and 17 May 1974, during the 7th legislature of the Bundestag. Led by the Social Democrat Willy Brandt, the cabinet was a coalition between the Social Democrats (SDP) and the Free Democratic Party (FDP). It followed the Cabinet Brandt I. Following Brandt's resignation as Chancellor on 7 May 1974, Vice-Chancellor Walter Scheel (FDP) served as Acting Chancellor for nine days, until the inception of the Cabinet Schmidt I.
Composition[]
Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party | |
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Chancellor | Willy Brandt | 15 December 1972 | 7 May 1974 | SPD | |
Walter Scheel (Acting) | 7 May 1974 | 16 May 1974 | FDP | ||
Vice-Chancellor & Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs | Walter Scheel | 15 December 1972 | 16 May 1974 | FDP | |
Federal Minister of Interior | Hans-Dietrich Genscher | 15 December 1972 | 16 May 1974 | FDP | |
Federal Minister of Justice | Gerhard Jahn | 15 December 1972 | 16 May 1974 | SPD | |
Federal Minister of Finance | Helmut Schmidt | 15 December 1972 | 16 May 1974 | SPD | |
Federal Minister of Economics | Hans Friderichs | 15 December 1972 | 16 May 1974 | FDP | |
Federal Minister of Defence | Georg Leber | 15 December 1972 | 16 May 1974 | SPD | |
Federal Minister of Research and Technology & Post and Communications | Horst Ehmke | 15 December 1972 | 16 May 1974 | SPD | |
Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture | Josef Ertl | 15 December 1972 | 16 May 1974 | FDP | |
Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs | Walter Arendt | 15 December 1972 | 16 May 1974 | SPD | |
Federal Minister of Youth, Families and Health | Katharina Focke | 15 December 1972 | 16 May 1974 | SPD | |
Federal Minister of Intra-German Relations | Egon Franke | 15 December 1972 | 16 May 1974 | SPD | |
Federal Minister of Education and Science | Klaus von Dohnanyi | 15 December 1972 | 16 May 1974 | SPD | |
Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation | Erhard Eppler | 15 December 1972 | 16 May 1974 | SPD | |
Federal Minister of Planning, Architecture und Urban Development | Hans-Jochen Vogel | 15 December 1972 | 16 May 1974 | SPD | |
Federal Minister for Special Affairs & Head of the Chancellery | Horst Grabert | 15 December 1972 | 15 May 1974 | SPD | |
Federal Minister for Special Affairs & Affairs of the Vice Chancellor | Werner Maihofer | 15 December 1972 | 16 May 1974 | FDP |
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Categories:
- Coalition governments of Germany
- Historic German cabinets
- 1972 establishments in West Germany
- 1974 disestablishments in West Germany
- Cabinets established in 1972
- Cabinets disestablished in 1974
- Willy Brandt