Second Schmidt cabinet
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Second Cabinet of Helmut Schmidt Cabinet Schmidt II | |
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11th Cabinet of the Federal Republic of Germany | |
16 December 1976 – 5 November 1980 | |
Date formed | 16 December 1976 |
Date dissolved | 5 November 1980 (3 years, 10 months, 2 weeks and 6 days) |
People and organisations | |
President | Walter Scheel |
Chancellor | Helmut Schmidt |
Vice-Chancellor | Hans-Dietrich Genscher |
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) | 1976 West German federal election |
Legislature term(s) | 8th Bundestag |
Predecessor | Schmidt I |
Successor | Schmidt III |
The Second Schmidt cabinet was the government of Germany between 16 December 1976 and 5 November 1980, during the 8th legislature of the Bundestag. Led by the Social Democrat Helmut Schmidt, the cabinet was a coalition between the Social Democrats (SDP) and the Free Democratic Party (FDP). The Vice-Chancellor was the Free Democrat Hans-Dietrich Genscher (FDP).
Composition[]
Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party | |
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Chancellor | Helmut Schmidt | 16 December 1976 | 5 November 1980 | SPD | |
Vice-Chancellor & Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs | Hans-Dietrich Genscher | 16 December 1976 | 5 November 1980 | FDP | |
Federal Minister of Interior | Werner Maihofer | 16 December 1976 | 8 June 1978 | FDP | |
Gerhart Baum | 8 June 1978 | 5 November 1980 | FDP | ||
Federal Minister of Justice | Hans-Jochen Vogel | 16 December 1976 | 4 November 1980 | SPD | |
Federal Minister of Finance | Hans Apel | 16 December 1976 | 16 February 1978 | SPD | |
Hans Matthöfer | 16 February 1978 | 5 November 1980 | SPD | ||
Federal Minister of Economics and Technology | Hans Friderichs | 16 December 1976 | 7 October 1977 | FDP | |
Otto Graf Lambsdorff | 7 October 1977 | 5 November 1980 | FDP | ||
Federal Minister of Defence | Georg Leber | 16 December 1976 | 16 February 1978 | SPD | |
Hans Apel | 16 February 1978 | 5 November 1980 | SPD | ||
Federal Minister of Transport & Post and Telecommunications | Kurt Gscheidle | 16 December 1976 | 5 November 1980 | SPD | |
Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture | Josef Ertl | 16 December 1976 | 5 November 1980 | FDP | |
Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs | Herbert Ehrenberg | 16 December 1976 | 5 November 1980 | SPD | |
Federal Minister of Youth, Families and Health | Antje Huber | 16 December 1976 | 5 November 1980 | SPD | |
Federal Minister of Intra-German Relations | Egon Franke | 16 December 1976 | 5 November 1980 | SPD | |
Federal Minister of Research and Technology | Hans Matthöfer | 16 December 1976 | 16 February 1978 | SPD | |
Volker Hauff | 16 February 1978 | 5 November 1980 | SPD | ||
Federal Minister of Education and Science | Helmut Rohde | 16 December 1976 | 16 February 1978 | SPD | |
Jürgen Schmude | 16 February 1978 | 5 November 1980 | SPD | ||
Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation | Marie Schlei | 16 December 1976 | 16 February 1978 | SPD | |
Rainer Offergeld | 16 February 1978 | 5 November 1980 | SPD | ||
Federal Minister of Planning, Architecture und Urban Development | Karl Ravens | 16 December 1976 | 16 February 1978 | SPD | |
Dieter Haack | 16 February 1978 | 5 November 1980 | SPD |
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References[]
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