Second Brandt cabinet

The second Brandt cabinet was the government of Germany between 15 December 1972 and 16 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.

Cabinet Brandt II outside the Hammerschmidt Villa on 15 December 1972

Composition

The federal cabinet consisted of the following Ministers:

Office Incumbent Party Parl. State Secretary
& Minister of State
Party
Chancellor Willy Brandt
(1913–1992)
until 7 May 1974
SPDKarl RavensSPD
Walter Scheel
(1919–2016)
acting, from 7 May 1974
FDP
Vice-Chancellor Walter ScheelFDP
Foreign AffairsWalter Scheel FDPKarl Moersch
Hans Apel
FDP
SPD
Interior Hans-Dietrich Genscher
(1927–2016)
FDPGerhart Rudolf Baum
Kurt Jung
FDP
Justice Gerhard Jahn
(1927–1998)
SPDAlfons BayerlSPD
Finance Helmut Schmidt
(1918–2015)
SPDHans Hermsdorf
until 1 April 1974
Karl Haehser
from 1 April 1974

Konrad Porzner
SPD
Economics Hans Friderichs
(born 1931)
FDPMartin GrünerFDP
Food, Agriculture and Forestry Josef Ertl
(1925–2000)
FDPFritz LogemannFDP
Labour and Social Affairs Walter Arendt
(1925–2005)
SPDHelmut RohdeSPD
Defence Georg Leber
(1920–2012)
SPDKarl Wilhelm BerkhanSPD
Youth, Families and Health Katharina Focke
(1922–2016)
SPDHeinz WestphalSPD
Transport Lauritz Lauritzen
(1910–1980)
SPDErnst HaarSPD
Planning, Architecture und Urban Development Hans-Jochen Vogel
(1926-2020)
SPDDieter HaackSPD
Internal German Relations Egon Franke
(1913–1995)
SPDKarl HeroldSPD
Research and Technology
and Post and Telecommunications
Horst Ehmke
(1927-2017)
SPDVolker HauffSPD
Education and Science Klaus von Dohnanyi
(born 1928)
SPDFred ZanderSPD
Economic Cooperation Erhard Eppler
(1926-2019)
SPDHans MatthöferSPD
Special Duties
for the Chancellor
Egon Bahr
(1922–2015)
SPD
Special Duties
for the Vice-Chancellor
Werner Maihofer
(1918–2009)
FDP
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