Third Schmidt cabinet
After the 1980 federal election, incumbent Chancellor Helmut Schmidt continued the social-liberal coalition between his SPD and the FDP.
Third Schmidt Cabinet (Schmidt III) | |
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![]() Cabinet of West Germany | |
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Date formed | 6 November 1980 |
Date dissolved | 1 October 1982 |
People and organisations | |
Head of state | President Karl Carstens |
Head of government | Helmut Schmidt |
Member parties | SPD, FDP |
Opposition party | CDU/CSU |
Opposition leader | Helmut Kohl |
History | |
Election(s) | 1980 West German federal election |
Legislature term(s) | 9th Bundestag |
Predecessor | Schmidt II |
Successor | Kohl I |
In 1982 the coalition collapsed. A first cabinet reshuffle was performed on 28 April, replacing several ministers. The split culminated in the resignation of all FDP ministers on 17 September.[1] Schmidt briefly replaced them with an all-SPD cabinet before being voted out of office in a constructive vote of no confidence in favour of Helmut Kohl, who formed the first Kohl cabinet.
Composition
Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party | |
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Federal Chancellor | Helmut Schmidt | 16 May 1974 | 1 October 1982 | SPD | |
Vice-Chancellor | Hans-Dietrich Genscher | 17 May 1974 | 17 September 1982 | FDP | |
Egon Franke | 17 September 1982 | 1 October 1982 | SPD | ||
Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs | Hans-Dietrich Genscher | 17 May 1974 | 17 September 1982 | FDP | |
Helmut Schmidt | 17 September 1982 | 1 October 1982 | SPD | ||
Federal Minister of the Interior | Gerhart Baum | 8 June 1978 | 17 September 1982 | FDP | |
Jürgen Schmude | 17 September 1982 | 1 October 1982 | SPD | ||
Federal Minister of Justice | Hans-Jochen Vogel | 16 May 1974 | 22 January 1981 | SPD | |
Jürgen Schmude | 22 January 1981 | 1 October 1982 | SPD | ||
Federal Minister of Finance | Hans Matthöfer | 16 February 1978 | 28 April 1982 | SPD | |
Manfred Lahnstein | 28 April 1982 | 1 October 1982 | SPD | ||
Federal Minister for Economy | Otto Graf Lambsdorff | 7 October 1977 | 17 September 1982 | FDP | |
Manfred Lahnstein | 17 September 1982 | 1 October 1982 | SPD | ||
Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Forests | Josef Ertl | 22 October 1969 | 17 September 1982 | FDP | |
Björn Engholm | 17 September 1982 | 1 October 1982 | SPD | ||
Federal Minister for Labour and Social Affairs | Herbert Ehrenberg | 16 December 1976 | 28 April 1982 | SPD | |
Heinz Westphal | 28 April 1982 | 1 October 1982 | SPD | ||
Federal Minister of Defence | Hans Apel | 16 February 1978 | 1 October 1982 | SPD | |
Federal Minister for Youth, Family and Health | Antje Huber | 16 December 1976 | 28 April 1982 | SPD | |
Anke Fuchs | 28 April 1982 | 1 October 1982 | SPD | ||
Federal Minister of Transport | Volker Hauff | 6 November 1980 | 1 October 1982 | SPD | |
Federal Minister of Post and Telecommunications | Kurt Gscheidle | 16 May 1974 | 28 April 1982 | SPD | |
Hans Matthöfer | 28 April 1982 | 1 October 1982 | SPD | ||
Federal Minister of Regional Planning, Building and Urban Development | Dieter Haack | 16 February 1978 | 1 October 1982 | SPD | |
Federal Minister of Intra-German Relations | Egon Franke | 22 October 1969 | 1 October 1982 | SPD | |
Federal Minister of Research and Technology | Andreas von Bülow | 6 October 1980 | 1 October 1982 | SPD | |
Federal Ministry of Education and Science | Jürgen Schmude | 16 February 1978 | 28 January 1981 | SPD | |
Björn Engholm | 28 January 1981 | 1 October 1982 | SPD | ||
Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation | Rainer Offergeld | 16 February 1978 | 1 October 1982 | SPD |
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References
- Hoyle, Russ (27 September 1982). "West Germany: Collapse of a Coalition". TIME. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
- "Kabinette Schmidt". election.de (in German). Retrieved 18 November 2019.
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