First Kohl cabinet
- Herbert Wehner (SPD)
The First Kohl cabinet (German: Kabinett Kohl I) was the 13th Cabinet of the Federal Republic of Germany. It was formed in 1 October 1982 following a successful constructive vote of no confidence, by which Helmut Kohl replaced Helmut Schmidt as Chancellor. The other cabinet members were appointed and sworn in on 4 October 1982. It was the first (and as yet only) German federal cabinet formed after a constructive vote of no confidence. After ascending to the chancellorship, Kohl and his coalition sought to bring about new elections as quickly as possible, which he achieved by deliberately losing a confidence motion and then having the Bundestag dissolved by the president at the chancellor's request. The following 1983 federal election on 6 March 1983 resulted in a re-election of Kohl and his newly formed CDU/CSU/FDP-coalition. On 30 March 1983, Kohl was again elected chancellor by the Bundestag and formed his second cabinet. With a duration of just under half a year, the cabinet Kohl I was the shortest-lived German government since the cabinet von Schleicher (3 December 1932–28 January 1933) during the Weimar Republic and is, as yet, the shortest-lived cabinet in the history of the Federal Republic.
Composition
Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party | |
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Chancellor | Helmut Kohl | 1 October 1982 | 30 March 1983 | CDU | |
Vice Chancellor & Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs | 4 October 1982 | 30 March 1983 | FDP | ||
Federal Minister of Defense | 4 October 1982 | 30 March 1983 | CDU | ||
Federal Minister of the Interior | 4 October 1982 | 30 March 1983 | CSU | ||
Federal Minister of Finance | 4 October 1982 | 30 March 1983 | CDU | ||
Federal Minister of Justice | 4 October 1982 | 30 March 1983 | FDP | ||
Federal Minister of Economics | 4 October 1982 | 30 March 1983 | FDP | ||
Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs | 4 October 1982 | 30 March 1983 | CDU | ||
Federal Minister of Food, Agriculture, and Forestry | 4 October 1982 | 30 March 1983 | FDP | ||
Federal Minister of Transport | 4 October 1982 | 30 March 1983 | CSU | ||
Federal Minister of Construction | Oscar Schneider | 4 October 1982 | 30 March 1983 | CSU | |
Federal Minister of Youth, Family, and Health | 4 October 1982 | 30 March 1983 | CDU | ||
Federal Minister of Research and Technology | 4 October 1982 | 30 March 1983 | CDU | ||
Federal Minister of Education and Science | 4 October 1982 | 30 March 1983 | CDU | ||
Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation | 4 October 1982 | 30 March 1983 | CSU | ||
Federal Minister of Posts and Communications | 4 October 1982 | 30 March 1983 | CDU | ||
Federal Minister of Intra-German Relations | 4 October 1982 | 30 March 1983 | CDU |
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