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)
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Date formed15 December 1972
Date dissolved16 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
History
Election 1972 West German federal election
Legislature terms 7th Bundestag
Predecessor Brandt I
Successor Schmidt I
Cabinet Brandt II outside the Hammerschmidt Villa on 15 December 1972 Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F038505-0006, Bonn, Amtsantritt Kabinett Brandt bei Heinemann.jpg
Cabinet Brandt II outside the Hammerschmidt Villa on 15 December 1972

The Second Brandt cabinet was the government of West 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 (SPD) 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.

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Composition

Notable members of the second Brandt cabinet included Minister of Finance Helmut Schmidt, who went on to become the next German Chancellor. [1]

PortfolioMinisterTookofficeLeftofficeParty
Chancellor 15 December 19727 May 1974  SPD
Walter Scheel
(Acting)
7 May 197416 May 1974  FDP
Vice-Chancellor &
Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs
15 December 197216 May 1974  FDP
Federal Minister of Interior 15 December 197216 May 1974  FDP
Federal Minister of Justice 15 December 197216 May 1974  SPD
Federal Minister of Finance 15 December 197216 May 1974  SPD
Federal Minister of Economics 15 December 197216 May 1974  FDP
Federal Minister of Defence 15 December 197216 May 1974  SPD
Federal Minister of Research and Technology &
Post and Communications
15 December 197216 May 1974  SPD
Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture 15 December 197216 May 1974  FDP
Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs 15 December 197216 May 1974  SPD
Federal Minister of Youth, Families and Health 15 December 197216 May 1974  SPD
Federal Minister of Intra-German Relations 15 December 197216 May 1974  SPD
Federal Minister of Education and Science 15 December 197216 May 1974  SPD
Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation 15 December 197216 May 1974  SPD
Federal Minister of Planning, Architecture und Urban Development 15 December 197216 May 1974  SPD
Federal Minister for Special Affairs &
Head of the Chancellery
15 December 197215 May 1974  SPD
Federal Minister for Special Affairs &
Affairs of the Vice Chancellor
15 December 197216 May 1974  FDP

See also

References

  1. Rabenschlag, Ann-Judith (December 2021). "Semantic Struggles in the Face of Crisis: 'The West' as Contested Key Concept in West German Parliamentary Debate (1973/74)". Redescriptions. 24 (2): 150–165. ProQuest   2681640348.