Cabinet Kohl II
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The second cabinet led by Helmut Kohl was sworn in on March 29, 1983 and laid down its function on March 11, 1987. The cabinet was formed after the 1983 elections
. It was succeeded by the Cabinet Kohl III
, which was formed following the 1987 elections
.
The cabinet was composed of the following ministers:
The composition of the cabinet changed four times.
German federal election, 1983
The tenth German federal election was conducted on March 6, 1983, to elect members to the Bundestag of the Federal Republic of Germany.-Issues and campaign:...
. It was succeeded by the Cabinet Kohl III
Cabinet Kohl III
The third cabinet led by Helmut Kohl was sworn in on March 12, 1987. The cabinet was formed after the 1987 elections. It laid down its function on January 17, 1991 after the formation of the Cabinet Kohl IV, which was formed following the 1990 elections...
, which was formed following the 1987 elections
German federal election, 1987
The 11th German federal election, 1987 was conducted on 25 January 1987, to elect members to the Bundestag, the parliament of the Federal Republic of Germany.-Issues and Campaign:Johannes Rau, vice chairman of SPD, tried to become Chancellor...
.
The cabinet was composed of the following ministers:
- Helmut KohlHelmut KohlHelmut Josef Michael Kohl is a German conservative politician and statesman. He was Chancellor of Germany from 1982 to 1998 and the chairman of the Christian Democratic Union from 1973 to 1998...
(CDUChristian Democratic Union (Germany)The Christian Democratic Union of Germany is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Germany. It is regarded as on the centre-right of the German political spectrum...
) - Chancellor - Hans-Dietrich GenscherHans-Dietrich GenscherHans-Dietrich Genscher is a German politician of the liberal Free Democratic Party . He served as Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor of Germany from 1974 to 1982 and, after a two-week pause, from 1982 to 1992, making him Germany's longest serving Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor...
(FDP) - Vice Chancellor and Minister of Foreign Affairs - Manfred WörnerManfred WörnerManfred Hermann Wörner was a German politician and diplomat. He served as the defense minister of West Germany between 1982 and 1988. He then served as the seventh Secretary General of NATO from 1988 to 1994. His term as Secretary General saw the end of the Cold War and the German reunification...
(CDU) - Minister of Defense - Friedrich Zimmermann (CSUChristian Social Union of BavariaThe Christian Social Union in Bavaria is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Germany. It operates only in the state of Bavaria, while its sister party, the Christian Democratic Union , operates in the other 15 states of Germany...
) - Minister of the Interior - Gerhard StoltenbergGerhard StoltenbergGerhard Stoltenberg was a German politician and minister in the cabinets of Ludwig Erhard, Kurt Georg Kiesinger and Helmut Kohl. He served as minister-president of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein from 1971 to 1982 and as such as President of the Bundesrat in 1977/78.-Life:Stoltenberg was...
(CDU) - Minister of Finance - Hans Engelhard (FDP) - Minister of Justice
- Otto Graf LambsdorffOtto Graf LambsdorffOtto Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von der Wenge Graf Lambsdorff, known as Otto Graf Lambsdorff, was a German politician of the Free Democratic Party.- Biography :...
(FDP) - Minister of Economics - Norbert BlümNorbert BlümNorbert Blüm is a German federal legislator from North Rhine-Westphalia, Chairman of the CDU there , and former minister for labor and social affairs ....
(CDU) - Minister of Labour and Social Affairs - Ignaz KiechleIgnaz KiechleIgnaz Kiechle was a German politician of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria....
(CSU) - Minister of Food, Agriculture, And Forestry - Werner DollingerWerner DollingerDr. Werner Dollinger was a German politician and economist. Born in Neustadt an der Aisch, he helped found the Christian Socialist Union Party in 1946. Dollinger was a member of the Bundestag , minister for the Treasury , minister of postal services and telecommunication and minister of transport...
(CSU) - Minister of Transport - Oscar Schneider (CSU) - Minister of Construction
- Heiner Geissler (CDU) - Minister of Youth, Family, and Health
- Heinz RiesenhuberHeinz RiesenhuberHeinz Riesenhuber is a German politician and was minister in the cabinets of Helmut Kohl from 1982 until 1993.-Life and education:...
(CDU) - Minister of Research and Technology - Dorothee WilmsDorothee WilmsDorothee Wilms is a German politician.From 1982 to 1987 she was the Federal Minister for Education and Science and from 1987 to 1991 the Federal Minister for Inner-German relations.-Education and career:...
(CDU) - Minister of Education and Science - Jürgen Warnke (CSU) - Minister of Economic Cooperation
- Christian Schwarz-SchillingChristian Schwarz-SchillingDr. Christian Schwarz-Schilling , is a German politician and entrepreneur. He is the son of the composer Reinhard Schwarz-Schilling and is married to the author Marie-Luise Schwarz-Schilling with whom he has two children...
(CDU) - Minister of Posts and Communications - Heinrich Windelen (CDU) - Minister of Intra-German Relations
The composition of the cabinet changed four times.
- June 27, 1984 - Martin Bangemann (FDP) succeeds Lambsdorff as Minister of Economics.
- November 15, 1984 - Wolfgang SchäubleWolfgang SchäubleWolfgang Schäuble is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union , currently serving as the Federal Minister of Finance in the Second Cabinet Merkel....
(CDU) enters the cabinet as Minister of Special Tasks - September 26, 1985 - Rita Süssmuth (CDU) succeeds Geissler as Minister of Youth, Family, and Health
- June 6, 1986 - Rita Süssmuth (CDU) becomes Minister of Youth, Family, Women, and Health. Walter Wallmann (CDU) enters the cabinet as Minister of Environment, Nature Conservation, and Reactor Security.