First Kohl cabinet
First Cabinet of Helmut Kohl Cabinet Kohl I | |
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| File:Flag of Germany.svg 13th Cabinet of the Federal Republic of Germany | |
| 14 October 1982 – 30 March 1983 | |
| File:KAS-Kohl, Helmut-Bild-14701-1.jpg Helmut Kohl | |
| Date formed | 1 October 1982 |
| Date dissolved | 30 March 1983 (5 months, 4 weeks and 1 day) |
| People and organisations | |
| President | Karl Carstens |
| Chancellor | Helmut Kohl |
| Vice-Chancellor | Hans-Dietrich Genscher |
| Member party | Christian Democratic Union Christian Social Union Free Democratic Party |
| Status in legislature | Coalition government led by CDU/CSU 279/497 (56%)
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| Opposition party | Social Democratic Party The Greens |
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| History | |
| Election | Constructive vote of no confidence led by Helmut Kohl against incumbent Chancellor Helmut Schmidt |
| Legislature terms | 9th Bundestag |
| Predecessor | Schmidt III |
| Successor | Kohl II |
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 | 1 October 1982 | 30 March 1983 | CDU | ||
| Vice Chancellor & Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs | 4 October 1982 | 30 March 1983 | Free Democratic Party (Germany) | ||
| 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 | Free Democratic Party (Germany) | ||
| Federal Minister of Economics | 4 October 1982 | 30 March 1983 | Free Democratic Party (Germany) | ||
| 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 | Free Democratic Party (Germany) | ||
| 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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