Third Adenauer cabinet
- Christian Democratic Union
Christian Social Union
German Party (DP) (until 1960)[1]
Free Democratic Party
The Third Adenauer cabinet was formed by incumbent Chancellor Konrad Adenauer after the 1957 federal election. The cabinet was sworn in on 29 October 1957, and remained until it was succeeded by the fourth Adenauer cabinet on 17 October 1961.
Composition
Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party | |
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Chancellor | Konrad Adenauer | 15 September 1949 | 11 October 1963 | CDU | |
Vice-Chancellor & Federal Minister of Economy | Ludwig Erhard | 29 October 1957 | 15 October 1963 | Independent | |
Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs | Heinrich von Brentano | 6 June 1955 | 30 October 1961 | CDU | |
Federal Minister of the Interior | Gerhard Schröder | 20 October 1953 | 13 November 1961 | CDU | |
Federal Minister of Justice | 29 October 1957 | 14 November 1961 | CSU | ||
Federal Minister of Finance | 29 October 1957 | 14 November 1961 | CDU | ||
Federal Minister of Food, Agriculture and Forests | 20 October 1953 | 15 September 1959 | CDU | ||
Werner Schwarz | 15 September 1959 | 26 October 1965 | CDU | ||
Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs | 29 October 1957 | 26 October 1965 | CDU | ||
Federal Minister of Defence | 16 October 1956 | 16 December 1962 | CSU | ||
Federal Minister of Transport | 20 September 1949 | 30 November 1966 | DP | ||
Federal Minister of Post and Telecommunications | 29 October 1957 | 1 December 1966 | CSU | ||
Federal Minister of Housing Construction | 29 October 1957 | 26 October 1965 | CDU | ||
Federal Minister of Displaced Persons, Refugees and War Victims | 20 October 1953 | 4 May 1960 | CDU | ||
4 May 1960 | 14 November 1961 | CDU | |||
Federal Minister of All-German Affairs | 29 October 1957 | 11 December 1962 | CDU | ||
Federal Ministry of Nuclear Energy and Water Policy | 16 October 1956 | 13 December 1962 | CSU | ||
Federal Minister of Family and Youth Affairs | 20 October 1953 | 11 December 1962 | CDU | ||
Federal Minister of Bundesrat and State Affairs | 26 May 1955 | 13 December 1962 | DP | ||
Federal Minister of Federal Patrimony | 29 October 1957 | 27 February 1960 (†) | CDU | ||
Hans Wilhelmi | 4 May 1960 | 14 November 1961 | CDU |
References and notes
- ^ a b c d Note: Hans-Christoph Seebohm and Hans-Joachim von Merkatz were originally members of the German Party (DP). Both left it in July 1960 to join the CDU in September of the same year.
- "Kabinette Adenauer". election.de (in German). Retrieved 18 November 2019.
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