First Brandt cabinet
The first Brandt cabinet was the government of Germany between 22 October 1969 and 15 December 1972, during the 6th 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). The Vice-Chancellor was the Free Democrat Walter Scheel (FDP).
Composition
The federal cabinet consisted of the following Ministers:
| Office | Incumbent | Party | Parl. State Secretary & Minister of State |
Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chancellor | Willy Brandt (1913–1992) | SPD | Katharina Focke | SPD |
| Vice-Chancellor | Walter Scheel (1919–2016) | FDP | – | – |
| Foreign Affairs | Walter Scheel | FDP | Ralf Dahrendorf until 2 July 1970 Karl Moersch until 2 July 1970 | FDP |
| Interior | Hans-Dietrich Genscher (1927–2016) | FDP | Wolfram Dorn until 31 August 1972 | FDP |
| Justice | Gerhard Jahn (1927–1998) | SPD | Alfons Bayerl | SPD |
| Finance | Alexander Möller (1903–1985) until 13 May 1971 Karl Schiller (1911–1994) until 7 July 1972 Helmut Schmidt (1918–2015) |
SPD | Gerhard Reischl until 13 May 1971 Hans Hermsdorf from 13 Mai 1971 | SPD |
| Economics | Karl Schiller until 7 July 1972 Helmut Schmidt |
SPD | Klaus Dieter Arndt until 14 September 1970 Philip Rosenthal 14 September 1970 until 17 November 1971 Rainer Offergeld from 15 March 1972 | SPD |
| Food, Agriculture and Forestry | Josef Ertl (1925–2000) | FDP | Fritz Logemann | FDP |
| Labour and Social Affairs | Walter Arendt (1925–2005) | SPD | Helmut Rohde | SPD |
| Defence | Helmut Schmidt from 7 July 1972 Georg Leber (1920–2012) |
SPD | Karl Wilhelm Berkhan | SPD |
| Youth, Families and Health | Käte Strobel (1907–1996) | SPD | Heinz Westphal | SPD |
| Transport and Post and Telecommunications |
Georg Leber until 7 July 1972 Lauritz Lauritzen (1910–1980) |
SPD | Holger Börner until 4 February 1972 Ernst Haar from 7 February 1972 | SPD |
| Planning and Housing | Lauritz Lauritzen | SPD | Karl Ravens | SPD |
| Internal German Affairs | Egon Franke (1913–1995) | SPD | Karl Herold | SPD |
| Education and Science | Hans Leussink (1912–2008) until 15 March 1972 Klaus von Dohnanyi (born 1928) |
parteilos SPD | Klaus von Dohnanyi until 15 March 1972 Joachim Raffert 15 March 1972 until 31 August 1972 | SPD |
| Economic Cooperation | Erhard Eppler (1926-2019) | SPD | Brigitte Freyh | SPD |
| Special Duties Head of the Chancellor's Office |
Horst Ehmke (1927-2017) | SPD | – | – |
See also
References
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