Cabinet Adenauer II

Cabinet Adenauer II
2. Cabinet of the Federal Republic of Germany
Chancellor	Konrad Adenauer
choice	1953
Legislative period	2.
Appointed by	Federal President Theodor Heuss
education	October 20, 1953
The End	October 15, 1957
Duration	3 years and 360 days
predecessor	Cabinet Adenauer I
successor	Cabinet Adenauer III
composition
Party (s)	CDU, CSU, FDP, GB / BHE, DP
representation
German Bundestag	317/509
Opposition leader	Erich Ollenhauer ( SPD )

The Adenauer II cabinet was the German federal government in office from October 20, 1953 to October 15, 1957 in the second legislative period .

In the federal election on September 6, 1953 , the CDU received 45.2 percent of the vote and 249 of the 509 seats in the Bundestag. On October 9, 1953, the 2nd German Bundestag re- elected Adenauer as Federal Chancellor.

minister

Cabinet Adenauer II - October 20, 1953 to October 15, 1957 ( charged with running the business until October
29, 1957 )

Office	photo	Surname	Political party
Chancellor		Konrad Adenauer (1876–1967)		CDU
Deputy Federal Chancellor		Franz Blücher (1896–1959)		FDP from June 26, 1956 FVP
Economic Cooperation
Foreign		Konrad Adenauer until June 6, 1955		CDU
		Heinrich von Brentano (1904–1964) from June 6, 1955		CDU
Interior		Gerhard Schröder (1910–1989)		CDU
Judiciary		Fritz Neumayer (1884–1973) until October 16, 1956		FDP from June 26, 1956 FVP
		Hans-Joachim von Merkatz (1905–1982) from October 16, 1956		DP
Finances		Fritz Schäffer (1888–1967)		CSU
economy		Ludwig Erhard (1897–1977)		independent
Food, Agriculture and Forestry		Heinrich Lübke (1894–1972)		CDU
job		Anton Storch (1892–1975)		CDU
Defense since June 7, 1955		Theodor Blank (1905–1972) until October 16, 1956		CDU
		Franz Josef Strauss (1915–1988) from October 16, 1956		CSU
traffic		Hans-Christoph Seebohm (1903-1967)		DP
Post and telecommunications		Hans Schuberth (1897–1976) until December 9, 1953		CSU
		Siegfried Balke (1902–1984) from December 10, 1953 to October 16, 1956		CSU
		Ernst Lemmer (1898–1970) from November 15, 1956		CDU
housing		Victor-Emanuel Preusker (1913–1991)		FDP from June 26, 1956 FVP
Affairs of the displaced from February 1, 1954: displaced persons, refugees and war victims		Theodor Oberländer (1905–1998)		BHE from March 20, 1956 CDU
All-German questions		Jakob Kaiser (1888–1961)		CDU
Affairs of the Federal Council		Heinrich Hellwege (1908–1991) until May 26, 1955		DP
		Hans-Joachim von Merkatz from June 8, 1955		DP
Atomic issues since October 20, 1955		Franz Josef Strauss until October 16, 1956		CSU
		Siegfried Balke from October 16, 1956		CSU
Family issues		Franz-Josef Wuermeling (1900–1986)		CDU
Special tasks		Robert Tillmanns (1896–1955) died on November 12, 1955		CDU
Special tasks		Waldemar Kraft (1898–1977) until October 16, 1956		BHE from March 20, 1956 CDU
Special tasks		Hermann Schäfer (1892–1966) until October 16, 1956		FDP from June 26, 1956 FVP
Special tasks		Franz Josef Strauss until October 12, 1955		CSU

See also

• List of the German federal governments
• List of German federal ministers
• History of the Federal Republic of Germany
• Adenauer era # The 2nd legislative period

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Independent Federal Chancellor on Welt.de (accessed on January 1, 2010)