Arnold II cabinet

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The Arnold II cabinet formed the state government of North Rhine-Westphalia from August 1, 1950 to July 27, 1954 . After the state elections on June 18, 1950 , Karl Arnold was re-elected Prime Minister on July 27, 1950. Since no coalition agreement had been reached by then, Arnold initially appointed a cabinet consisting only of CDU members on August 1st. On September 15, after the CDU had agreed a coalition with the center , the cabinet was expanded to include two center and three CDU ministers.

Composition August 1 to September 15, 1950

Office Surname Political party
Prime Minister Karl Arnold CDU
Deputy Prime Minister Artur Strater CDU
Interior Karl Arnold CDU
Finances Heinrich Weitz CDU
Judiciary Artur Strater CDU
Cult Christine Teusch CDU
job Heinrich Lübke
managing director
CDU
Social Christine Teusch
managing director
CDU
reconstruction Heinrich Lübke
managing director
CDU
traffic Artur Sträter
executive
CDU
Food, Agriculture and Forestry Heinrich Luebke CDU
economy Heinrich Weitz
managing director
CDU
Representation at the federal level Carl Spiecker CDU

Composition from September 15, 1950

Office Surname Political party
Prime Minister Karl Arnold CDU
Deputy Prime Minister Artur Strater CDU
Interior Adolf Flecken (until May 25, 1952)
Franz Meyers (from May 25, 1952)
CDU
Finances Heinrich Weitz (until January 8, 1952)
Adolf Flecken (from January 8, 1952)
CDU
Judiciary Rudolf Amelunxen center
Cult Christine Teusch CDU
Work (until October 1, 1953) Johann Ernst CDU
Social (until October 1, 1953) Josef Weber center
Reconstruction (until October 1, 1953) Otto Schmidt CDU
Labor, Social Affairs and Reconstruction (from October 1, 1953) Otto Schmidt CDU
Affairs of the regional associations (from October 1, 1953) Josef Weber center
Food, Agriculture and Forestry Heinrich Lübke (until January 1, 1953)
Johannes Peters (from January 1, 1953)
CDU
Economy and Transport Artur Strater CDU
Representation at the federal level (until May 19, 1953)
Federal affairs (from May 19, 1953)
Carl Spiecker († November 16, 1953)
Karl Arnold (from January 15, 1954)
CDU

Individual evidence

  1. Minutes of the Landtag session of August 1, 1950 (PDF; 191 kB)

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