Cabinet Kohl I.

This article covers the Federal Cabinet from 1982–1983. For the state cabinet of Rhineland-Palatinate from 1969–1971 see Cabinet Kohl I (Rhineland-Palatinate)

The Kohl I cabinet was the 14th government cabinet of the Federal Republic of Germany and was the first and so far only federal government to come into office by means of a constructive vote of no confidence , namely against the previous government under Federal Chancellor Helmut Schmidt .

By means of a vote of confidence that Helmut Kohl initiated and lost, and the dissolution of the 9th German Bundestag by Federal President Karl Carstens , the government ended when the 10th German Bundestag met in 1983.

Cabinet Kohl I.
14. Cabinet of the Federal Republic of Germany
Chancellor	Helmut Kohl
choice	no
Legislative period	9.
Appointed by	Federal President Karl Carstens
education	4th October 1982
The End	March 30, 1983
Duration	0 years and 177 days
predecessor	Schmidt III cabinet
successor	Cabinet Kohl II
composition
Party (s)	CDU / CSU, FDP
representation
German Bundestag	279/519
Opposition leader	Herbert Wehner ( SPD )

cabinet

Cabinet Kohl I - October 4, 1982 to March 29, 1983
( charged with running the business until March 30, 1983 )

Office	photo	Surname	Political party		Parliamentary State Secretary or Minister of State	Political party
Chancellor		Helmut Kohl (1930-2017)		CDU	Philipp Jenninger (1932–2018) Friedrich Vogel (1929–2005) Peter Lorenz (1922–1987)	CDU
Deputy Federal Chancellor		Hans-Dietrich Genscher (1927-2016)		FDP
Foreign					Alois Mertes (1921–1985) Jürgen Möllemann (1945–2003)	CDU FDP
Interior		Friedrich Zimmermann (1925–2012)		CSU	Carl-Dieter Spranger (* 1939) Horst Waffenschmidt (1933–2002)	CSU CDU
Judiciary		Hans A. Engelhard (1934-2008)		FDP	Hans Hugo Klein (* 1936)	CDU
Finances		Gerhard Stoltenberg (1928-2001)		CDU	Hansjörg Häfele (* 1932) Friedrich Voss (1931–2012)	CDU CSU
economy		Otto Graf Lambsdorff (1926-2009)		FDP	Martin Grüner (1929-2018)	FDP
Food, Agriculture and Forestry		Josef Ertl (1925-2000)		FDP	Georg Gallus (* 1927)	FDP
Relations within Germany		Rainer Barzel (1924-2006)		CDU	Ottfried Hennig (1937–1999)	CDU
Work and social order		Norbert Blüm (1935-2020)		CDU	Wolfgang Vogt (1929–2006) Heinrich Franke (1928–2004)	CDU
defense		Manfred Wörner (1934–1994)		CDU	Peter Kurt Würzbach (* 1937) Kurt Jung (1925–1989)	CDU FDP
Youth, Family and Health		Heiner Geissler (1930-2017)		CDU	Irmgard Karwatzki (1940-2007)	CDU
traffic		Werner Dollinger (1918-2008)		CSU	Dieter Schulte (* 1941)	CDU
Post and telecommunications		Christian Schwarz-Schilling (* 1930)		CDU	Wilhelm Rawe (1929-2017)	CDU
Spatial planning, construction and urban planning		Oscar Schneider (* 1927)		CSU	Friedrich-Adolf Jahn (1935-2016)	CDU
Research and technology		Heinz Riesenhuber (* 1935)		CDU	Albert Probst (1931-2015)	CSU
education and Science		Dorothee Wilms (* 1929)		CDU	Anton Pfeifer (* 1937)	CDU
Economic Cooperation		Jürgen Warnke (1932–2013)		CSU	Volkmar Köhler (1930–2012)	CDU

Political measures

Economic and social policy

• Increase in the contribution to unemployment insurance from 4 to 4.6 percent
• Reduction of subsidies for the Federal Labor Office by 1.3 billion German marks
• Reintroduction of the health insurance contribution for pensioners
• Reductions in child and housing benefits as well as training grants
• Introduction of a non-interest-bearing, repayable investment aid tax limited to 1983/84 (“ compulsory tax”) of 5 percent of the tax liability for higher earners; is declared unconstitutional in 1984
• Reduction of tax burdens on companies

Military service

• The oral test of conscience for conscientious objectors will be abolished.
• Extension of the civil service from 16 to 20 months

Environmental policy

• Decision to reduce pollutants from power plants

See also

• List of the German federal governments
• List of German federal ministers
• Coalition agreement of the black and yellow federal government in Germany 1982