Cabinet Kohl III

This article covers the Federal Cabinet from 1987–1991. For the state cabinet of Rhineland-Palatinate from 1975–1976 see Cabinet Kohl III (Rhineland-Palatinate)

Cabinet Kohl III
16. Cabinet of the Federal Republic of Germany
Chancellor	Helmut Kohl
choice	1987
Legislative period	11.
Appointed by	Federal President Richard von Weizsäcker
education	March 12, 1987
The End	January 18, 1991
Duration	3 years and 312 days
predecessor	Cabinet Kohl II
successor	Cabinet Kohl IV
composition
Party (s)	CDU / CSU, FDP
minister	24
representation
German Bundestag	282/519
Opposition leader	Hans-Jochen Vogel ( SPD )

cabinet

Cabinet Kohl III - March 12, 1987 to December 20, 1990
( charged with running the business until January 18, 1991 )

Office	photo	Surname	Political party		Parliamentary State Secretary or Minister of State	Political party
Chancellor		Helmut Kohl (1930-2017)		CDU	-	-
Deputy Federal Chancellor		Hans-Dietrich Genscher (1927-2016)		FDP
Foreign					Irmgard Adam-Schwaetzer (* 1942) Helmut Schäfer (* 1933)	FDP
Interior		Friedrich Zimmermann (1925–2012) until April 21, 1989		CSU	Horst Waffenschmidt (1933–2002) Carl-Dieter Spranger (* 1939)	CDU CSU
		Wolfgang Schäuble (* 1942) from April 21, 1989		CDU
Judiciary		Hans A. Engelhard (1934-2008)		FDP	Friedrich-Adolf Jahn (1935-2016)	CDU
Finances		Gerhard Stoltenberg (1928–2001) until April 21, 1989		CDU	Hansjörg Häfele (* 1932) until April 21, 1989 Manfred Carstens (* 1943) Friedrich Voss (1931–2012)	CDU CSU
		Theodor Waigel (* 1939) from April 21, 1989		CSU
economy		Martin Bangemann (* 1934) until December 9, 1988		FDP	Ludolf-Georg von Wartenberg (* 1941) until July 4, 1989 Klaus Beckmann (1944–1994) Erich Riedl (1933–2018)	CDU FDP CSU
		Helmut Haussmann (* 1943) from December 9, 1988		FDP
Food, Agriculture and Forestry		Ignaz Kiechle (1930-2003)		CSU	Georg Gallus (* 1927) Wolfgang von Geldern (* 1944)	FDP CDU
Relations within Germany		Dorothee Wilms (* 1929)		CDU	Ottfried Hennig (1937–1999)	CDU
Work and social order		Norbert Blüm (1935-2020)		CDU	Wolfgang Vogt (1929–2006) Stefan Höpfinger (1925–2004) until April 21, 1989 Horst Seehofer (* 1949)	CDU CDU CSU
defense		Manfred Wörner (1934–1994) until May 18, 1988		CDU	Peter Kurt Würzbach (* 1937) until December 19, 1988 Willy Wimmer (* 1943) Agnes Hürland-Büning (1926–2009)	CDU
		Rupert Scholz (* 1937) May 18, 1988 to April 21, 1989		CDU
		Gerhard Stoltenberg from April 21, 1989		CDU
Youth, family, women and health		Rita Süssmuth (* 1937) until November 25, 1988		CDU	Anton Pfeifer (* 1937)	CDU
		Ursula Lehr (* 1930) from December 9, 1988		CDU
traffic		Jürgen Warnke (1932–2013) until April 21, 1989		CSU	Dieter Schulte (* 1941)	CDU
		Friedrich Zimmermann (1925–2012) from April 21, 1989		CSU
Environment, nature conservation and reactor safety		Walter Wallmann (1932–2013) until April 22, 1987		CDU	Martin Grüner (1929–2018) Wolfgang Gröbl (* 1941)	FDP CSU
		Klaus Töpfer (* 1938) from May 7, 1987		CDU
Post and telecommunications from July 1, 1989: Post and telecommunications		Christian Schwarz-Schilling (* 1930)		CDU	Wilhelm Rawe (1929-2017)	CDU
Spatial planning, construction and urban planning		Oscar Schneider (* 1927) until April 21, 1989		CSU	Jürgen Echternach (1937-2006)	CDU
		Gerda Hasselfeldt (* 1950) from April 21, 1989		CSU
Research and technology		Heinz Riesenhuber (* 1935)		CDU	Albert Probst (1931-2015)	CSU
education and Science		Jürgen W. Möllemann (1945–2003)		FDP	Irmgard Karwatzki (1940-2007) until April 21, 1989 Norbert Lammert (* 1948)	CDU
Economic Cooperation		Hans Klein (1931–1996) until April 21, 1989		CSU	Volkmar Köhler (1930–2012) until April 21, 1989 Hans-Peter Repnik (* 1947)	CDU
		Jürgen Warnke from April 21, 1989		CSU
Special tasks head of the Federal Chancellery		Wolfgang Schäuble until April 21, 1989		CDU	Lutz Stavenhagen (1940–1992) Lieselotte Berger (1920–1989) Representative of the Federal Government in Berlin until September 26, 1989 (deceased) Günter Straßmeir (1929–2009) Representative of the Federal Government in Berlin October 26, 1989 to December 20, 1990	CDU
		Rudolf Seiters (* 1937) from April 21, 1989		CDU
Special duties Head of the Federal Government's Press and Information Office		Hans Klein April 21, 1989 to December 20, 1990		CSU	-	-
Special tasks		Sabine Bergmann-Pohl (* 1946) from October 3, 1990		CDU	-	-
Special tasks		Günther Krause (* 1953) from October 3, 1990		CDU	-	-
Special tasks		Lothar de Maizière (* 1940) October 3 to December 19, 1990		CDU	-	-
Special tasks		Rainer Ortleb (* 1944) from October 3, 1990		FDP	-	-
Special tasks		Hansjoachim Walther (1939–2005) from October 3, 1990		DSU	-	-

Changes

After the state elections in Hesse and the subsequent formation of a coalition of CDU and FDP, Federal Environment Minister Walter Wallmann resigned from the federal government on April 22, 1987; on April 24, 1987 he was elected Prime Minister of Hesse . The previous Minister for Environment and Health of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate, Klaus Töpfer , was appointed as the new Environment Minister on May 7, 1987 .

Defense Minister Manfred Wörner resigned on May 18, 1988 in order to take up his new post as NATO Secretary General on July 1, 1988 . His successor was the Senator for Justice and Federal Affairs of the State of Berlin , Rupert Scholz .

Federal Minister of Economics Martin Bangemann resigned on December 9, 1988 in order to be able to switch to the European Commission as Commissioner for Internal Market and Industry at the beginning of 1989 . His office as Minister of Economics was taken over by the former FDP General Secretary Helmut Haussmann .

Since she had been elected President of the German Bundestag on November 25, 1988 , Rita Süssmuth resigned on December 9, 1988. The new Federal Minister for Youth, Family, Women and Health was the Heidelberg Professor of Gerontology, Ursula Lehr .

On December 19, 1988, Parliamentary State Secretary Peter Kurt Würzbach resigned after a dispute with Federal Defense Minister Scholz about the low-level flight ban imposed by Würzbach after the plane crash in Remscheid . On the same day, Willy Wimmer was appointed as his successor as Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Minister of Defense .

An extensive cabinet reshuffle was carried out on April 21, 1989, which only affected the Union-led ministries. Federal Building Minister Oscar Schneider and Defense Minister Rupert Scholz , during whose short term of office the Ramstein and Remscheid accidents had occurred, were dismissed as Federal Ministers. The previous Minister of the Interior, Friedrich Zimmermann , became the new Federal Minister of Transport, the previous Minister of Finance, Gerhard Stoltenberg, the new Federal Minister of Defense and Transport Minister Jürgen Warnke, Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation. His predecessor in office, Hans Klein, took over as Federal Minister for Special Tasks as head of the Federal Government's Press and Information Office and the previous head of the Federal Chancellery, Wolfgang Schäuble , was appointed as the new Federal Minister of the Interior. For the first time, the previous chairman of the CSU regional group Theo Waigel and Gerda Hasselfeldt were appointed as Federal Minister for Regional Planning, Building and Urban Development. The previous First Parliamentary Managing Director of the CDU / CSU Bundestag faction , Rudolf Seiters , who was appointed as Federal Minister for special tasks to head the Federal Chancellery , also joined the cabinet .

Also on April 21, 1989, Parliamentary State Secretaries Hansjörg Häfele (Finance), Stefan Höpfinger (Labor and Social Affairs), Irmgard Karwatzki (Education and Science) and Volkmar Köhler (Economic Cooperation) left office. The previous chairman of the budget working group of the CDU / CSU parliamentary group Manfred Carstens , the previous social policy spokesman for the CSU regional group Horst Seehofer as parliamentary state secretary to the federal minister for labor and social affairs, and Norbert Lammert as parliamentary state secretary , were newly appointed as Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Minister of Finance at the Federal Minister of Education and Science and the previous chairman of the Baden-Württemberg regional group of the CDU / CSU parliamentary group Hans-Peter Repnik as Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation.

After the number of CSU-led federal ministries had risen to six with the cabinet reshuffle, the FDP demanded another Parliamentary State Secretary to compensate. On July 4, 1989 Ludolf von Wartenberg left office. His successor at the Federal Minister of Economics was the previous parliamentary manager of the FDP parliamentary group, Klaus Beckmann .

After the death of the Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Chancellor and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Government in Berlin Lieselotte Berger on September 26, 1989, Günter Straßmeir was appointed her successor on October 26, 1989 .

With German reunification on October 3, 1990, the previous People's Chamber President Sabine Bergmann-Pohl , the last Prime Minister of the GDR Lothar de Maizière , the Parliamentary State Secretary to the Prime Minister of the GDR Günther Krause , the previous Chairman of the FDP Volkskammer faction Rainer Ortleb and the previous chairman of the DSU Volkskammer faction, Hansjoachim Walther, appointed federal minister for special tasks.

Lothar de Maizière resigned as Federal Minister on December 19, 1990 because of renewed allegations that he was an unofficial employee (IM) of the Ministry for State Security .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o} Reshuffle of the Federal Cabinet - dismissals and appointments by the Federal President. In: Bulletin 36-89. Press and Information Office of the Federal Government, April 21, 1989, accessed on March 10, 2018 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Appointment of Prof. Dr. Ursula Maria Lehr as Federal Minister for Youth, Family, Women and Health. In: Bulletin 173-88. Press and Information Office of the Federal Government, December 10, 1988, accessed on March 10, 2018 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Appointment of Professor Dr. Rupert Scholz as Federal Minister of Defense. In: Bulletin 66-88. Press and Information Office of the Federal Government, May 19, 1988, accessed on March 10, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Responsibility for democracy in the service of all citizens - election of the President of the German Bundestag. In: Bulletin 165-88. Press and Information Office of the Federal Government, November 29, 1988, accessed on March 10, 2018 . 
5. ↑ Oath of the Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety. (PDF; 2.9 MB) In: Minutes of the plenary 11/10. German Bundestag, May 7, 1987, pp. 523-524 , accessed on March 10, 2018 . 
6. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Appointment and oath of federal ministers. In: Bulletin 118-90. Press and Information Office of the Federal Government, October 5, 1990, accessed on March 10, 2018 . 
7. ^ On the decision of Federal Minister de Maizière. In: Bulletin 147-90. Press and Information Office of the Federal Government, December 20, 1990, accessed on March 10, 2018 . 

See also

• List of German Federal Governments - List of German Federal Ministers