Merkel I cabinet
| Merkel I cabinet | |
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| 21. Cabinet of the Federal Republic of Germany | |
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| Chancellor | Angela Merkel |
| choice | 2005 |
| Legislative period | 16. |
| Appointed by | Federal President Horst Köhler |
| education | November 22, 2005 |
| The End | October 28, 2009 |
| Duration | 3 years and 340 days |
| predecessor | Schröder II cabinet |
| successor | Merkel II cabinet |
| composition | |
| Party (s) | CDU / CSU, SPD |
| minister | 16 |
| State Secretaries | 29 |
| representation | |
| German Bundestag | 448/614 |
| Opposition leader | Wolfgang Gerhardt ( FDP ) until April 30, 2006
Guido Westerwelle ( FDP ) from May 1, 2006 |
The Merkel I cabinet was the German federal government in office from November 22, 2005 to October 28, 2009 in the 16th legislative period . The basis for the work of this government was the coalition agreement “ Together for Germany. With courage and humanity. "
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Personnel identification process before the beginning of the legislative period
After the exploratory talks between the CDU / CSU and the SPD after the general election in 2005 it became apparent that both sides were giving priority to a grand coalition over all other options, the SPD announced on Thursday, October 13, 2005, which politicians they wanted provided for eight ministries to which it was entitled. The list of proposals for the seven ministries to be filled by the Union parties was published on Monday, October 17, 2005. On the same day, coalition negotiations between the CDU / CSU and the SPD began, which were scheduled to last four weeks.
On October 31, 2005, Franz Müntefering announced his withdrawal from the SPD party leadership; his entry into the planned cabinet was not affected. One day later, Edmund Stoiber announced that he would remain as Prime Minister in Bavaria , since the resignation of the SPD chairman changed the “business basis” and his demands to take over competencies from the Ministry of Science and Research had not been sufficiently addressed. Instead, Michael Glos was named as Minister of Economic Affairs.
On November 11, 2005, the CDU, CSU and SPD agreed on a coalition agreement that describes the political goals and content of the black-red coalition. This was accepted by a large majority at party congresses of the CDU, CSU and SPD on November 14, 2005, and signed on November 18, 2005 in a simple ceremony in the Paul-Löbe-Haus . After Angela Merkel had been elected Chancellor by 397 votes in the Bundestag on the morning of November 22, 2005, the ministers of her federal government were sworn in on the afternoon of the same day.
Changes
On October 27, 2006, Thomas Kossendey was appointed Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Defense. In this office he succeeded Friedbert Pflüger, who had switched to Berlin state politics as leader of the opposition .
The former parliamentary state secretary Peter Paziorek gave up his post to take over the office of district president of the Münster district government.
On November 13, 2007, Franz Müntefering surprisingly announced his resignation as Federal Minister for Labor and Social Affairs and Vice Chancellor. Olaf Scholz became his successor as Labor Minister on November 21, 2007 , while Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier became Vice Chancellor.
On October 7, 2008, Federal Consumer Protection Minister Seehofer was nominated for the office of Bavarian Prime Minister. On October 27, 2008, he was elected Bavarian Prime Minister in the Bavarian State Parliament after he had resigned as Federal Minister. On October 31, 2008, Ilse Aigner was appointed by the Federal President as Seehofer's successor.
After Michael Glos announced his retirement as Federal Minister of Economics on February 7, 2009, the CSU Chairman Horst Seehofer and Chancellor Angela Merkel initially refused. Only on the following day did Seehofer and Merkel agree to their immediate resignation. On February 10, Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg was appointed by the Federal President as the new Federal Minister for Economics and Technology and was sworn in on February 12. At the meeting of the newly elected Bundestag on October 27, 2009, the ministers received their certificates of dismissal from Federal President Horst Köhler , but were given the task of continuing official business until a new federal government was formed . This took place one day later on October 28th.
See also
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Müntefering shocks coalition and party . Spiegel Online , November 13, 2007
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Angela Merkel (CDU) | Frank-Walter Steinmeier (SPD) | Franz Müntefering (SPD, until November 21, 2007) | Olaf Scholz (SPD, from November 21, 2007) | Wolfgang Schäuble (CDU) | Brigitte Zypries (SPD) | Peer Steinbrück (SPD) | Michael Glos (CSU, until February 10, 2009) | Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg (CSU, from February 10, 2009) | Horst Seehofer (CSU, until October 27, 2008) | Ilse Aigner (CSU, from October 31, 2008) | Franz Josef Jung (CDU) | Ursula von der Leyen (CDU) | Ulla Schmidt (SPD) | Wolfgang Tiefensee (SPD) | Sigmar Gabriel (SPD) | Annette Schavan (CDU) | Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul (SPD) | Thomas de Maizière (CDU)