Schmidt II cabinet

Schmidt II cabinet
12. Cabinet of the Federal Republic of Germany
Chancellor	Helmut Schmidt
choice	1976
Legislative period	8th.
Appointed by	Federal President Walter Scheel
education	December 16, 1976
The End	November 4th 1980
Duration	3 years and 324 days
predecessor	Cabinet Schmidt I
successor	Schmidt III cabinet
composition
Party (s)	SPD, FDP
representation
German Bundestag	264/518
Opposition leader	Helmut Kohl ( CDU )

The term Schmidt II cabinet refers to the second federal government led by Chancellor Helmut Schmidt . She held office from December 16, 1976 (about 10 weeks after the 1976 Bundestag election ) to November 4, 1980 (about four weeks after the 1980 Bundestag election ).

cabinet

Schmidt II cabinet - December 16, 1976 to November 4, 1980 (responsible for running the business until November
5, 1980 )

Office	photo	Surname	Political party		Parliamentary State Secretary or Minister of State	Political party
Chancellor		Helmut Schmidt (1918–2015)		SPD	Hans-Jürgen Wischnewski (1922–2005) until December 10, 1979 Gunter Huonker (* 1937) from December 10, 1979	SPD
Deputy Federal Chancellor		Hans-Dietrich Genscher (1927-2016)		FDP
Foreign					Klaus von Dohnanyi (* 1928) Hildegard Hamm-Brücher (1921–2016)	SPD FDP
Interior		Werner Maihofer (1918–2009) until June 8, 1978		FDP	Gerhart Rudolf Baum (* 1932) until June 8, 1978 Andreas von Schoeler (* 1948)	FDP
		Gerhart Rudolf Baum (* 1932) from June 8, 1978		FDP
Judiciary		Hans-Jochen Vogel (1926-2020)		SPD	Hans de With (* 1932)	SPD
Finances		Hans Apel (1932–2011) until February 16, 1978		SPD	Karl Haehser (1928–2012) Rainer Offergeld (* 1937) until February 16, 1978 Rolf Böhme (1934–2019) from February 16, 1978	SPD
		Hans Matthöfer (1925–2009) from February 16, 1978		SPD
economy		Hans Friderichs (* 1931) until October 7, 1977		FDP	Martin Grüner (1929-2018)	FDP
		Otto Graf Lambsdorff (1926–2009) from October 7, 1977		FDP
Food, Agriculture and Forestry		Josef Ertl (1925-2000)		FDP	Georg Gallus (* 1927)	FDP
Work and social order		Herbert Ehrenberg (1926-2018)		SPD	Hermann Buschfort (1928–2003)	SPD
defense		Georg Leber (1920–2012) until February 16, 1978		SPD	Andreas von Bülow (* 1937)	SPD
		Hans Apel from February 16, 1978		SPD
Youth, Family and Health		Antje Huber (1924-2015)		SPD	Fred Zander (1935-2012)	SPD
Transport and Post and Telecommunications		Kurt Gscheidle (1924-2003)		SPD	Ernst Haar (1925–2004) until March 29, 1979 Erhard Mahne (* 1931) from March 29, 1979 Lothar Wrede (1930–2019)	SPD
Spatial planning, construction and urban planning		Karl Ravens (1927-2017) until February 16, 1978		SPD	Dieter Haack (* 1934) until February 16, 1978 Dietrich Sperling (* 1933) from February 16, 1978	SPD
		Dieter Haack (* 1934) from February 16, 1978		SPD
Relations within Germany		Egon Franke (1913–1995)		SPD	Egon Höhmann (1926–1979) died on January 19, 1979 Heinz Kreutzmann (1919–2005) from February 7, 1979	SPD
Research and technology		Hans Matthöfer until February 16, 1978		SPD	Volker Hauff (* 1940) until February 16, 1978 Erwin Stahl (1931–2019) from February 16, 1978	SPD
		Volker Hauff (* 1940) from February 16, 1978		SPD
education and Science		Helmut Rohde (1925–2016) until February 16, 1978		SPD	Peter Glotz (1939–2005) until May 16, 1977 Björn Engholm (* 1939) from May 18, 1977	SPD
		Jürgen Schmude (* 1936) from February 16, 1978		SPD
Economic Cooperation		Marie Schlei (1919–1983) until February 16, 1978		SPD	Alwin Brück (1931-2020)	SPD
		Rainer Offergeld (* 1937) from February 16, 1978		SPD

Changes

On May 16, 1977, the Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Education and Science, Peter Glotz , left the Federal Government and moved to Berlin as Senator for Science and Research. Björn Engholm was appointed his successor on May 18, 1977 .

On September 8, 1977, Federal Minister of Economics, Hans Friderichs, announced surprisingly that he would join the Board of Directors of Dresdner Bank in October 1977 . On October 7, 1977, the economic policy spokesman for the FDP parliamentary group, Otto Graf Lambsdorff , was appointed his successor .

On February 4, 1978, government spokesman Klaus Bölling announced the long-awaited cabinet reshuffle, which, however, only affected the federal ministries led by SPD members. This cabinet reshuffle became effective with the swearing-in of the Federal Ministers on February 16, 1978. Federal Education Minister Helmut Rohde , Defense Minister Georg Leber , who was considered weakened by affairs , and Federal Building Minister Karl Ravens , who went to Lower Saxony as the SPD's top candidate for the 1978 state elections and the during Development aid minister Marie Schlei finally left the federal government with constant criticism throughout her term of office .

The Federal Ministry of Finance took over the previous Federal Minister for Research and Technology, Hans Matthöfer ; the previous finance minister, Hans Apel , moved to the Federal Ministry of Defense. The management of the Federal Ministry for Regional Planning, Building and Urban Development was taken over by the previous Parliamentary State Secretary Dieter Haack . The previous Parliamentary State Secretary Volker Hauff became the new Federal Minister for Research and Technology and the Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Finance, Rainer Offergeld , was appointed Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation. The chairman of the working group for foreign and security policy of the SPD parliamentary group, Jürgen Schmude , joined the cabinet as Federal Minister for Education and Science.

Rolf Böhme at the Federal Minister of Finance, Dietrich Sperling at the Federal Minister for Spatial Planning, Building and Urban Development and Erwin Stahl at the Federal Minister for Research and Technology were appointed as new Parliamentary State Secretaries .

After he u. a. had lost more and more support due to the so-called eavesdropping affair , Federal Interior Minister Werner Maihofer resigned from his office on June 6, 1978. The previous Parliamentary State Secretary Gerhart Rudolf Baum was appointed his successor on June 8, 1978 .

On January 19, 1979 the Parliamentary State Secretary died at the Federal Minister for Internal German Relations Egon Höhmann . His successor was Heinz Kreutzmann on February 7, 1979 .

The chairman of the Union of German Railway Workers elected Ernst hair resigned from the government on 29 March 1979th His successor as Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Minister for Transport and Post and Telecommunications was Erhard Mahne on the same day .

As the successor to Hans-Jürgen Wischnewski , who had been elected Deputy Federal Chairman of the SPD, Gunter Huonker was appointed Minister of State to the Federal Chancellor on December 10, 1979 in accordance with the long-known plan .

See also

• List of the German federal governments
• List of German federal ministers
• List of members of the German Bundestag (8th electoral term)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Stop it . In: Der Spiegel . No. 38 , 1977, pp. 34-35 ( online - Sept. 12, 1977 ).
2. ^ Cabinet: "The very last contingent" . In: Der Spiegel . No. 23 , 1977, pp. 21-23 ( Online - May 30, 1977 ).
3. ^ Schmidt cabinet: The emergency was there . In: Der Spiegel . No. 6 , 1978, p. 17-24 ( Online - Feb. 6, 1978 ).
4. ^ Maihofer: Wanted to leave . In: Der Spiegel . No. 23 , 1978, p. 21-25 ( online - 5 June 1978 ).
5. ↑ The Chancellor brings the left . In: Der Spiegel . No. 37 , 1979, pp. 19-21 ( online - 10 September 1979 ).