Schmidt III cabinet

Schmidt III cabinet
13. Cabinet of the Federal Republic of Germany
Chancellor	Helmut Schmidt
choice	1980
Legislative period	9.
Appointed by	Federal President Karl Carstens
education	November 6, 1980
The End	October 1, 1982
Duration	1 year and 329 days
predecessor	Schmidt II cabinet
successor	Cabinet Kohl I.
composition
Party (s)	SPD, FDP
representation
German Bundestag	282/519
Opposition leader	Helmut Kohl ( CDU )

The third cabinet of Federal Chancellor Helmut Schmidt came after the federal election in 1980 . The two coalition parties, the SPD and FDP, have ruled together since the Bundestag election in 1969 - but in 1982 they became increasingly estranged. There were disputes about the contradicting attitudes in the SPD to the NATO double decision as well as about growing unemployment and national debt.

On September 17, 1982, the coalition broke up, whereupon Schmidt set up a cabinet made up only of SPD ministers. On October 1st, the members of the CDU , CSU and FDP elected the previous opposition leader Helmut Kohl with a constructive vote of no confidence as Chancellor.

cabinet

Schmidt III Cabinet - November 6, 1980 to October 1, 1982 ( charged with running the business until October
4, 1982 )

Office	photo	Surname	Political party		Parliamentary State Secretary or Minister of State	Political party
Chancellor		Helmut Schmidt (1918–2015)		SPD	Gunter Huonker (* 1937) until April 28, 1982 Hans-Jürgen Wischnewski (1922–2005) from April 29, 1982	SPD
Vice Chancellor		Hans-Dietrich Genscher (1927-2016) until September 17, 1982		FDP
		Egon Franke (1913–1995) from September 17, 1982		SPD
Foreign		Hans-Dietrich Genscher until September 17, 1982		FDP	Hildegard Hamm-Brücher (1921–2016) until September 17, 1982 Klaus von Dohnanyi (* 1928) until June 24, 1981 Peter Corterier (1936–2017) from June 29, 1981	FDP SPD SPD
		Helmut Schmidt from September 17, 1982		SPD
Interior		Gerhart Rudolf Baum (* 1932) until September 17, 1982		FDP	Andreas von Schoeler (* 1948) until September 17, 1982	FDP
		Jürgen Schmude (* 1936) from September 17, 1982		SPD
Judiciary		Hans-Jochen Vogel (1926–2020) until January 22, 1981		SPD	Hans de With (* 1932)	SPD
		Jürgen Schmude from January 28, 1981		SPD
Finances		Hans Matthöfer (1925–2009) until April 28, 1982		SPD	Karl Haehser (1928–2012) Rolf Böhme (1934–2019) until April 28, 1982 Gunter Huonker (* 1937) from April 29, 1982	SPD
		Manfred Lahnstein (* 1937) from April 28, 1982		SPD
economy		Otto Graf Lambsdorff (1926–2009) until September 17, 1982		FDP	Martin Grüner (1929–2018) until September 17, 1982	FDP
		Manfred Lahnstein from September 17, 1982		SPD
Food, Agriculture and Forestry		Josef Ertl (1925–2000) until September 17, 1982		FDP	Georg Gallus (* 1927) until September 17, 1982	FDP
		Björn Engholm (* 1939) from September 17, 1982		SPD
Work and social order		Herbert Ehrenberg (1926–2018) until April 28, 1982		SPD	Hermann Buschfort (1928–2003) until April 28, 1982 Rudolf Dreßler (* 1940) from April 28, 1982 Anke Fuchs (1937–2019) until April 28, 1982 Jürgen Egert (1941–1992) from April 28, 1982	SPD
		Heinz Westphal (1924–1998) from April 28, 1982		SPD
defense		Hans Apel (1932-2011)		SPD	Willfried Penner (* 1936)	SPD
Youth, Family and Health		Antje Huber (1924–2015) until April 28, 1982		SPD	Fred Zander (1935–2012) until April 28, 1982 Claus Grobecker (1935–2018) from April 28, 1982	SPD
		Anke Fuchs (1937–2019) from April 28, 1982		SPD
traffic		Volker Hauff (* 1940)		SPD	Erhard Mahne (* 1931)	SPD
Post and telecommunications		Kurt Gscheidle (1924–2003) until April 28, 1982		SPD	Helmuth Becker (1929–2011)	SPD
		Hans Matthöfer from April 28, 1982		SPD
Spatial planning, construction and urban planning		Dieter Haack (* 1934)		SPD	Dietrich Sperling (* 1933)	SPD
Relations within Germany		Egon Franke		SPD	Heinz Kreutzmann (1919–2005) until April 28, 1982 Lothar Wrede (1930–2019) from April 28, 1982	SPD
Research and technology		Andreas von Bülow (* 1937)		SPD	Erwin Stahl (1931–2019)	SPD
education and Science		Jürgen Schmude until January 28, 1981		SPD	Björn Engholm (* 1939) until January 28, 1981 Eckart Kuhlwein (* 1938) from January 28, 1981	SPD
		Björn Engholm from January 28, 1981		SPD
Economic Cooperation		Rainer Offergeld (* 1937)		SPD	Alwin Brück (1931-2020)	SPD

Changes

Federal Justice Minister Hans-Jochen Vogel resigned on January 22, 1981 ; a day later he was elected mayor of Berlin . The previous Federal Minister for Education and Science, Jürgen Schmude , was appointed his successor on January 28, 1981 . Björn Engholm became the new Federal Minister of Education , followed by Eckart Kuhlwein in the office of Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Minister of Education and Science.

Since he had been elected First Mayor of Hamburg on June 24, 1981 , Klaus von Dohnanyi resigned from the office of State Minister in the Foreign Office. His successor was on June 29, 1981 the previous chairman of the working group for foreign and security policy of the SPD parliamentary group, Peter Corterier .

With effect from April 28, 1982, there was a long-awaited cabinet reshuffle. Federal Finance Minister Hans Matthöfer , who was rumored to be tired, took over the management of the Federal Ministry for Post and Telecommunications in place of Kurt Gscheidle , who finally left the federal government. Federal Labor Minister Herbert Ehrenberg and Federal Family Minister Antje Huber were also dismissed . Newly appointed to the cabinet are the previous State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Finance , Manfred Lahnstein , as Federal Minister of Finance, the Chairman of the Working Group on Public Finance of the SPD parliamentary group, Heinz Westphal , as Federal Minister for Labor and Social Affairs and the previous Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Labor and Social order, Anke Fuchs , as Federal Minister for Youth, Family and Health. Her successor was the Berlin SPD MP Jürgen Egert .

Also on April 28, 1982, the previous Minister of State with the Federal Chancellor, Gunter Huonker , moved to the office of Parliamentary State Secretary with the Federal Minister of Finance. He replaced Rolf Böhme , who focused on his candidacy for the office of Lord Mayor of Freiburg im Breisgau . Hans-Jürgen Wischnewski , who had already held this post from 1976 to 1979, was the new Minister of State for the Federal Chancellor . The previous Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Minister for Labor and Social Affairs, Hermann Buschfort , was replaced by Rudolf Dreßler on the same day . The chairman of the budget committee, Claus Grobecker , joined the federal government for the outgoing parliamentary state secretary at the Federal Minister for Youth, Family and Health, Fred Zander , and Lothar Wrede, chairman of the committee for postal and telecommunications, succeeded Heinz Kreutzmann , appointed Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Internal German Relations.

After the break of the social-liberal coalition, the FDP members, Federal Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher , Federal Interior Minister Gerhart Rudolf Baum , Federal Economics Minister Otto Graf Lambsdorff , Federal Agriculture Minister Josef Ertl and the State Minister in the Foreign Office, Hildegard Hamm-Brücher , and the Parliamentary State Secretary Andreas von left Schoeler (Interior), Martin Grüner (Economy) and Georg Gallus (Agriculture) left the federal government on September 17, 1982.

The SPD then formed a minority government. The Federal Minister for Internal German Relations, Egon Franke , who had been a member of the Federal Government without interruption since 1969, was appointed as the Federal Chancellor's deputy . Federal Chancellor Helmut Schmidt took over the management of the Foreign Office. Federal Minister of Justice Jürgen Schmude was also Federal Minister of the Interior, Federal Minister of Finance Manfred Lahnstein was also Federal Minister for Economics and Federal Minister of Education Björn Engholm was also Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Forests. No successors have been appointed for the resigned Parliamentary State Secretaries or the Minister of State.

See also

List of German Federal Governments - List of German Federal Ministers

Individual evidence

1. ↑ West Berlin: Miracles in great need . In: Der Spiegel . No. 5 , 1981, pp. 25-30 ( Online - Jan. 26, 1981 ).
2. ^ Coalition: Deadly Sign . In: Der Spiegel . No. 14 , 1982, pp. 19-21 ( Online - Apr. 5, 1982 ).