Fifth Adenauer cabinet

The fifth Adenauer cabinet was formed by incumbent Chancellor Konrad Adenauer shortly after the previous Adenauer IV cabinet fell apart over the Spiegel affair. The forced resignation of Defence Minister Franz Josef Strauss was required to gain back the FDP's support for the cabinet.

Fifth Adenauer Cabinet (Adenauer V)

Cabinet of West Germany
Date formed14 December 1962 (1962-12-14)
Date dissolved15 October 1963 (1963-10-15)
People and organisations
Head of statePresident Heinrich Lübke
Head of governmentKonrad Adenauer
Member parties
Opposition partySPD
Opposition leaderErich Ollenhauer
History
Election(s)1961 West German federal election
Legislature term(s)4th Bundestag
PredecessorAdenauer IV
SuccessorErhard I

Adenauer's fifth cabinet was sworn in on 14 December 1962. Adenauer decided to retire just a few months later, following which Ludwig Erhard was elected as Chancellor and formed the first Erhard cabinet on 17 October 1963.

Composition
PortfolioMinisterTook officeLeft officeParty
Federal Chancellor Konrad Adenauer15 September 194911 October 1963CDU
Vice-Chancellor
Federal Minister for Economy		 Ludwig Erhard29 October 195715 October 1963Independent
Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs Gerhard Schröder14 November 196130 November 1966CDU
Federal Minister of the Interior Hermann Höcherl14 November 196125 October 1965CSU
Federal Minister of Justice Ewald Bucher14 December 196226 March 1965FDP
Federal Minister of Finance Rolf Dahlgrün14 December 196226 October 1966FDP
Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Forests Werner Schwarz15 September 195926 October 1965CDU
Federal Minister for Labour and Social Affairs Theodor Blank29 October 195726 October 1965CDU
Federal Minister of Defence Kai-Uwe von Hassel9 January 19631 December 1966CDU
Federal Minister of Transport Hans-Christoph Seebohm20 September 194930 November 1966CDU
Federal Minister of Post and Telecommunications Richard Stücklen29 October 19571 December 1966CSU
Federal Minister of Housing Construction Paul Lücke29 October 195726 October 1965CDU
Federal Minister of Displaced Persons, Refugees and War Victims Wolfgang Mischnick14 December 196211 October 1963FDP
Federal Minister of All-German Affairs Rainer Barzel14 December 196211 October 1963CDU
Federal Ministry of Scientific Research Hans Lenz14 December 196226 October 1965FDP
Federal Minister of Family and Youth Affairs Bruno Heck14 December 19621 October 1968CDU
Federal Minister of Bundesrat and State Affairs Alois Niederalt14 December 196230 November 1966CSU
Federal Minister of the Treasury Werner Dollinger14 December 196230 November 1966CSU
Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation Walter Scheel14 December 196228 October 1966FDP
Federal Minister of Health Elisabeth Schwarzhaupt14 November 196130 November 1966CDU
Federal Minister for Special Affairs Heinrich Krone14 November 196113 July 1964CDU

References and notes
    • "Kabinette Adenauer". election.de (in German). Retrieved 18 November 2019.
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