Helmut Schmidt - Cabinets During Schmidt´s Chancellorship

Cabinets During Schmidt´s Chancellorship

Schmidt's first term as Federal Chancellor, 16 May 1974,– 15 December 1976

• Helmut Schmidt (SPD) – Chancellor
• Hans-Dietrich Genscher (FDP) – Vice Chancellor and Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Georg Leber (SPD) – Minister of Defense
• Werner Maihofer (FDP) – Minister of the Interior
• Hans Apel (SPD) – Minister of Finance
• Hans-Jochen Vogel (SPD) – Minister of Justice
• Hans Friedrichs (FDP) – Minister of Economics
• Walter Arendt (SPD) – Minister of Labour and Social Affairs
• Josef Ertl (FDP) – Minister of Food, Agriculture, and Forestry
• Kurt Gscheidle (SPD) – Minister of Transport, Posts, and Communications
• Karl Ravens (SPD) – Minister of Construction
• Katharina Focke (SPD) – Minister of Youth, Family, and Health
• Hans Matthöfer (SPD) – Minister of Research and Technology
• Helmut Rohde (SPD) – Minister of Education and Science
• Erhard Eppler (SPD) – Minister of Economic Cooperation
• Egon Franke (SPD) – Minister of Intra-German Relations

Changes

• 4 July 1974 – Egon Bahr (SPD) succeeds Eppler as Minister of Economic Cooperation.

Schmidt's second term as Federal Chancellor, 15 December 1976,– 5 November 1980

• Helmut Schmidt (SPD) – Chancellor
• Hans-Dietrich Genscher (FDP) – Vice Chancellor and Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Georg Leber (SPD) – Minister of Defense
• Werner Maihofer (FDP) – Minister of the Interior
• Hans Apel (SPD) – Minister of Finance
• Hans-Jochen Vogel (SPD) – Minister of Justice
• Hans Friedrichs (FDP) – Minister of Economics
• Herbert Ehrenberg (SPD) – Minister of Labour and Social Affairs
• Josef Ertl (FDP) – Minister of Food, Agriculture, and Forestry
• Kurt Gscheidle (SPD) – Minister of Transportation, Posts, and Communications
• Karl Ravens (SPD) – Minister of Construction
• Antje Huber (SPD) – Minister of Youth, Family, and Health
• Hans Matthöfer (SPD) – Minister of Research and Technology
• Helmut Rohde (SPD) – Minister of Education and Science
• Marie Schlei (SPD) – Minister of Economic Cooperation
• Egon Franke (SPD) – Minister of Intra-German Relations

Changes

• 7 October 1977 – Otto Graf Lambsdorff (FDP) succeeds Friedrichs as Minister of Economics.
• 16 February 1978 – Hans Apel (SPD) succeeds Leber as Minister of Defense. Hans Matthöfer (SPD) succeeds Apel as Minister of Finance. Volker Hauff succeeds Matthöfer as Minister of Research and Technology. Dieter Haack (SPD) succeeds Ravens as Minister of Construction. Jürgen Schmude (SPD) succeeds Rohde as Minister of Education and Science. Rainer Offergeld (SPD) succeeds Schlei as Minister of Economic Cooperation.
• 8 June 1978 – Gerhart Baum (FDP) succeeds Maihofer as Minister of the Interior.

Schmidt's third term as Federal Chancellor, 5 November 1980,– 17 September 1982

• Helmut Schmidt (SPD) – Chancellor
• Hans-Dietrich Genscher (FDP) – Vice Chancellor and Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Hans Apel (SPD) – Minister of Defense
• Gerhart Baum (FDP) – Minister of the Interior
• Hans Matthöfer (SPD) – Minister of Finance
• Hans-Jochen Vogel (SPD) – Minister of Justice
• Otto Graf Lambsdorff (FDP) – Minister of Economics
• Herbert Ehrenberg (SPD) – Minister of Labour and Social Affairs
• Josef Ertl (FDP) – Minister of Food, Agriculture, and Forestry
• Volker Hauff (SPD) – Minister of Transport
• Dieter Haack (SPD) – Minister of Construction
• Antje Huber (SPD) – Minister of Youth, Family, and Health
• Andreas von Bülow (SPD) – Minister of Research and Technology
• Jürgen Schmude (SPD) – Minister of Education and Science
• Rainer Offergeld (SPD) – Minister of Economic Cooperation
• Kurt Gscheidle (SPD) – Minister of Posts and Communications
• Egon Franke (SPD) – Minister of Intra-German Relations

Changes

• 28 January 1981 – Jürgen Schmude (SPD) succeeds Vogel as Minister of Justice. Björn Engholm succeeds Schmude as Minister of Education and Science.
• 28 April 1982 – Hans Matthöfer (SPD) succeeds Gscheidle as Minister of Posts and Communications. Manfred Lahnstein (SPD) succeeds Matthöfer as Minister of Finance. Heinz Westphal (SPD) succeeds Ehrenberg as Minister of Labour and Social Affairs. Anke Fuchs (SPD) succeeds Huber as Minister of Youth, Family, and Health.
• 17 September 1982 – All the Free Democratic ministers quit the government. Helmut Schmidt (SPD) succeeds Genscher as Minister of Foreign Affairs. Jürgen Schmude (SPD) succeeds Baum as Minister of the Interior, remaining also Minister of Justice. Manfred Lahnstein (SPD) succeeds Lambsdorff as Minister of Economics, remaining also Minister of Finance. Björn Engholm (SPD) succeeds Ertl as Minister of Food, Agriculture, and Forestry, remaining also Minister of Education and Science.