Third Adenauer cabinet

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Third Cabinet of Konrad Adenauer
Cabinet Adenauer III
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3rd cabinet of the Federal Republic of Germany
29 October 1957 – 17 October 1961
(until 14 November 1961 as caretaker government)
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Date formed 29 October 1957 (1957-10-29)
Date dissolved 17 October 1961 (1961-10-17)
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People and organisations
Head of government Konrad Adenauer,
Chancellor
Deputy head of government Ludwig Erhard
Head of state Theodor Heuss,
President
Member parties
Opposition party Social Democratic Party
Free Democratic Party
Opposition leader Erich Ollenhauer (SPD)
History
Election(s) 1957 West German federal election
Legislature term(s) 3rd Bundestag
Predecessor Adenauer II
Successor Adenauer IV

The Third Adenauer cabinet was formed by incumbent Chancellor Konrad Adenauer after the 1957 federal election. The cabinet was sworn in on 29 October 1957, and remained until it was succeeded by the fourth Adenauer cabinet on 17 October 1961.

Composition

Portfolio Minister Took office Left office Party
Chancellor   Konrad Adenauer 15 September 1949 11 October 1963 CDU
Vice-Chancellor &
Federal Minister of Economy
  Ludwig Erhard 29 October 1957 15 October 1963 Independent
Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs   Heinrich von Brentano 6 June 1955 30 October 1961 CDU
Federal Minister of the Interior   Gerhard Schröder 20 October 1953 13 November 1961 CDU
Federal Minister of Justice   Fritz Schäffer 29 October 1957 14 November 1961 CSU
Federal Minister of Finance   Franz Etzel 29 October 1957 14 November 1961 CDU
Federal Minister of Food, Agriculture and Forests   Heinrich Lübke 20 October 1953 15 September 1959 CDU
  Werner Schwarz 15 September 1959 26 October 1965 CDU
Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs   Theodor Blank 29 October 1957 26 October 1965 CDU
Federal Minister of Defence   Franz Josef Strauss 16 October 1956 16 December 1962 CSU
Federal Minister of Transport   Hans-Christoph Seebohm[1] 20 September 1949 30 November 1966 DP
Federal Minister of Post and Telecommunications   Richard Stücklen 29 October 1957 1 December 1966 CSU
Federal Minister of Housing Construction   Paul Lücke 29 October 1957 26 October 1965 CDU
Federal Minister of Displaced Persons, Refugees and War Victims   Theodor Oberländer 20 October 1953 4 May 1960 CDU
  Hans-Joachim von Merkatz[1] 4 May 1960 14 November 1961 CDU
Federal Minister of All-German Affairs   Ernst Lemmer 29 October 1957 11 December 1962 CDU
Federal Ministry of Nuclear Energy and Water Policy   Siegfried Balke 16 October 1956 13 December 1962 CSU
Federal Minister of Family and Youth Affairs   Franz-Josef Wuermeling 20 October 1953 11 December 1962 CDU
Federal Minister of Bundesrat and State Affairs   Hans-Joachim von Merkatz[1] 26 May 1955 13 December 1962 DP
Federal Minister of Federal Patrimony   Hermann Lindrath 29 October 1957 27 February 1960 (dagger) CDU
  Hans Wilhelmi 4 May 1960 14 November 1961 CDU

References and notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Note: Hans-Christoph Seebohm and Hans-Joachim von Merkatz were originally members of the German Party (DP). Both left it in July 1960 to join the CDU in September of the same year.
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