Second Brandt cabinet

HistoryElection(s)1972 West German federal electionLegislature term(s)7th BundestagPredecessorBrandt ISuccessorSchmidt I

The Second Brandt cabinet was the government of Germany between 15 December 1972 and 17 May 1974, during the 7th legislature of the Bundestag. Led by the Social Democrat Willy Brandt, the cabinet was a coalition between the Social Democrats (SDP) and the Free Democratic Party (FDP). It followed the Cabinet Brandt I. Following Brandt's resignation as Chancellor on 7 May 1974, Vice-Chancellor Walter Scheel (FDP) served as Acting Chancellor for nine days, until the inception of the Cabinet Schmidt I.

Composition

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party
Chancellor	Willy Brandt	15 December 1972	7 May 1974		SPD
	Walter Scheel (Acting)	7 May 1974	16 May 1974		FDP
Vice-Chancellor & Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs	Walter Scheel	15 December 1972	16 May 1974		FDP
Federal Minister of Interior	Hans-Dietrich Genscher	15 December 1972	16 May 1974		FDP
Federal Minister of Justice	Gerhard Jahn	15 December 1972	16 May 1974		SPD
Federal Minister of Finance	Helmut Schmidt	15 December 1972	16 May 1974		SPD
Federal Minister of Economics	Hans Friderichs	15 December 1972	16 May 1974		FDP
Federal Minister of Defence	Georg Leber	15 December 1972	16 May 1974		SPD
Federal Minister of Research and Technology & Post and Communications	Horst Ehmke	15 December 1972	16 May 1974		SPD
Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture	Josef Ertl	15 December 1972	16 May 1974		FDP
Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs	Walter Arendt	15 December 1972	16 May 1974		SPD
Federal Minister of Youth, Families and Health	Katharina Focke	15 December 1972	16 May 1974		SPD
Federal Minister of Intra-German Relations	Egon Franke	15 December 1972	16 May 1974		SPD
Federal Minister of Education and Science	Klaus von Dohnanyi	15 December 1972	16 May 1974		SPD
Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation	Erhard Eppler	15 December 1972	16 May 1974		SPD
Federal Minister of Planning, Architecture und Urban Development	Hans-Jochen Vogel	15 December 1972	16 May 1974		SPD
Federal Minister for Special Affairs & Head of the Chancellery	Horst Grabert	15 December 1972	15 May 1974		SPD
Federal Minister for Special Affairs & Affairs of the Vice Chancellor	Werner Maihofer	15 December 1972	16 May 1974		FDP

See also

• Cabinet of Germany

References