Cabinet Kohl IV
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The fourth cabinet led by Helmut Kohl was sworn in on January 18, 1991 and laid down its function on November 15, 1994. The cabinet was formed after the 1990 elections
. It laid down its function after the formation of the Cabinet Kohl V
, which was formed following the 1994 elections
.
This cabinet was the first to be formed after German Reunification
. Among the East German politicians to enter the government was Angela Merkel
, the current chancellor, as minister of women and health.
The cabinet had the following composition:
The composition changed nine times:
German federal election, 1990
The 12th German federal election, 1990 was conducted on December 2, 1990, to elect members to the Bundestag of the Federal Republic of Germany...
. It laid down its function after the formation of the Cabinet Kohl V
Cabinet Kohl V
The fifth and final cabinet led by Helmut Kohl was sworn in on November 15, 1994 and laid down its function on October 27, 1998. The cabinet was formed after the 1994 elections...
, which was formed following the 1994 elections
German federal election, 1994
The 13th German federal election, 1994 was conducted on October 16, 1994, to elect members to the Bundestag of the Federal Republic of Germany.-Issues and Campaign:The SPD let its members elect a candidate for Chancellor against Helmut Kohl...
.
This cabinet was the first to be formed after German Reunification
German reunification
German reunification was the process in 1990 in which the German Democratic Republic joined the Federal Republic of Germany , and when Berlin reunited into a single city, as provided by its then Grundgesetz constitution Article 23. The start of this process is commonly referred by Germans as die...
. Among the East German politicians to enter the government was Angela Merkel
Angela Merkel
Angela Dorothea Merkel is the current Chancellor of Germany . Merkel, elected to the Bundestag from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, has been the chairwoman of the Christian Democratic Union since 2000, and chairwoman of the CDU-CSU parliamentary coalition from 2002 to 2005.From 2005 to 2009 she led a...
, the current chancellor, as minister of women and health.
The cabinet had the following composition:
- Helmut KohlHelmut KohlHelmut Josef Michael Kohl is a German conservative politician and statesman. He was Chancellor of Germany from 1982 to 1998 and the chairman of the Christian Democratic Union from 1973 to 1998...
(CDUChristian Democratic Union (Germany)The Christian Democratic Union of Germany is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Germany. It is regarded as on the centre-right of the German political spectrum...
) - Chancellor - Hans-Dietrich GenscherHans-Dietrich GenscherHans-Dietrich Genscher is a German politician of the liberal Free Democratic Party . He served as Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor of Germany from 1974 to 1982 and, after a two-week pause, from 1982 to 1992, making him Germany's longest serving Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor...
(FDP) - Vice Chancellor and Minister of Foreign Affairs - Rudolf SeitersRudolf SeitersRudolf Seiters is a German politician of the CDU party.From 1989-1991, he was Federal Minister for Special Affairs and the Head of the Office of the German Chancellery. From 1991-1993, he was the Minister of the Interior. From 1998-2002, he was the Vice President of the German Bundestag, or...
(CDU) - Minister of Special Tasks and Chief of the Chancellery - Gerhard StoltenbergGerhard StoltenbergGerhard Stoltenberg was a German politician and minister in the cabinets of Ludwig Erhard, Kurt Georg Kiesinger and Helmut Kohl. He served as minister-president of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein from 1971 to 1982 and as such as President of the Bundesrat in 1977/78.-Life:Stoltenberg was...
(CDU) - Minister of Defense - Wolfgang SchäubleWolfgang SchäubleWolfgang Schäuble is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union , currently serving as the Federal Minister of Finance in the Second Cabinet Merkel....
(CDU) - Minister of the Interior - Theo Waigel (CSUChristian Social Union of BavariaThe Christian Social Union in Bavaria is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Germany. It operates only in the state of Bavaria, while its sister party, the Christian Democratic Union , operates in the other 15 states of Germany...
) - Minister of Finance - Klaus KinkelKlaus KinkelKlaus Kinkel is a German civil servant, lawyer, and politician of the liberal Free Democratic Party . He served as Federal Minister of Justice , Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor of Germany in the government of Helmut Kohl. He was also chairman of the liberal Free Democratic Party from 1993...
(FDP) - Minister of Justice - Jürgen MöllemannJürgen MöllemannJürgen Wilhelm Möllemann was a German politician of the Free Democratic Party. He served as Minister of State at the Foreign Office , as Federal Minister of Education and Research , as Federal Minister of Economics and as Vice Chancellor of Germany in the government of Chancellor Helmut...
(FDP) - Minister of Economics - Norbert BlümNorbert BlümNorbert Blüm is a German federal legislator from North Rhine-Westphalia, Chairman of the CDU there , and former minister for labor and social affairs ....
(CDU) - Minister of Labour and Social Affairs - Ignaz KiechleIgnaz KiechleIgnaz Kiechle was a German politician of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria....
(CSU) - Minister of Food, Agriculture, And Forestry - Günter Krause (CDU) - Minister of Transport
- Irmgard Adam-Schwaetzer (CSU) - Minister of Construction
- Hannelore RönschHannelore RönschHannelore Rönsch is a German conservative politician.She was member of the German Parliament from 1983 until 2002, and was Family Minister in the cabinet of Helmut Kohl from 1991 until 1994.-Quotes:...
(CDU) - Minister of Family and Senior Citizens - Angela MerkelAngela MerkelAngela Dorothea Merkel is the current Chancellor of Germany . Merkel, elected to the Bundestag from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, has been the chairwoman of the Christian Democratic Union since 2000, and chairwoman of the CDU-CSU parliamentary coalition from 2002 to 2005.From 2005 to 2009 she led a...
(CDU) - Minister of Women and Youth - Gerda HasselfeldtGerda HasselfeldtGerda Hasselfeldt is a Bavarian politician who served as Health Minister for one year before being succeeded by Horst Seehofer....
(CDU) - Minister of Health - Heinz RiesenhuberHeinz RiesenhuberHeinz Riesenhuber is a German politician and was minister in the cabinets of Helmut Kohl from 1982 until 1993.-Life and education:...
(CDU) - Minister of Research and Technology - Rainer Ortleb (FDP) - Minister of Education and Science
- Carl-Dieter Spranger (CSU) - Minister of Economic Cooperation, brother to Lt Col Wolfgang Spranger
- Klaus TöpferKlaus TöpferKlaus Töpfer is a German politician and environmental politics expert. From 1998 to 2006 he was executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme ....
(CDU) - Minister of Environment, Nature Conservation, and Reactor Security - Christian Schwarz-SchillingChristian Schwarz-SchillingDr. Christian Schwarz-Schilling , is a German politician and entrepreneur. He is the son of the composer Reinhard Schwarz-Schilling and is married to the author Marie-Luise Schwarz-Schilling with whom he has two children...
(CDU) - Minister of Posts and Communications
The composition changed nine times:
- November 26, 1991 - Rudolf Seiters (CDU) succeeds Schäuble as Minister of the Interior. Friedrich Bohl (CDU) succeeds Seiters as Minister of Special Tasks.
- April 1, 1992 - Volker RüheVolker RüheVolker Rühe is a German politician affiliated with the CDU. He served as German Defence minister from April 1, 1992, succeeding Gerhard Stoltenberg during the first government of a reunified Germany in the fourth cabinet of Chancellor Kohl, to the end of the fifth Kohl Cabinet on October 27, 1998...
(CDU) succeeds Stoltenberg as Minister of Defense. - May 6, 1992 - Horst Seehofer (CSU) succeeds Hasselfeldt as Minister of Health.
- May 18, 1992 - Jürgen MöllemannJürgen MöllemannJürgen Wilhelm Möllemann was a German politician of the Free Democratic Party. He served as Minister of State at the Foreign Office , as Federal Minister of Education and Research , as Federal Minister of Economics and as Vice Chancellor of Germany in the government of Chancellor Helmut...
(FDP) succeeds Genscher as Vice Chancellor, remaining also Minister of Economics. Klaus KinkelKlaus KinkelKlaus Kinkel is a German civil servant, lawyer, and politician of the liberal Free Democratic Party . He served as Federal Minister of Justice , Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor of Germany in the government of Helmut Kohl. He was also chairman of the liberal Free Democratic Party from 1993...
(FDP) succeeds Genscher as Minister of Foreign Affairs. Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger (FDP) succeeds Kinkel as Minister of Justice. - December 17, 1992 - Schwarz-Schilling resigns as Minister of Posts and Communications with immediate effect, Wolfgang BötschWolfgang BötschWolfgang Bötsch is a German politician, representative of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria. Between 1974 and 1976 he represented the Landtag of Bavaria and between 1993 and 1997 he was the Minister of Post and Telecommunications.-References:...
(CSU) succeeds him on January 21, 1993 - January 21, 1993 - Klaus KinkelKlaus KinkelKlaus Kinkel is a German civil servant, lawyer, and politician of the liberal Free Democratic Party . He served as Federal Minister of Justice , Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor of Germany in the government of Helmut Kohl. He was also chairman of the liberal Free Democratic Party from 1993...
(FDP) succeeds Möllemann as Vice Chancellor, remaining also Minister of Foreign Affairs. Günter RexrodtGünter RexrodtGünter Rexrodt was a German politician. He lived in Berlin.-Education and work:After the Abitur in 1960 in Arnstadt, Thuringia and an extra year in West Berlin, he graduated with a Diplom in business studies from the Free University Berlin where he also received his doctorate in 1971...
(FDP) succeeds Möllemann as Minister of Economics. Jochen BorchertJochen BorchertJochen Borchert is a German politician and member of the CDU. He was minister of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection in Chancellor Helmut Kohl's cabinet from 1993 to 1998. Since 1980 he has been a member of the Bundestag.- External links :* *...
(CDU) succeeds Kiechle as Minister of Food, Agriculture, and Forestry. Matthias WissmannMatthias WissmannMatthias Wissmann is the president of the Verband der Automobilindustrie.Since 1999 he has been a partner with the law firm WilmerHale.-Education:...
(CDU) succeeds Riesenhuber as Minister of Science and Technology. Carl-Dieter Spranger (CSU) becomes Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development, rather than Minister of Economic Cooperation. - May 13, 1993 - Matthias WissmannMatthias WissmannMatthias Wissmann is the president of the Verband der Automobilindustrie.Since 1999 he has been a partner with the law firm WilmerHale.-Education:...
(CDU) succeeds Krause as Minister of Transport. Paul KrügerPaul KrugerStephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger , better known as Paul Kruger and affectionately known as Uncle Paul was State President of the South African Republic...
(CDU) succeeds Wissmann as Minister of Research and Technology. - July 7, 1993 - Manfred KantherManfred KantherManfred Kanther is a German conservative politician and was Minister of the Interior of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1993 to 1998. He has been a member of the CDU .- Life and education :...
(CDU) succeeds Seiters as Minister of the Interior. - February 4, 1994 - Karl-Hans Laermann (FDP) succeeds Ortleb as Minister of Education and Science.