Third Cabinet of Konrad Adenauer
Cabinet Adenauer III

3rd Cabinet of the Federal Republic of Germany
29 October 1957 – 17 October 1961
(until 14 November 1961 as caretaker government)
Date formed29 October 1957 (1957-10-29)
Date dissolved17 October 1961 (1961-10-17)
(3 years, 11 months, 2 weeks and 4 days)
People and organisations
PresidentTheodor Heuss
ChancellorKonrad Adenauer
Vice-ChancellorLudwig Erhard
Member parties
Opposition partySocial Democratic Party
Free Democratic Party
Opposition leaderErich Ollenhauer (SPD)
History
Election(s)1957 West German federal election
Legislature term(s)3rd Bundestag
PredecessorAdenauer II
SuccessorAdenauer 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
Chancellor15 September 194911 October 1963 CDU
Vice-Chancellor &
Federal Minister of Economy		29 October 195715 October 1963 Independent
Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs6 June 195530 October 1961 CDU
Federal Minister of the Interior20 October 195313 November 1961 CDU
Federal Minister of Justice29 October 195714 November 1961 CSU
Federal Minister of Finance29 October 195714 November 1961 CDU
Federal Minister of Food, Agriculture and Forests20 October 195315 September 1959 CDU
Werner Schwarz
15 September 195926 October 1965 CDU
Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs29 October 195726 October 1965 CDU
Federal Minister of Defence16 October 195616 December 1962 CSU
Federal Minister of Transport20 September 194930 November 1966 DP
Federal Minister of Post and Telecommunications29 October 19571 December 1966 CSU
Federal Minister of Housing Construction29 October 195726 October 1965 CDU
Federal Minister of Displaced Persons, Refugees and War Victims20 October 19534 May 1960 CDU
4 May 196014 November 1961 CDU
Federal Minister of All-German Affairs29 October 195711 December 1962 CDU
Federal Ministry of Nuclear Energy and Water Policy16 October 195613 December 1962 CSU
Federal Minister of Family and Youth Affairs20 October 195311 December 1962 CDU
Federal Minister of Bundesrat and State Affairs26 May 195513 December 1962 DP
Federal Minister of Federal Patrimony29 October 195727 February 1960 (†) CDU
Hans Wilhelmi
4 May 196014 November 1961 CDU

References and notes

  1. ^ a b c d 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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