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Revision as of 07:49, 11 June 2025

Fourth Cabinet of Konrad Adenauer
Cabinet Adenauer IV

4th Cabinet of West Germany
14 November 1961 – 15 October 1963
(until 17 October 1963 as caretaker government)
Date formed14 November 1961 (1961-11-14)
Date dissolved15 October 1963 (1963-10-15)
(1 year, 11 months and 1 day)
People and organisations
PresidentHeinrich Lübke
ChancellorKonrad Adenauer
Vice-ChancellorLudwig Erhard
Member parties  Christian Democratic Union
  Christian Social Union
  Free Democratic Party
Status in legislatureCoalition majority
Opposition party  Social Democratic Party
Opposition leaderErich Ollenhauer (SPD)
History
Election1961 West German federal election
Legislature term4th Bundestag
PredecessorAdenauer III
SuccessorErhard I

The Fourth Adenauer cabinet (German: Kabinett Adenauer IV) was formed by incumbent Chancellor Konrad Adenauer after the 1961 federal election. The cabinet was sworn in on 14 November 1961.

The Spiegel affair in 1962 caused the coalition to fall apart over Defence Minister Franz Josef Strauss' actions which violated press freedom, leading to all FDP ministers resigning in protest. As a result, the cabinet was a minority government of the CDU/CSU for just under a month in the fall of 1962 before Adenauer was able to convince the FDP to return to the coalition by assuring Strauß' resignation.

Composition

Shortly after the Spiegel affair, the resignation of Defence Minister Franz Josef Strauss was required to gain back the FDP's support for the cabinet, leading to a reshuffle. The heavily reshuffled cabinet is sometimes referred to as cabinet Adenauer V;[1] however, this is not constitutionally correct, since no new election of the chancellor took place. The government still drew its constitutional legitimacy from Adenauer's election on 14 November 1961. Adenauer decided to retire just a few months later, following which Ludwig Erhard was elected as Chancellor and formed the first Erhard cabinet on 17 October 1963.

Portfolio Minister Took office Left office Party
Chancellor14 November 196115 October 1963 CDU
Vice-Chancellor &
Federal Minister for Economy		14 November 196115 October 1963 CDU
Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs14 November 196115 October 1963 CDU
Federal Minister of the Interior14 November 196115 October 1963 CSU
Federal Minister of Justice14 November 196119 November 1962 FDP
14 December 196215 October 1963 FDP
Federal Minister of Finance14 November 196119 November 1962 FDP
14 December 196215 October 1963 FDP
Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Forests14 November 196115 October 1963 CDU
Federal Minister for Labour and Social Affairs14 November 196115 October 1963 CDU
Federal Minister of Defence14 November 196116 December 1962 (de facto)
9 January 1963 (de jure)		 CSU
9 January 196315 October 1963 CDU
Federal Minister of Transport14 November 196115 October 1963 CDU
Federal Minister of Post and Telecommunications14 November 196115 October 1963 CSU
Federal Minister of Housing Construction14 November 196115 October 1963 CDU
Federal Minister of Displaced Persons, Refugees and War Victims14 November 196119 November 1962 FDP
Wolfgang Mischnick
14 December 196215 October 1963 FDP
Federal Minister of All-German Affairs14 November 196111 December 1962 CDU
14 December 196215 October 1963 CDU
Federal Ministry of Nuclear Energy14 November 196113 December 1962 CSU
Federal Ministry of Scientific Research14 December 196215 October 1963 FDP
Federal Minister of Family and Youth Affairs14 November 196111 December 1962 CDU
14 December 196215 October 1963 CDU
Federal Minister of Bundesrat and State Affairs14 November 196113 December 1962 CDU
14 December 196215 October 1963 CSU
Federal Minister of the Treasury14 November 196119 November 1962 FDP
14 December 196215 October 1963 CSU
Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation14 November 196119 November 1962 FDP
Walter Scheel
14 December 196215 October 1963 FDP
Federal Minister of Health14 November 196115 October 1963 CDU
Federal Minister for Special Affairs14 November 196115 October 1963 CDU

References and notes

  1. ^ "Kabinette Adenauer".

Further reading

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