First Schmidt cabinet

First Cabinet of Helmut Schmidt
Cabinet Schmidt I
First Cabinet of Helmut Schmidt ; Cabinet Schmidt I
Chancellor
Vice-Chancellor	Hans-Dietrich Genscher
Member party	Social Democratic Party; Free Democratic Party
Status in legislature	Coalition government
Opposition party	Christian Democratic Union; Christian Social Union
Opposition leader	Karl Carstens (CDU);
History
Election(s)	None
Legislature term(s)	7th Bundestag
Predecessor	Brandt II
Successor	Schmidt II

The First Schmidt cabinet was the

Composition


Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office
Chancellor	Helmut Schmidt	16 May 1974	14 December 1976	SPD
Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs	Hans-Dietrich Genscher	16 May 1974	14 December 1976	FDP
Federal Minister of Interior	Werner Maihofer	16 May 1974	14 December 1976	FDP
Federal Minister of Justice	Hans-Jochen Vogel	16 May 1974	14 December 1976	SPD
Federal Minister of Finance	Hans Apel	16 May 1974	14 December 1976	SPD
Federal Minister of Economics	Hans Friderichs	16 May 1974	14 December 1976	FDP
Federal Minister of Defence	Georg Leber	16 May 1974	14 December 1976	SPD
Federal Minister of Transport & Post and Communications	Kurt Gscheidle	16 May 1974	14 December 1976	SPD
Federal Minister of Research and Technology	Hans Matthöfer	16 May 1974	14 December 1976	SPD
Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture	Josef Ertl	16 May 1974	14 December 1976	FDP
Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs	Walter Arendt	16 May 1974	14 December 1976	SPD
Federal Minister of Youth, Families and Health	Katharina Focke	16 May 1974	14 December 1976	SPD
Federal Minister of Intra-German Relations	Egon Franke	16 May 1974	14 December 1976	SPD
Federal Minister of Education and Science	Helmut Rohde	16 May 1974	14 December 1976	SPD
Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation	Erhard Eppler	16 May 1974	8 July 1974	SPD
Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation	Egon Bahr	8 July 1974	14 December 1976	SPD
Federal Minister of Planning, Architecture und Urban Development	Karl Ravens	16 May 1974	14 December 1976	SPD

v t e German cabinets
German Empire (1871–1918)	Bismarck Caprivi Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst Bülow Bethmann-Hollweg Michaelis Hertling Baden
Weimar Republic (1918–1933)	Council of the People's Deputies Scheidemann Bauer Müller I Fehrenbach Wirth I Wirth II Cuno Stresemann I Stresemann II Marx I Marx II Luther I Luther II Marx III Marx IV Müller II Presidential cabinets Brüning I Brüning II Papen Schleicher Hitler
Nazi Germany (1933–1945)	Hitler Goebbels Schwerin von Krosigk
German Democratic Republic (1949–1990)	Grotewohl I Grotewohl II Grotewohl III Grotewohl IV Grotewohl V Modrow de Maizière
Federal Republic of Germany (since 1949)	Adenauer I Adenauer II Adenauer III Adenauer IV Erhard I Erhard II Kiesinger Brandt I Brandt II Schmidt I Schmidt II Schmidt III Kohl I Kohl II Kohl III Kohl IV Kohl V Schröder I Schröder II Merkel I Merkel II Merkel III Merkel IV Scholz

v t e Free Democratic Party
President of Germany	Theodor Heuss Walter Scheel
Federal chairmen	Heuss Blücher Dehler Maier Mende Scheel Genscher Bangemann Lambsdorff Kinkel Gerhardt Westerwelle Rösler Lindner
Leaders in the Bundestag	Heuss Schäfer Euler Schäfer Dehler Becker Mende Kühlmann-Stumm Mischnick Solms Gerhardt Westerwelle Homburger Brüderle Lindner
Governments	Adenauer I Adenauer II Adenauer IV Adenauer V Erhard I Erhard II Brandt I Brandt II Schmidt I Schmidt II Schmidt III Kohl I Kohl II Kohl III Kohl IV Kohl V Merkel II Scholz
Affiliated organisations	Federal Association of Liberal Students Groups Friedrich Naumann Foundation Young Liberals Liberal International European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
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