First Schröder cabinet

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First Cabinet of Gerhard Schröder Cabinet Schröder I
Alliance '90/The Greens
Status in legislature	Coalition government
Opposition party	Christian Democratic Union Christian Social Union Free Democratic Party Party of Democratic Socialism
Opposition leader	Wolfgang Schäuble (until 29 February 2000) Friedrich Merz (from 29. Februar 2000 to 24. September 2002) Angela Merkel (from 24 September 2002)
History
Election(s)	1998 federal election
Legislature term(s)	14th Bundestag
Predecessor	Kohl V
Successor	Schröder II

The First Schröder cabinet (

Minister President of Lower Saxony, reached an agreement on a coalition with the Alliance 90/The Greens (Greens) and his Social Democratic Party (SPD), setting the stage for Schröder to become Chancellor of Germany. Joschka Fischer (Greens) replaced Klaus Kinkel (FDP) as Vice-Chancellor of Germany and Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs. The cabinet was succeeded by the Second Schröder cabinet

Composition


Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party
Chancellor	Gerhard Schröder	27 October 1998	22 October 2002		SPD
Greens
Federal Minister of the Interior	Otto Schily	27 October 1998	22 October 2002		SPD
Federal Minister of Justice	Herta Däubler-Gmelin	27 October 1998	22 October 2002		SPD
Federal Minister of Finance	Oskar Lafontaine	27 October 1998	11 March 1999		SPD
	Werner Müller (Acting)	11 March 1999	12 April 1999		Independent
	Hans Eichel	12 April 1999	22 October 2002		SPD
Federal Ministry for Economics and Technology	Werner Müller	27 October 1998	22 October 2002		Independent
Greens
Greens	Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs	Walter Riester	27 October 1998	22 October 2002		SPD
Federal Minister of Defence	Rudolf Scharping	27 October 1998	19 July 2002		SPD
Federal Minister of Defence	Peter Struck	19 July 2002	22 October 2002		SPD
Federal Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth	Christine Bergmann	27 October 1998	22 October 2002		SPD
Greens
Greens	Ulla Schmidt	12 January 2001	22 October 2002		SPD
Federal Minister of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs	Franz Müntefering	27 October 1998	29 September 1999		SPD
	Reinhard Klimmt	29 September 1999	20 November 2000		SPD
	Kurt Bodewig	20 November 2000	22 October 2002		SPD
Greens
Federal Minister of Education and Research	Edelgard Bulmahn	27 October 1998	22 October 2002		SPD
Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development	Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul	27 October 1998	22 October 2002		SPD
Federal Minister for Special Tasks & Head of the Chancellery	Bodo Hombach	27 October 1998	7 July 1999		SPD
Head of the Chancellery	Frank-Walter Steinmeier	7 July 1999	22 October 2002		SPD

References

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

Social Democratic Party

President of Germany

Weimar Republic (1918–1933)	Friedrich Ebert
Federal Republic (1949–present)	Gustav Heinemann Johannes Rau Jens Böhrnsen (Acting) Frank-Walter Steinmeier

Chancellor of Germany

Weimar Republic (1918–1933)	Friedrich Ebert Philipp Scheidemann (as Reich Minister President) Gustav Bauer Hermann Müller
Federal Republic (1949–present)	Willy Brandt Helmut Schmidt Gerhard Schröder Olaf Scholz

Federal chairmen
(since 1946)

Leaders in the
Bundestag

General Secretaries
(since 1999)

Kiesinger
Brandt (I
II)
Schmidt (I
II
III)
Schröder (I
II)
Merkel (I
III
IV)
Scholz

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