Second Schmidt cabinet

The second Schmidt cabinet was the government of Germany between 16 December 1976 and 4 November 1980, during the 8th legislature of the Bundestag. Led by the Social Democrat Helmut Schmidt, the cabinet was a coalition between the Social Democrats (SDP) and the Free Democratic Party (FDP). The Vice-Chancellor was the Free Democrat Hans-Dietrich Genscher (FDP).

Composition

The federal cabinet consisted of the following Ministers:

Office	Incumbent	Party	Parl. State Secretary & Minister of State	Party
Chancellor	Helmut Schmidt (1918–2015)	SPD	Hans-Jürgen Wischnewski until 10 December 1979 Gunter Huonker from 10 December 1979	SPD
Vice-Chancellor	Hans-Dietrich Genscher (* 1927)	FDP	–	–
Foreign Affairs	Hans-Dietrich Genscher	FDP	Klaus von Dohnanyi Hildegard Hamm-Brücher	SPD FDP
Interior	Werner Maihofer (1918–2009) until 8 June 1978 Gerhart Rudolf Baum (* 1932)	FDP	Gerhart Rudolf Baum until 8 June 1978 Andreas von Schoeler	FDP
Justice	Hans-Jochen Vogel (* 1926)	SPD	Hans de With	SPD
Finance	Hans Apel (1932–2011) until 16 February 1978 Hans Matthöfer (1925–2009)	SPD	Karl Haehser Rainer Offergeld until 16 February 1978 Rolf Böhme from 16 February 1978	SPD
Economics	Hans Friderichs (* 1931) until 7 October 1977 Otto Graf Lambsdorff (1926–2009)	FDP	Martin Grüner	FDP
Food, Agriculture and Forestry	Josef Ertl (1925–2000)	FDP	Georg Gallus	FDP
Labour and Social Affairs	Herbert Ehrenberg (* 1926)	SPD	Hermann Buschfort	SPD
Defence	Georg Leber (1920–2012) from 16 February 1978 Hans Apel	SPD	Andreas von Bülow	SPD
Youth, Families and Health	Antje Huber (* 1924)	SPD	Fred Zander	SPD
Transport and Post and Telecommunications	Kurt Gscheidle (1924–2003)	SPD	Ernst Haar until 29 March 1979 Erhard Mahne from 29 March 1979 Lothar Wrede	SPD
Planning and Housing	Karl Ravens (* 1927) until 16 February 1978 Dieter Haack (* 1934)	SPD	Dieter Haack until 16 February 1978 Dietrich Sperling	SPD
Internal German Affairs	Egon Franke (1913–1995)	SPD	Egon Höhmann 19 January 1979 Heinz Kreutzmann from 7 February 1979	SPD
Research and Technology	Hans Matthöfer until 16 February 1978 Volker Hauff (* 1940)	SPD	Volker Hauff until 16 February 1978 Erwin Stahl	SPD
Education and Science	Helmut Rohde (* 1925) until 16 February 1978 Jürgen Schmude (* 1936)	SPD	Peter Glotz until 16 May 1977 Björn Engholm	SPD
Economic Cooperation	Marie Schlei (1919–1983) 16 February 1978 Rainer Offergeld (* 1937)	SPD	Alwin Brück	SPD

See also

• Cabinet of Germany