Fourth Adenauer cabinet

The fourth Adenauer cabinet was formed by incumbent Chancellor Konrad Adenauer after the 1961 federal election. The cabinet was sworn in on 14 November 1961.

Fourth Adenauer Cabinet (Adenauer IV)

Cabinet of West Germany
Date formed14 November 1961 (1961-11-14)
Date dissolved14 December 1962 (1962-12-14)
People and organisations
Head of statePresident Heinrich Lübke
Head of governmentKonrad Adenauer
Member parties
Opposition partySPD
Opposition leaderErich Ollenhauer
History
Election(s)1961 West German federal election
Legislature term(s)4th Bundestag
PredecessorAdenauer III
SuccessorAdenauer V

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 Adenauer IV cabinet lasted for only little more than a year.

Composition
PortfolioMinisterTook officeLeft officeParty
Federal Chancellor Konrad Adenauer15 September 194911 October 1963CDU
Vice-Chancellor
Federal Minister for Economy		 Ludwig Erhard29 October 195715 October 1963Independent
Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs Gerhard Schröder14 November 196130 November 1966CDU
Federal Minister of the Interior Hermann Höcherl14 November 196125 October 1965CSU
Federal Minister of Justice Wolfgang Stammberger14 November 196119 November 1962FDP
Federal Minister of Finance Heinz Starke14 November 196119 November 1962FDP
Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Forests Werner Schwarz15 September 195926 October 1965CDU
Federal Minister for Labour and Social Affairs Theodor Blank29 October 195726 October 1965CDU
Federal Minister of Defence Franz Josef Strauss16 October 195616 December 1962CSU
Federal Minister of Transport Hans-Christoph Seebohm20 September 194930 November 1966CDU
Federal Minister of Post and Telecommunications Richard Stücklen29 October 19571 December 1966CSU
Federal Minister of Housing Construction Paul Lücke29 October 195726 October 1965CDU
Federal Minister of Displaced Persons, Refugees and War Victims Wolfgang Mischnick14 November 196119 November 1962FDP
Federal Minister of All-German Affairs Ernst Lemmer29 October 195711 December 1962CDU
Federal Ministry of Nuclear Energy Siegfried Balke16 October 195613 December 1962CSU
Federal Minister of Family and Youth Affairs Franz-Josef Wuermeling20 October 195311 December 1962CDU
Federal Minister of Bundesrat and State Affairs Hans-Joachim von Merkatz26 May 195513 December 1962CDU
Federal Minister of the Treasury Hans Lenz14 November 196119 November 1962FDP
Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation Walter Scheel14 November 196119 November 1962FDP
Federal Minister of Health Elisabeth Schwarzhaupt14 November 196130 November 1966CDU
Federal Minister for Special Affairs Heinrich Krone14 November 196113 July 1964CDU

References and Notes
    • "Kabinette Adenauer". election.de (in German). Retrieved 18 November 2019.
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