Second Adenauer cabinet

Second Cabinet of Konrad Adenauer
Cabinet Adenauer II

2nd Cabinet of the Federal Republic of Germany
20 October 1953 – 15 October 1957
(until 29 October 1957 as caretaker government)
Date formed| 20 October 1953
Date dissolved| 29 October 1957
(4 years, 1 week and 2 days)
People and organisations
President| Theodor Heuss
Chancellor| Konrad Adenauer
Vice-Chancellor| Franz Blücher
Member party| Christian Democratic Union
Christian Social Union
Free Democratic Party
German Party (DP)
Opposition party| Social Democratic Party
Opposition leader| Erich Ollenhauer (SPD)
History
Election(s)| 1953 West German federal election
Legislature term(s)| 2nd Bundestag
Predecessor| Adenauer I
Successor| Adenauer III

The Second Adenauer cabinet led by Konrad Adenauer was sworn in on 20 October 1953 after the 1953 elections. It laid down its function after the formation of the Cabinet Adenauer III on 29 October 1957, which was formed following the 1957 elections.

## Composition[edit]

Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party

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Chancellor|

Konrad Adenauer

| 20 October 1953| 29 October 1957|  | CDU
Vice-Chancellor &
Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation|

Franz Blücher

| 20 October 1953| 29 October 1957|  | FDP (1953–1956)
FVP (1956–)
Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs|

Konrad Adenauer

| 20 October 1953| 6 June 1955|  | CDU

Heinrich von Brentano

| 6 June 1955| 29 October 1957|  | CDU
Federal Minister of the Interior|

Gerhard Schröder

| 20 October 1953| 29 October 1957|  | CDU
Federal Minister of Justice|

Fritz Neumayer

| 20 October 1953| 16 October 1956|  | FDP (1953–1956)
FVP (1956–)

Hans-Joachim von Merkatz

| 16 October 1956| 29 October 1957|  | DP
Federal Minister of Finance|

Fritz Schäffer

| 20 October 1953| 29 October 1957|  | CSU
Federal Minister of Economics|

Ludwig Erhard

| 20 October 1953| 29 October 1957|  | Independent
Federal Minister of Food, Agriculture, and Forestry|

Heinrich Lübke

| 20 October 1953| 29 October 1957|  | CDU
Federal Minister of Labour|

Anton Storch

| 20 October 1953| 29 October 1957|  | CDU
Federal Minister for Transport|

Hans-Christoph Seebohm

| 20 October 1953| 29 October 1957|  | DP
Federal Minister for Post and Communications|

Hans Schuberth

| 1 April 1950| 20 October 1953|  | CSU
Federal Minister of Public Housing|

Hermann-Eberhard Wildermuth

| 20 October 1953| 9 March 1952|  | FDP

Fritz Neumayer

| 19 July 1952| 20 October 1953|  | FDP
Federal Minister of All-German Affairs|

Jakob Kaiser

| 20 October 1953| 29 October 1957|  | CDU
Federal Minister for Affairs of the Federal Council|

Heinrich Hellwege

| 20 October 1953| 26 May 1955|  | DP

Hans-Joachim von Merkatz

| 20 October 1953| 29 October 1957|  | DP

## References[edit]

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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

Nazi Germany (1933–1945) |

* Hitler
* Goebbels
* Schwerin von Krosigk

German Democratic Republic (1949–1990) |

* 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

Christian Democratic Union

President of Germany|

* Heinrich Lübke
* Karl Carstens
* Richard von Weizsäcker
* Roman Herzog
* Horst Köhler
* Christian Wulff

Chancellor of Germany|

* Konrad Adenauer
* Ludwig Erhard
* Kurt Georg Kiesinger
* Helmut Kohl
* Angela Merkel

Federal chairmen|

* Konrad Adenauer
* Ludwig Erhard
* Kurt Georg Kiesinger
* Rainer Barzel
* Helmut Kohl
* Wolfgang Schäuble
* Angela Merkel
* Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer
* Armin Laschet
* Friedrich Merz

Leaders in the
Bundestag|

* Konrad Adenauer
* Heinrich von Brentano di Tremezzo
* Heinrich Krone
* Heinrich von Brentano di Tremezzo
* Rainer Barzel
* Karl Carstens
* Helmut Kohl
* Alfred Dregger
* Wolfgang Schäuble
* Friedrich Merz
* Angela Merkel
* Volker Kauder
* Ralph Brinkhaus
* Friedrich Merz

General Secretaries|

* Bruno Heck
* Konrad Kraske
* Kurt Biedenkopf
* Heiner Geißler
* Volker Rühe
* Peter Hintze
* Angela Merkel
* Ruprecht Polenz
* Laurenz Meyer
* Volker Kauder
* Ronald Pofalla
* Hermann Gröhe
* Peter Tauber
* Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer
* Paul Ziemiak
* Mario Czaja

Governments|

* Adenauer (I
* II
* III
* IV
* V)
* Erhard (I
* II)
* Kiesinger
* Kohl (I
* II
* III
* IV
* V)
* Merkel (I
* II
* III
* IV)

Affiliated organisations|

* Konrad Adenauer Foundation
* Young Union
* Association of Christian Democratic Students
* Christian Democratic Employees' Association
* Evangelical Working Group of the CDU/CSU
* Economic Council Germany
* Centrist Democrat International
* International Democrat Union
* European People's Party
* European People's Party group

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* Grand coalition
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Category

* v
* t
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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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* Liberalism in Germany
* Jamaica coalition
* Social-liberal coalition
* Traffic light coalition

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