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data-title="دولت سوم آنگلا مرکل" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabinet_Merkel_III" title="Cabinet Merkel III – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Cabinet Merkel III" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A0%9C3%EA%B8%B0_%EB%A9%94%EB%A5%B4%EC%BC%88_%EB%82%B4%EA%B0%81" title="제3기 메르켈 내각 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="제3기 메르켈 내각" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet_Merkel_III" title="Kabinet Merkel III – Upper Sorbian" lang="hsb" hreflang="hsb" data-title="Kabinet Merkel III" data-language-autonym="Hornjoserbsce" data-language-local-name="Upper Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hornjoserbsce</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet_Merkel_III" title="Kabinet Merkel III – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Kabinet Merkel III" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guvernament_Merkel_III" title="Guvernament Merkel III – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title="Guvernament Merkel III" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="Interlingue" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingue</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it 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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Government of Germany from 2013 to 2018</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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Installed after the <a href="/wiki/2013_German_federal_election" title="2013 German federal election">2013 federal election</a>, it left office on 14 March 2018. It was preceded by the <a href="/wiki/Second_Merkel_cabinet" title="Second Merkel cabinet">second Merkel cabinet</a> and succeeded by the <a href="/wiki/Fourth_Merkel_cabinet" title="Fourth Merkel cabinet">fourth Merkel cabinet</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Led by Chancellor <a href="/wiki/Angela_Merkel" title="Angela Merkel">Angela Merkel</a>. The government was supported by a <a href="/wiki/Coalition_government" title="Coalition government">coalition</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Christian_Democratic_Union_of_Germany" title="Christian Democratic Union of Germany">Christian Democratic Union</a> (CDU), the <a href="/wiki/Christian_Social_Union_of_Bavaria" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian Social Union of Bavaria">Christian Social Union of Bavaria</a> (CSU) and the <a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Germany" title="Social Democratic Party of Germany">Social Democrats</a> (SPD).<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Sigmar_Gabriel" title="Sigmar Gabriel">Sigmar Gabriel</a> (SPD) replaced <a href="/wiki/Philipp_R%C3%B6sler" title="Philipp Rösler">Philipp Rösler</a> (FDP) as <a href="/wiki/Vice_Chancellor_of_Germany" class="mw-redirect" title="Vice Chancellor of Germany">Vice Chancellor of Germany</a> and became <a href="/wiki/Federal_Foreign_Office" title="Federal Foreign Office">Federal Minister for Economics and Energy</a>. </p><p>The CDU received five ministries in addition to the positions of Chancellor, as well as Chancellery Chief of Staff and Minister for Special Affairs. The SPD controlled six ministries and the CSU three. Although the CSU received a disproportionate share of ministries relative to its weight in the Bundestag, the six most powerful ministries were divided equally between the CDU and the SPD: the CDU controlled the ministries for finance, internal affairs and defense, while the SPD controlled the ministries for foreign affairs, economics and energy, as well as justice and consumer protection.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The term of office of the third Merkel cabinet officially ended with the constitution of the 19th Bundestag on Tuesday, 24 October 2017. Merkel and her cabinet ministers received their discharge papers from the Federal President <a href="/wiki/Frank-Walter_Steinmeier" title="Frank-Walter Steinmeier">Frank-Walter Steinmeier</a> on the same day. In accordance with Article 69 of the <a href="/wiki/Basic_Law_for_the_Federal_Republic_of_Germany" title="Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany">German Constitution</a> and at the request of the <a href="/wiki/President_of_Germany" title="President of Germany">President of Germany</a>, the cabinet remained in office as the <a href="/wiki/Caretaker_government" title="Caretaker government">caretaker government</a> until a new government is formed.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bundesregierung_(Tobias_Koch).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Bundesregierung_%28Tobias_Koch%29.jpg/590px-Bundesregierung_%28Tobias_Koch%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="590" height="252" class="mw-file-element" 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sticky-header-multi" style="font-size:95%;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Portfolio</th> <th>Minister</th> <th>Took office</th> <th>Left office</th> <th colspan="2">Party </th></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Chancellor_of_Germany_(1949%E2%80%93)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chancellor of Germany (1949–)">Chancellor</a><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td><div style="font-weight:bold;"><a href="/wiki/Angela_Merkel" title="Angela Merkel">Angela Merkel</a></div></td><td>17 December 2013</td><td>14 March 2018</td><td style="background:#151518"> </td><td><a href="/wiki/Christian_Democratic_Union_of_Germany" title="Christian Democratic Union of Germany">CDU</a></td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Vice_Chancellor_of_Germany" class="mw-redirect" title="Vice Chancellor of Germany">Vice Chancellor</a></td><td><div style="font-weight:bold;"><a href="/wiki/Sigmar_Gabriel" title="Sigmar Gabriel">Sigmar Gabriel</a></div></td><td>17 December 2013</td><td>14 March 2018</td><td style="background:#E3000F"> </td><td><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Germany" title="Social Democratic Party of Germany">SPD</a></td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Federal_Foreign_Office" title="Federal Foreign Office">Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs</a></td><td><div style="font-weight:bold;"><a href="/wiki/Frank-Walter_Steinmeier" title="Frank-Walter Steinmeier">Frank-Walter Steinmeier</a></div></td><td>17 December 2013</td><td>27 January 2017</td><td style="background:#E3000F"> </td><td><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Germany" title="Social Democratic Party of Germany">SPD</a></td></tr><tr><td><div style="font-weight:bold;">Sigmar Gabriel</div></td><td>27 January 2017</td><td>14 March 2018</td><td style="background:#E3000F"> </td><td><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Germany" title="Social Democratic Party of Germany">SPD</a></td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Federal_Ministry_of_the_Interior,_Building_and_Community" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community">Federal Minister of the Interior</a></td><td><div style="font-weight:bold;"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_de_Maizi%C3%A8re" title="Thomas de Maizière">Thomas de Maizière</a></div></td><td>17 December 2013</td><td>14 March 2018</td><td style="background:#151518"> </td><td><a href="/wiki/Christian_Democratic_Union_of_Germany" title="Christian Democratic Union of Germany">CDU</a></td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Federal_Ministry_of_Justice_(Germany)" title="Federal Ministry of Justice (Germany)">Federal Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection</a></td><td><div style="font-weight:bold;"><a href="/wiki/Heiko_Maas" title="Heiko Maas">Heiko Maas</a></div></td><td>17 December 2013</td><td>14 March 2018</td><td style="background:#E3000F"> </td><td><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Germany" title="Social Democratic Party of Germany">SPD</a></td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Federal_Ministry_of_Finance_(Germany)" title="Federal Ministry of Finance (Germany)">Federal Minister of Finance</a></td><td><div style="font-weight:bold;"><a href="/wiki/Wolfgang_Sch%C3%A4uble" title="Wolfgang Schäuble">Wolfgang Schäuble</a></div></td><td>17 December 2013</td><td>24 October 2017</td><td style="background:#151518"> </td><td><a href="/wiki/Christian_Democratic_Union_of_Germany" title="Christian Democratic Union of Germany">CDU</a></td></tr><tr><td><div style="font-weight:bold;"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Altmaier" title="Peter Altmaier">Peter Altmaier</a><br /><small><b>(Acting)</b></small></div></td><td>24 October 2017</td><td>14 March 2018<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="background:#151518"> </td><td><a href="/wiki/Christian_Democratic_Union_of_Germany" title="Christian Democratic Union of Germany">CDU</a></td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Federal_Ministry_of_Economics_and_Technology_(Germany)" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (Germany)">Federal Minister of Economics and Energy</a></td><td><div style="font-weight:bold;">Sigmar Gabriel</div></td><td>17 December 2013</td><td>27 January 2017</td><td style="background:#E3000F"> </td><td><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Germany" title="Social Democratic Party of Germany">SPD</a></td></tr><tr><td><div style="font-weight:bold;"><a href="/wiki/Brigitte_Zypries" title="Brigitte Zypries">Brigitte Zypries</a></div></td><td>27 January 2017</td><td>14 March 2018</td><td style="background:#E3000F"> </td><td><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Germany" title="Social Democratic Party of Germany">SPD</a></td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Federal_Ministry_of_Labour_and_Social_Affairs_(Germany)" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (Germany)">Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs</a></td><td><div style="font-weight:bold;"><a href="/wiki/Andrea_Nahles" title="Andrea Nahles">Andrea Nahles</a></div></td><td>17 December 2013</td><td>28 September 2017</td><td style="background:#E3000F"> </td><td><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Germany" title="Social Democratic Party of Germany">SPD</a></td></tr><tr><td><div style="font-weight:bold;"><a href="/wiki/Katarina_Barley" title="Katarina Barley">Katarina Barley</a><br /><small><b>(Acting)</b></small></div></td><td>28 September 2017</td><td>14 March 2018</td><td style="background:#E3000F"> </td><td><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Germany" title="Social Democratic Party of Germany">SPD</a></td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Federal_Ministry_of_Food_and_Agriculture_(Germany)" title="Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (Germany)">Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture</a></td><td><div style="font-weight:bold;"><a href="/wiki/Hans-Peter_Friedrich" title="Hans-Peter Friedrich">Hans-Peter Friedrich</a></div></td><td>17 December 2013</td><td>7 February 2014</td><td style="background:#008AC5"> </td><td><a href="/wiki/Christian_Social_Union_in_Bavaria" title="Christian Social Union in Bavaria">CSU</a></td></tr><tr><td><div style="font-weight:bold;"><a href="/wiki/Christian_Schmidt_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian Schmidt (politician)">Christian Schmidt</a></div></td><td>7 February 2014</td><td>14 March 2018</td><td style="background:#008AC5"> </td><td><a href="/wiki/Christian_Social_Union_in_Bavaria" title="Christian Social Union in Bavaria">CSU</a></td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:center"><a href="/wiki/List_of_German_defence_ministers" title="List of German defence ministers">Federal Minister of Defense</a></td><td><div style="font-weight:bold;"><a href="/wiki/Ursula_von_der_Leyen" title="Ursula von der Leyen">Ursula von der Leyen</a></div></td><td>17 December 2013</td><td>14 March 2018</td><td style="background:#151518"> </td><td><a href="/wiki/Christian_Democratic_Union_of_Germany" title="Christian Democratic Union of Germany">CDU</a></td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Federal_Ministry_of_Family_Affairs,_Senior_Citizens,_Women_and_Youth_(Germany)" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (Germany)">Federal Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth</a></td><td><div style="font-weight:bold;"><a href="/wiki/Manuela_Schwesig" title="Manuela Schwesig">Manuela 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title="Christian Democratic Union of Germany">CDU</a></td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Federal_Ministry_of_Transport_and_Digital_Infrastructure" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure">Federal Minister of Transport and Digital Infrastructure</a></td><td><div style="font-weight:bold;"><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Dobrindt" title="Alexander Dobrindt">Alexander Dobrindt</a></div></td><td>17 December 2013</td><td>24 October 2017</td><td style="background:#008AC5"> </td><td><a href="/wiki/Christian_Social_Union_in_Bavaria" title="Christian Social Union in Bavaria">CSU</a></td></tr><tr><td><div style="font-weight:bold;">Christian Schmidt<br /><small><b>(Acting)</b></small></div></td><td>24 October 2017</td><td>14 March 2018</td><td style="background:#008AC5"> </td><td><a href="/wiki/Christian_Social_Union_in_Bavaria" title="Christian Social Union in Bavaria">CSU</a></td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Federal_Ministry_for_the_Environment,_Nature_Conservation,_Building_and_Nuclear_Safety" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety">Federal Minister for the Environment,<br />Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety</a></td><td><div style="font-weight:bold;"><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Hendricks_(politician)" title="Barbara Hendricks (politician)">Barbara Hendricks</a></div></td><td>17 December 2013</td><td>14 March 2018</td><td style="background:#E3000F"> </td><td><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Germany" title="Social Democratic Party of Germany">SPD</a></td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Federal_Ministry_of_Education_and_Research_(Germany)" title="Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany)">Federal Minister of Education and Research</a></td><td><div style="font-weight:bold;"><a href="/wiki/Johanna_Wanka" title="Johanna Wanka">Johanna Wanka</a></div></td><td>17 December 2013</td><td>14 March 2018</td><td style="background:#151518"> </td><td><a href="/wiki/Christian_Democratic_Union_of_Germany" title="Christian Democratic Union of Germany">CDU</a></td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Federal_Ministry_for_Economic_Cooperation_and_Development" title="Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development">Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation</a></td><td><div style="font-weight:bold;"><a href="/wiki/Gerd_M%C3%BCller_(politician)" title="Gerd Müller (politician)">Gerd Müller</a></div></td><td>17 December 2013</td><td>14 March 2018</td><td style="background:#008AC5"> </td><td><a href="/wiki/Christian_Social_Union_in_Bavaria" title="Christian Social Union in Bavaria">CSU</a></td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Federal_Minister_for_Special_Affairs_of_Germany" title="Federal Minister for Special Affairs of Germany">Federal Minister of Special Affairs</a> &<br /><a href="/wiki/Heads_of_the_German_Chancellery" class="mw-redirect" title="Heads of the German Chancellery">Head of the Chancellery</a></td><td><div style="font-weight:bold;">Peter Altmaier</div></td><td>17 December 2013</td><td>14 March 2018</td><td style="background:#151518"> </td><td><a href="/wiki/Christian_Democratic_Union_of_Germany" title="Christian Democratic Union of Germany">CDU</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output 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election">German federal election held on Sunday, 24 September 2017</a>, SPD leader <a href="/wiki/Martin_Schulz" title="Martin Schulz">Martin Schulz</a> declared that the SPD had decided to be a part of the opposition during the next legislation period.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, after coalition talks between the Union (<a href="/wiki/CDU/CSU" title="CDU/CSU">CDU/CSU</a>), <a href="/wiki/Free_Democratic_Party_(Germany)" title="Free Democratic Party (Germany)">FDP</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alliance_90/The_Greens" title="Alliance 90/The Greens">the Greens</a> failed, SPD politicians reconsidered, leading to coalition negotiations between the CDU/CSU and the SPD. On 8 February 2018, the negotiations resulted in a provisional agreement to form a grand coalition,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which was approved by the party members of the SPD and led to the formation of the new government on 14 March 2018. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Third_Merkel_cabinet&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bundestag.de/dokumente/textarchiv/2013/48311241_kw51_kanzlerwahl_nachher/214202">"Bundeskanzlerin und Bundeskabinett vereidigt"</a> [Federal Chancellor and cabinet sworn in] (in German). <a href="/wiki/Deutscher_Bundestag" class="mw-redirect" title="Deutscher Bundestag">Deutscher Bundestag</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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style="width:1%;text-align: left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Germany_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Germany_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Germany_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Germany_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/German_Empire" title="German Empire">German Empire</a> <span style="font-size: 90%; font-weight: normal"> (1871–1918) </span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> 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Deputies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scheidemann_cabinet" title="Scheidemann cabinet">Scheidemann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bauer_cabinet" title="Bauer cabinet">Bauer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_M%C3%BCller_cabinet" title="First Müller cabinet">Müller I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fehrenbach_cabinet" title="Fehrenbach cabinet">Fehrenbach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Wirth_cabinet" title="First Wirth cabinet">Wirth I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Wirth_cabinet" title="Second Wirth cabinet">Wirth II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuno_cabinet" title="Cuno cabinet">Cuno</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Stresemann_cabinet" title="First Stresemann cabinet">Stresemann I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Stresemann_cabinet" title="Second Stresemann cabinet">Stresemann II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Marx_cabinet" title="First Marx cabinet">Marx I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Marx_cabinet" title="Second Marx cabinet">Marx II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Luther_cabinet" title="First Luther cabinet">Luther I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Luther_cabinet" title="Second Luther cabinet">Luther II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Marx_cabinet" title="Third Marx cabinet">Marx III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Marx_cabinet" title="Fourth Marx cabinet">Marx IV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_M%C3%BCller_cabinet" title="Second Müller cabinet">Müller II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Br%C3%BCning_cabinet" title="First Brüning cabinet">Brüning I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Br%C3%BCning_cabinet" title="Second Brüning cabinet">Brüning II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papen_cabinet" title="Papen cabinet">Papen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Von_Schleicher_Cabinet" class="mw-redirect" title="Von Schleicher Cabinet">Schleicher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hitler_cabinet" title="Hitler cabinet">Hitler</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Goebbels_cabinet" title="Goebbels cabinet">Goebbels (de facto)</a></i></li> <li><i><a 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cabinet">Kohl II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Kohl_cabinet" title="Third Kohl cabinet">Kohl III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Kohl_cabinet" title="Fourth Kohl cabinet">Kohl IV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fifth_Kohl_cabinet" title="Fifth Kohl cabinet">Kohl V</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Schr%C3%B6der_cabinet" title="First Schröder cabinet">Schröder I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Schr%C3%B6der_cabinet" title="Second Schröder cabinet">Schröder II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Merkel_cabinet" title="First Merkel cabinet">Merkel I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Merkel_cabinet" title="Second Merkel cabinet">Merkel II</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Merkel III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Merkel_cabinet" title="Fourth Merkel cabinet">Merkel IV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scholz_cabinet" title="Scholz cabinet">Scholz</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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href="/wiki/Karl_Carstens" title="Karl Carstens">Karl Carstens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_von_Weizs%C3%A4cker" title="Richard von Weizsäcker">Richard von Weizsäcker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Herzog" title="Roman Herzog">Roman Herzog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horst_K%C3%B6hler" title="Horst Köhler">Horst Köhler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Wulff" title="Christian Wulff">Christian Wulff</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#151518;color:white;;width:1%;text-align: left">Chancellor of Germany</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Konrad_Adenauer" title="Konrad Adenauer">Konrad Adenauer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ludwig_Erhard" title="Ludwig Erhard">Ludwig Erhard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurt_Georg_Kiesinger" title="Kurt Georg Kiesinger">Kurt Georg Kiesinger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helmut_Kohl" title="Helmut Kohl">Helmut Kohl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angela_Merkel" title="Angela Merkel">Angela Merkel</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#151518;color:white;;width:1%;text-align: left">Federal chairmen</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Konrad_Adenauer" title="Konrad Adenauer">Konrad Adenauer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ludwig_Erhard" title="Ludwig Erhard">Ludwig Erhard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurt_Georg_Kiesinger" title="Kurt Georg Kiesinger">Kurt Georg Kiesinger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rainer_Barzel" title="Rainer Barzel">Rainer Barzel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helmut_Kohl" title="Helmut Kohl">Helmut Kohl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolfgang_Sch%C3%A4uble" title="Wolfgang Schäuble">Wolfgang Schäuble</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angela_Merkel" title="Angela Merkel">Angela Merkel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annegret_Kramp-Karrenbauer" title="Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer">Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armin_Laschet" title="Armin Laschet">Armin Laschet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Friedrich_Merz" title="Friedrich Merz">Friedrich Merz</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#151518;color:white;;width:1%;text-align: left">Leaders in the <br /> Bundestag</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Konrad_Adenauer" title="Konrad Adenauer">Konrad Adenauer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heinrich_von_Brentano" title="Heinrich von Brentano">Heinrich von Brentano di Tremezzo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heinrich_Krone" title="Heinrich Krone">Heinrich Krone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heinrich_von_Brentano" title="Heinrich von Brentano">Heinrich von Brentano di Tremezzo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rainer_Barzel" title="Rainer Barzel">Rainer Barzel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karl_Carstens" title="Karl Carstens">Karl Carstens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helmut_Kohl" title="Helmut Kohl">Helmut Kohl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Dregger" title="Alfred Dregger">Alfred Dregger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolfgang_Sch%C3%A4uble" title="Wolfgang Schäuble">Wolfgang Schäuble</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Friedrich_Merz" title="Friedrich Merz">Friedrich Merz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angela_Merkel" title="Angela Merkel">Angela Merkel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Volker_Kauder" title="Volker Kauder">Volker Kauder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Brinkhaus" title="Ralph Brinkhaus">Ralph Brinkhaus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Friedrich_Merz" title="Friedrich Merz">Friedrich Merz</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#151518;color:white;;width:1%;text-align: left">General Secretaries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bruno_Heck" title="Bruno Heck">Bruno Heck</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Konrad_Kraske&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Konrad Kraske (page does not exist)">Konrad Kraske</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurt_Biedenkopf" title="Kurt Biedenkopf">Kurt Biedenkopf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heiner_Gei%C3%9Fler" title="Heiner Geißler">Heiner Geißler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Volker_R%C3%BChe" title="Volker Rühe">Volker Rühe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Hintze" title="Peter Hintze">Peter Hintze</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angela_Merkel" title="Angela Merkel">Angela Merkel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruprecht_Polenz" title="Ruprecht Polenz">Ruprecht Polenz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurenz_Meyer" title="Laurenz Meyer">Laurenz Meyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Volker_Kauder" title="Volker Kauder">Volker Kauder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronald_Pofalla" title="Ronald Pofalla">Ronald Pofalla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hermann_Gr%C3%B6he" title="Hermann Gröhe">Hermann Gröhe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Tauber" title="Peter Tauber">Peter Tauber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annegret_Kramp-Karrenbauer" title="Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer">Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Ziemiak" title="Paul Ziemiak">Paul Ziemiak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mario_Czaja" title="Mario Czaja">Mario Czaja</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#151518;color:white;;width:1%;text-align: left">Governments</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Adenauer (<a href="/wiki/First_Adenauer_cabinet" title="First Adenauer cabinet">I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Adenauer_cabinet" title="Second Adenauer cabinet">II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Adenauer_cabinet" title="Third Adenauer cabinet">III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Adenauer_cabinet" title="Fourth Adenauer cabinet">IV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fifth_Adenauer_cabinet" class="mw-redirect" title="Fifth Adenauer cabinet">V</a>)</li> <li>Erhard (<a href="/wiki/First_Erhard_cabinet" title="First Erhard cabinet">I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Erhard_cabinet" title="Second Erhard cabinet">II</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiesinger_cabinet" title="Kiesinger cabinet">Kiesinger</a></li> <li>Kohl (<a href="/wiki/First_Kohl_cabinet" title="First Kohl cabinet">I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Kohl_cabinet" title="Second Kohl cabinet">II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Kohl_cabinet" title="Third Kohl cabinet">III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Kohl_cabinet" title="Fourth Kohl cabinet">IV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fifth_Kohl_cabinet" title="Fifth Kohl cabinet">V</a>)</li> <li>Merkel (<a href="/wiki/First_Merkel_cabinet" title="First Merkel cabinet">I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Merkel_cabinet" title="Second Merkel cabinet">II</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Merkel_cabinet" title="Fourth Merkel cabinet">IV</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#151518;color:white;;width:1%;text-align: left">Affiliated organisations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Konrad_Adenauer_Foundation" title="Konrad Adenauer Foundation">Konrad Adenauer Foundation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Young_Union" title="Young Union">Young Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_of_Christian_Democratic_Students" title="Association of Christian Democratic Students">Association of Christian Democratic Students</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Democratic_Employees%27_Association" title="Christian Democratic Employees' Association">Christian Democratic Employees' Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Working_Group_of_the_CDU/CSU" title="Evangelical Working Group of the CDU/CSU">Evangelical Working Group of the CDU/CSU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economic_Council_Germany" title="Economic Council Germany">Economic Council Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Centrist_Democrat_International" title="Centrist Democrat International">Centrist Democrat International</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Democrat_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="International Democrat Union">International Democrat Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_People%27s_Party" title="European People's Party">European People's Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_People%27s_Party_group" class="mw-redirect" title="European People's Party group">European People's Party group</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#151518;color:white;;width:1%;text-align: left">Related articles</th><td 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Democratic Party of Germany"><span style="color:white;">Social Democratic Party of Germany</span></a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#E3000F;color:white;;width:1%;text-align: left">President of Germany</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#E3000F;color:white;;width:1%">Weimar Republic<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1918–1933)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Friedrich_Ebert" title="Friedrich Ebert">Friedrich Ebert</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#E3000F;color:white;;width:1%">Federal Republic<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1949–present)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gustav_Heinemann" title="Gustav Heinemann">Gustav Heinemann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johannes_Rau" title="Johannes Rau">Johannes Rau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jens_B%C3%B6hrnsen" title="Jens Böhrnsen">Jens Böhrnsen</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<i>Acting</i>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank-Walter_Steinmeier" title="Frank-Walter Steinmeier">Frank-Walter Steinmeier</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#E3000F;color:white;;width:1%;text-align: left">Chancellor of Germany</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#E3000F;color:white;;width:1%">Weimar Republic<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1918–1933)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Friedrich_Ebert" title="Friedrich Ebert">Friedrich Ebert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philipp_Scheidemann" title="Philipp Scheidemann">Philipp Scheidemann</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(as Reich Minister President)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gustav_Bauer" title="Gustav Bauer">Gustav Bauer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hermann_M%C3%BCller_(politician,_born_1876)" title="Hermann Müller (politician, born 1876)">Hermann Müller</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#E3000F;color:white;;width:1%">Federal Republic<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1949–present)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" 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