Second Brandt cabinet

Cabinet Brandt II outside the Cabinet Office on 15 December 1972

The second Brandt cabinet was the government of Germany between 15 December 1972 and 16 May 1974, during the 7th legislature of the Bundestag. Led by the Social Democrat Willy Brandt, the cabinet was a coalition between the Social Democrats (SDP) and the Free Democratic Party (FDP). It followed the Cabinet Brandt I. Following Brandt's resignation as Chancellor on 7 May 1974, Vice-Chancellor Walter Scheel (FDP) served as Acting Chancellor for nine days, until the inception of the Cabinet Schmidt I.

Composition

The federal cabinet consisted of the following Ministers:

Office	Incumbent	Party	Parl. State Secretary & Minister of State	Party
Chancellor	Willy Brandt (1913–1992) until 7 May 1974	SPD	Karl Ravens	SPD
	Walter Scheel (* 1919) acting, from 7 May 1974	FDP	–	–
Vice-Chancellor	Walter Scheel	FDP	–	–
Foreign Affairs	Walter Scheel	FDP	Karl Moersch Hans Apel	FDP SPD
Interior	Hans-Dietrich Genscher (* 1927)	FDP	Gerhart Rudolf Baum Kurt Jung	FDP
Justice	Gerhard Jahn (1927–1998)	SPD	Alfons Bayerl	SPD
Finance	Helmut Schmidt (* 1918)	SPD	Hans Hermsdorf until 1 April 1974 Karl Haehser from 1 April 1974 Konrad Porzner	SPD
Economics	Hans Friderichs (* 1931)	FDP	Martin Grüner	FDP
Food, Agriculture and Forestry	Josef Ertl (1925–2000)	FDP	Fritz Logemann	FDP
Labour and Social Affairs	Walter Arendt (1925–2005)	SPD	Helmut Rohde	SPD
Defence	Georg Leber (* 1920)	SPD	Karl Wilhelm Berkhan	SPD
Youth, Families and Health	Katharina Focke (* 1922)	SPD	Heinz Westphal	SPD
Transport	Lauritz Lauritzen (1910–1980)	SPD	Ernst Haar	SPD
Planning, Architecture und Urban Development	Hans-Jochen Vogel (* 1926)	SPD	Dieter Haack	SPD
Internal German Relations	Egon Franke (1913–1995)	SPD	Karl Herold	SPD
Research and Technology and Post and Telecommunications	Horst Ehmke (* 1927)	SPD	Volker Hauff	SPD
Education and Science	Klaus von Dohnanyi (* 1928)	SPD	Fred Zander	SPD
Economic Cooperation	Erhard Eppler (* 1926)	SPD	Hans Matthöfer	SPD
Special Duties for the Chancellor	Egon Bahr (* 1922)	SPD	–	–
Special Duties for the Vice-Chancellor	Werner Maihofer (1918–2009)	FDP	–	–

See also

• Cabinet of Germany