Second Kohl cabinet

The second cabinet led by Helmut Kohl was sworn in on March 29, 1983 and laid down its function on March 11, 1987. The cabinet was formed after the 1983 elections. It was succeeded by the Cabinet Kohl III, which was formed following the 1987 elections.

The cabinet was composed of the following ministers:

Helmut Kohl (CDU) – Chancellor
Hans-Dietrich Genscher (FDP) – Vice Chancellor and Minister of Foreign Affairs
Manfred Wörner (CDU) – Minister of Defense
Friedrich Zimmermann (CSU) – Minister of the Interior
Gerhard Stoltenberg (CDU) – Minister of Finance
Hans Engelhard (FDP) – Minister of Justice
Otto Graf Lambsdorff (FDP) – Minister of Economics
Norbert Blüm (CDU) – Minister of Labour and Social Affairs
Ignaz Kiechle (CSU) – Minister of Food, Agriculture, And Forestry
Werner Dollinger (CSU) – Minister of Transport
Oscar Schneider (CSU) – Minister of Construction
Heiner Geissler (CDU) – Minister of Youth, Family, and Health
Heinz Riesenhuber (CDU) – Minister of Research and Technology
Dorothee Wilms (CDU) – Minister of Education and Science
Jürgen Warnke (CSU) – Minister of Economic Cooperation
Christian Schwarz-Schilling (CDU) – Minister of Posts and Communications
Heinrich Windelen (CDU) – Minister of Intra-German Relations

The composition of the cabinet changed four times.

June 27, 1984 – Martin Bangemann (FDP) succeeds Lambsdorff as Minister of Economics.
November 15, 1984 – Wolfgang Schäuble (CDU) enters the cabinet as Minister of Special Tasks
September 26, 1985 – Rita Süssmuth (CDU) succeeds Geissler as Minister of Youth, Family, and Health
June 6, 1986 – Rita Süssmuth (CDU) becomes Minister of Youth, Family, Women, and Health. Walter Wallmann (CDU) enters the cabinet as Minister of Environment, Nature Conservation, and Reactor Security.

References

German cabinets

German Empire (1871–1918)	Bismarck Caprivi Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst Bülow Bethmann Hollweg Michaelis Hertling Baden

Weimar Republic (1918–33)	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 Brüning I Brüning II von Papen von Schleicher I

Nazi Germany (1933–45)	Hitler Schwerin von Krosigk

West Germany (1949–1990)	Adenauer I Adenauer II Adenauer III Adenauer IV Adenauer V Erhard I Erhard II Kiesinger Brandt I Brandt II Schmidt I Schmidt II Schmidt III Kohl I Kohl II Kohl III

Federal Republic of Germany (1990–present)	Kohl IV Kohl V Schröder I Schröder II Merkel I Merkel II Merkel III

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