First Kohl cabinet
{{Short description|West German government from 1982 to 1983}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2014}}
{{Infobox government cabinet
| cabinet_name = First Cabinet of Helmut Kohl
Cabinet Kohl I
| cabinet_number = 13th
| jurisdiction = the Federal Republic of Germany
| flag = Flag_of_Germany.svg
| incumbent = 4 October 1982 – 30 March 1983
| image = KAS-Kohl, Helmut-Bild-14701-1.jpg|
| caption = Helmut Kohl
| date_formed = 1 October 1982
| date_dissolved = 30 March 1983
({{Age in years, months, weeks and days|month1=10|day1=1|year1=1982|month2=3|day2=30|year2=1983}})
| government_head_title = Chancellor
| government_head = Helmut Kohl
| deputy_government_head_title = Vice-Chancellor
| deputy_government_head = Hans-Dietrich Genscher
| government_head_history =
| state_head_title = President
| state_head = Karl Carstens
| current_number =
| former_members_number =
| total_number =
| political_party = {{Legend inline|{{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}}}Christian Democratic Union
{{Legend inline|{{party color|Christian Social Union in Bavaria}}}}Christian Social Union
{{Legend inline|{{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}}}Free Democratic Party
| legislature_status = Coalition government led by CDU/CSU
279/497 (56%)
{{Composition_bar/advanced/infobox
|divisionname=
|total = 200
|boxwidth = 200
|party1 = 91
|partycolor1 = {{party color|CDU/CSU}}
|party2 = 21
|partycolor2 = {{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}
}}
| opposition_cabinet =
| opposition_party = {{Legend inline|{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}}}Social Democratic Party
{{Legend inline|{{party color|Alliance 90/The Greens}}}}The Greens
| opposition_leader = {{Plainlist|
- Herbert Wehner (SPD)
}}
| election = Constructive vote of no confidence led by Helmut Kohl against incumbent Chancellor Helmut Schmidt
| legislature_term = 9th Bundestag
| outgoing_formation =
| previous = Schmidt III
| successor = Kohl II
}}
The First Kohl cabinet (German: Kabinett Kohl I) was the 13th Cabinet of the Federal Republic of Germany. It was formed in 1 October 1982 following a successful constructive vote of no confidence, by which Helmut Kohl replaced Helmut Schmidt as Chancellor. The other cabinet members were appointed and sworn in on 4 October 1982. It was the first (and as yet only) German federal cabinet formed after a constructive vote of no confidence. After ascending to the chancellorship, Kohl and his coalition sought to bring about new elections as quickly as possible, which he achieved by deliberately losing a confidence motion and then having the Bundestag dissolved by the president at the chancellor's request. The following 1983 federal election on 6 March 1983 resulted in a re-election of Kohl and his newly formed CDU/CSU/FDP-coalition. On 30 March 1983, Kohl was again elected chancellor by the Bundestag and formed his second cabinet. With a duration of just under half a year, the cabinet Kohl I was the shortest-lived German government since the cabinet von Schleicher (3 December 1932–28 January 1933) during the Weimar Republic and is, as yet, the shortest-lived cabinet in the history of the Federal Republic.
Composition
{{Cabinet table start|hiderefcol=y}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Chancellor
| minister1 = Helmut Kohl
| minister1_party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
| minister1_termstart = 1 October 1982
| minister1_termend = 30 March 1983
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Vice Chancellor &
Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs
| minister1 = Hans-Dietrich Genscher
| minister1_party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
| minister1_termstart = 4 October 1982
| minister1_termend = 30 March 1983
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Federal Minister of Defense
| minister1 = Manfred Wörner
| minister1_party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
| minister1_termstart = 4 October 1982
| minister1_termend = 30 March 1983
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Federal Minister of the Interior
| minister1 = Friedrich Zimmermann
| minister1_party = Christian Social Union in Bavaria
| minister1_termstart = 4 October 1982
| minister1_termend = 30 March 1983
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Federal Minister of Finance
| minister1 = Gerhard Stoltenberg
| minister1_party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
| minister1_termstart = 4 October 1982
| minister1_termend = 30 March 1983
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Federal Minister of Justice
| minister1 = Hans A. Engelhard
| minister1_party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
| minister1_termstart = 4 October 1982
| minister1_termend = 30 March 1983
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Federal Minister of Economics
| minister1 = Otto Graf Lambsdorff
| minister1_party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
| minister1_termstart = 4 October 1982
| minister1_termend = 30 March 1983
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs
| minister1 = Norbert Blüm
| minister1_party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
| minister1_termstart = 4 October 1982
| minister1_termend = 30 March 1983
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Federal Minister of Food, Agriculture, and Forestry
| minister1 = Josef Ertl
| minister1_party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
| minister1_termstart = 4 October 1982
| minister1_termend = 30 March 1983
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Federal Minister of Transport
| minister1 = Werner Dollinger
| minister1_party = Christian Social Union in Bavaria
| minister1_termstart = 4 October 1982
| minister1_termend = 30 March 1983
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Federal Minister of Construction
| minister1 = Oscar Schneider
| minister1_party = Christian Social Union in Bavaria
| minister1_termstart = 4 October 1982
| minister1_termend = 30 March 1983
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Federal Minister of Youth, Family, and Health
| minister1 = Heiner Geissler
| minister1_party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
| minister1_termstart = 4 October 1982
| minister1_termend = 30 March 1983
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Federal Minister of Research and Technology
| minister1 = Heinz Riesenhuber
| minister1_party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
| minister1_termstart = 4 October 1982
| minister1_termend = 30 March 1983
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Federal Minister of Education and Science
| minister1 = Dorothee Wilms
| minister1_party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
| minister1_termstart = 4 October 1982
| minister1_termend = 30 March 1983
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation
| minister1 = Jürgen Warnke
| minister1_party = Christian Social Union in Bavaria
| minister1_termstart = 4 October 1982
| minister1_termend = 30 March 1983
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Federal Minister of Posts and Communications
| minister1 = Christian Schwarz-Schilling
| minister1_party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
| minister1_termstart = 4 October 1982
| minister1_termend = 30 March 1983
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Federal Minister of Intra-German Relations
| minister1 = Rainer Barzel
| minister1_party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
| minister1_termstart = 4 October 1982
| minister1_termend = 30 March 1983
}}
|}
References
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{{Helmut Kohl}}
{{Cabinet Kohl I}}
{{German Cabinets}}
{{Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}
{{Christian Social Union in Bavaria}}
{{Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}
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Category:1982 establishments in West Germany
Category:1983 disestablishments in West Germany
Category:Cabinets established in 1982