The Third Kohl cabinet led by Helmut Kohl was sworn in on March 12, 1987. The cabinet was formed after the 1987 elections. This cabinet oversaw the German Reunification. It laid down its function on January 18, 1991, after the formation of the Fourth Kohl cabinet, which was formed following the 1990 elections.

Third Cabinet of Helmut Kohl
Cabinet Kohl III

15th Cabinet of the Federal Republic of Germany
12 March 1987 – 20 December 1990
(until 18 January 1991 as caretaker government)
Helmut Kohl
Date formed12 March 1987
Date dissolved18 January 1991
(3 years, 10 months and 5 days)
People and organisations
PresidentRichard von Weizsäcker
ChancellorHelmut Kohl
Vice-ChancellorHans-Dietrich Genscher
Member partyChristian Democratic Union
Christian Social Union
Free Democratic Party
Status in legislatureCoalition government led by CDU/CSU
Opposition partySocial Democratic Party
The Greens
Opposition leader
History
Election(s)1987 federal election
Legislature term(s)11th Bundestag
PredecessorKohl II
SuccessorKohl IV

Composition edit

Portfolio Minister Took office Left office Party
Chancellor12 March 198718 January 1991 CDU
Vice Chancellor &
Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs
12 March 198718 January 1991 FDP
Federal Minister of Defense12 March 198718 May 1988 CDU
18 May 198821 April 1989 CDU
21 April 198918 January 1991 CDU
Federal Minister of the Interior12 March 198721 April 1989 CSU
21 April 198918 January 1991 CDU
Federal Minister of Finance
Gerhard Stoltenberg
12 March 198721 April 1989 CDU
21 April 198918 January 1991 CSU
Federal Minister of Justice12 March 198718 January 1991 FDP
Federal Minister of Economics12 March 19879 December 1988 FDP
9 December 198818 January 1991 FDP
Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs12 March 198718 January 1991 CDU
Federal Minister of Food, Agriculture, and Forestry12 March 198718 January 1991 CSU
Federal Minister of Transport12 March 198721 April 1989 CSU
Friedrich Zimmermann
21 April 198918 January 1991 CSU
Federal Minister of Construction
Oscar Schneider
12 March 198721 April 1989 CSU
21 April 198918 January 1991 CSU
Federal Minister of Youth, Family, and Health12 March 19879 December 1988 CDU
9 December 198818 January 1991 CDU
Federal Minister of Research and Technology12 March 198718 January 1991 CDU
Federal Minister of Education and Science12 March 198718 January 1991 FDP
Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation
Hans Klein
12 March 198721 April 1989 CSU
Jürgen Warnke
21 April 198918 January 1991 CSU
Federal Minister of Environment,
Nature Conservation, and Reactor Security
12 March 198722 April 1987 CDU
22 April 198718 January 1991 CDU
Federal Minister of Posts and Communications12 March 198718 January 1991 CDU
Federal Minister of Intra-German Relations12 March 198718 January 1991 CDU
Federal Minister of Special Affairs &
Head of the Chancellery
Wolfgang Schäuble
12 March 198721 April 1989 CDU
21 April 198918 January 1991 CDU
Federal Minister of Special Affairs &
Government Spokesman-in-chief
Hans Klein
21 April 198920. Dezember 1990 CSU
Federal Minister of Special Affairs3 October 199019 December 1990[1] CDU
3 October 199018 January 1991 CDU
3 October 199018 January 1991 CDU
3 October 199018 January 1991 FDP
3 October 199018 January 1991 DSU

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