# Kiesinger cabinet

The Kiesinger cabinet was the 7th Government of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1 December 1966 to 22 October 1969 throughout the 5th legislative session of the Bundestag. It was led by the Christian Democratic Union's Kurt Georg Kiesinger, a former Nazi Party member. The Bundestag that had been chosen in the September 1965 election initially resulted in the Cabinet Erhard II, but when the Free Democratic Party resigned from the government, that led to the formation of the new cabinet. The cabinet was supported by the first grand coalition between the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Christian Social Union of Bavaria (CSU) and the Social Democratic Party (SPD). The Vice-Chancellor was Willy Brandt (SPD)

## Composition

| Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party |
| Chancellor | Kurt Georg Kiesinger | 1 December 1966 | 22 October 1969 | CDU |
| Vice Chancellor & Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs | Willy Brandt | 1 December 1966 | 22 October 1969 | SPD |
| Federal Minister of Defence | Gerhard Schröder | 1 December 1966 | 22 October 1969 | CDU |
| Federal Minister of the Interior | Paul Lücke | 1 December 1966 | 2 April 1968 | CDU |
| Federal Minister of the Interior | Ernst Benda | 2 April 1968 | 22 October 1969 | CDU |
| Federal Minister of Finance | Franz Josef Strauß | 1 December 1966 | 22 October 1969 | CSU |
| Federal Minister of Justice | Gustav Heinemann | 1 December 1966 | 26 March 1969 | SPD |
| Federal Minister of Justice | Horst Ehmke | 26 March 1969 | 22 October 1969 | SPD |
| Federal Minister of Economics | Karl Schiller | 1 December 1966 | 22 October 1969 | SPD |
| Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs | Hans Katzer | 1 December 1966 | 22 October 1969 | CDU |
| Federal Minister of Food, Agriculture, and Forestry | Hermann Höcherl | 1 December 1966 | 22 October 1969 | CSU |
| Federal Minister of Transport | Georg Leber | 1 December 1966 | 22 October 1969 | SPD |
| Federal Minister of Construction | Lauritz Lauritzen | 1 December 1966 | 22 October 1969 | SPD |
| Federal Minister of Family and Youth | Bruno Heck | 1 December 1966 | 16 October 1968 | CDU |
| Federal Minister of Family and Youth | Aenne Brauksiepe | 16 October 1968 | 22 October 1969 | CDU |
| Federal Minister of Health | Käte Strobel | 1 December 1966 | 22 October 1969 | SPD |
| Federal Minister of Scientific Research | Gerhard Stoltenberg | 1 December 1966 | 22 October 1969 | CDU |
| Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation | Hans-Jürgen Wischnewski | 1 December 1966 | 16 October 1968 | SPD |
| Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation | Erhard Eppler | 16 October 1968 | 22 October 1969 | SPD |
| Federal Minister of Posts and Communications | Werner Dollinger | 1 December 1966 | 22 October 1969 | CSU |
| Federal Minister of Displaced Persons | Kai-Uwe von Hassel | 1 December 1966 | 7 February 1969 | CDU |
| Federal Minister of Displaced Persons | Heinrich Windelen | 7 February 1969 | 22 October 1969 | CDU |
| Federal Minister of All-German Affairs | Herbert Wehner | 1 December 1966 | 22 October 1969 | SPD |
| Federal Minister of the Treasury | Kurt Schmücker | 1 December 1966 | 22 October 1969 | CDU |
| Federal Minister for Affairs of the Bundesrat of Germany | Carlo Schmid | 1 December 1966 | 22 October 1969 | SPD |