# Third Kohl cabinet

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.

## Composition

| Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party |
| Chancellor | Helmut Kohl | 12 March 1987 | 18 January 1991 | CDU |
| Vice Chancellor & Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs | Hans-Dietrich Genscher | 12 March 1987 | 18 January 1991 | FDP |
| Federal Minister of Defense | Manfred Wörner | 12 March 1987 | 18 May 1988 | CDU |
| Federal Minister of Defense | Rupert Scholz | 18 May 1988 | 21 April 1989 | CDU |
| Federal Minister of Defense | Gerhard Stoltenberg | 21 April 1989 | 18 January 1991 | CDU |
| Federal Minister of the Interior | Friedrich Zimmermann | 12 March 1987 | 21 April 1989 | CSU |
| Federal Minister of the Interior | Wolfgang Schäuble | 21 April 1989 | 18 January 1991 | CDU |
| Federal Minister of Finance | Gerhard Stoltenberg | 12 March 1987 | 21 April 1989 | CDU |
| Federal Minister of Finance | Theo Waigel | 21 April 1989 | 18 January 1991 | CSU |
| Federal Minister of Justice | Hans A. Engelhard | 12 March 1987 | 18 January 1991 | FDP |
| Federal Minister of Economics | Martin Bangemann | 12 March 1987 | 9 December 1988 | FDP |
| Federal Minister of Economics | Helmut Haussmann | 9 December 1988 | 18 January 1991 | FDP |
| Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs | Norbert Blüm | 12 March 1987 | 18 January 1991 | CDU |
| Federal Minister of Food, Agriculture, and Forestry | Ignaz Kiechle | 12 March 1987 | 18 January 1991 | CSU |
| Federal Minister of Transport | Jürgen Warnke | 12 March 1987 | 21 April 1989 | CSU |
| Federal Minister of Transport | Friedrich Zimmermann | 21 April 1989 | 18 January 1991 | CSU |
| Federal Minister of Construction | Oscar Schneider | 12 March 1987 | 21 April 1989 | CSU |
| Federal Minister of Construction | Gerda Hasselfeldt | 21 April 1989 | 18 January 1991 | CSU |
| Federal Minister of Youth, Family, and Health | Rita Süssmuth | 12 March 1987 | 9 December 1988 | CDU |
| Federal Minister of Youth, Family, and Health | Ursula Lehr | 9 December 1988 | 18 January 1991 | CDU |
| Federal Minister of Research and Technology | Heinz Riesenhuber | 12 March 1987 | 18 January 1991 | CDU |
| Federal Minister of Education and Science | Jürgen Möllemann | 12 March 1987 | 18 January 1991 | FDP |
| Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation | Hans Klein | 12 March 1987 | 21 April 1989 | CSU |
| Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation | Jürgen Warnke | 21 April 1989 | 18 January 1991 | CSU |
| Federal Minister of Environment, Nature Conservation, and Reactor Security | Walter Wallmann | 12 March 1987 | 22 April 1987 | CDU |
| Federal Minister of Environment, Nature Conservation, and Reactor Security | Klaus Töpfer | 22 April 1987 | 18 January 1991 | CDU |
| Federal Minister of Posts and Communications | Christian Schwarz-Schilling | 12 March 1987 | 18 January 1991 | CDU |
| Federal Minister of Intra-German Relations | Dorothee Wilms | 12 March 1987 | 18 January 1991 | CDU |
| Federal Minister of Special Affairs & Head of the Chancellery | Wolfgang Schäuble | 12 March 1987 | 21 April 1989 | CDU |
| Federal Minister of Special Affairs & Head of the Chancellery | Rudolf Seiters | 21 April 1989 | 18 January 1991 | CDU |
| Federal Minister of Special Affairs & Government Spokesman-in-chief | Hans Klein | 21 April 1989 | 20. Dezember 1990 | CSU |
| Federal Minister of Special Affairs | Lothar de Maizière | 3 October 1990 | 19 December 1990 | CDU |
| Federal Minister of Special Affairs | Sabine Bergmann-Pohl | 3 October 1990 | 18 January 1991 | CDU |
| Federal Minister of Special Affairs | Günther Krause | 3 October 1990 | 18 January 1991 | CDU |
| Federal Minister of Special Affairs | Rainer Ortleb | 3 October 1990 | 18 January 1991 | FDP |
| Federal Minister of Special Affairs | Hansjoachim Walther | 3 October 1990 | 18 January 1991 | DSU |