The First Schröder cabinet (German: Kabinett Schröder I) was the 19th Government of Federal Republic of Germany in office from 27 October 1998 until 22 October 2002. It succeeded the Fifth Kohl cabinet formed after the 1998 elections. Gerhard Schröder, Minister President of Lower Saxony, reached an agreement on a coalition with the Alliance 90/The Greens (Greens) and his Social Democratic Party (SPD), setting the stage for Schröder to become Chancellor of Germany. Joschka Fischer (Greens) replaced Klaus Kinkel (FDP) as Vice-Chancellor of Germany and Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs. The cabinet was succeeded by the Second Schröder cabinet.

Composition

Within the red-green coalition cabinet, the SPD controlled the posts overseeing finance, the economy, and welfare issues.[1]

PortfolioMinisterTook officeLeft officeParty
Chancellor27 October 199822 October 2002 SPD
Vice-Chancellor &
Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs		27 October 199822 October 2002 Greens
Federal Minister of the Interior27 October 199822 October 2002 SPD
Federal Minister of Justice27 October 199822 October 2002 SPD
Federal Minister of Finance27 October 199811 March 1999 SPD
11 March 199912 April 1999 Independent
12 April 199922 October 2002 SPD
Federal Ministry for Economics and Technology
Werner Müller
27 October 199822 October 2002 Independent
Federal Minister of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection27 October 199812 January 2001 SPD
12 January 200122 October 2002 Greens
Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs27 October 199822 October 2002 SPD
Federal Minister of Defence27 October 199819 July 2002 SPD
19 July 200222 October 2002 SPD
Federal Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth27 October 199822 October 2002 SPD
Federal Minister of Health27 October 199812 January 2001 Greens
12 January 200122 October 2002 SPD
Federal Minister of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs27 October 199829 September 1999 SPD
29 September 199920 November 2000 SPD
20 November 200022 October 2002 SPD
Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, and Nuclear Safety27 October 199822 October 2002 Greens
Federal Minister of Education and Research27 October 199822 October 2002 SPD
Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development27 October 199822 October 2002 SPD
Federal Minister for Special Tasks &
Head of the Chancellery		27 October 19987 July 1999 SPD
Head of the Chancellery7 July 199922 October 2002 SPD

References

  1. ↑ Debus, Marc; Stegmaier, Mary; Tosun, Jale (April 2014). "Economic Voting under Coalition Governments: Evidence from Germany". Political Science Research and Methods. 2 (1): 49–67. doi:10.1017/psrm.2013.16. ProQuest 1951415429.
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