Kiesinger cabinet explained

Cabinet Name:Cabinet of Kurt Georg Kiesinger
Cabinet Kiesinger
Cabinet Number:7th
Jurisdiction:the Federal Republic of Germany
Flag:Flag of Germany.svg
Incumbent:1 December 1966 – 20 October 1969
(until 22 October 1969 as caretaker government)
Date Formed:1 December 1966
Date Dissolved:22 October 1969
Government Head Title:Chancellor
Government Head:Kurt Georg Kiesinger
Deputy Government Head Title:Vice-Chancellor
Deputy Government Head:Willy Brandt
State Head Title:President
State Head:Heinrich Lübke (until 30 June 1969)
Gustav Heinemann (from 1 July 1969)
Political Party:Christian Democratic Union
Social Democratic Party
Christian Social Union of Bavaria
Legislature Status:Grand coalition led by CDU
Opposition Party:Free Democratic Party
Opposition Leader:Knut von Kühlmann-Stumm (FDP), until 23 January 1968
Wolfgang Mischnick (FDP), from 23 January 1968
Election:1965 federal election
Legislature Term:5th Bundestag
Previous:Erhard II
Successor:Brandt I

The Kiesinger cabinet was the 8th 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

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