First Kohl cabinet explained

Cabinet Name:First Cabinet of Helmut Kohl
Cabinet Kohl I
Cabinet Number:13th
Jurisdiction:the Federal Republic of Germany
Flag:Flag_of_Germany.svg
Incumbent:14 October 1982 – 30 March 1983
Date Formed:1 October 1982
Date Dissolved:30 March 1983
Government Head Title:Chancellor
Government Head:Helmut Kohl
Deputy Government Head Title:Vice-Chancellor
Deputy Government Head:Hans-Dietrich Genscher
State Head Title:President
State Head:Karl Carstens
Political Party:Christian Democratic Union
Christian Social Union
Free Democratic Party
Legislature Status:Coalition government led by CDU/CSU
Opposition Party:Social Democratic Party
The Greens
Election:Constructive vote of no confidence led by Helmut Kohl against incumbent Chancellor Helmut Schmidt
Legislature Term:9th Bundestag
Previous:Schmidt III
Successor:Kohl II

The First Kohl cabinet (German: Kabinett Kohl I) was the 13th Cabinet of the Federal Republic of Germany. It was formed in 1 October 1982 following a successful constructive vote of no confidence, by which Helmut Kohl replaced Helmut Schmidt as Chancellor. The other cabinet members were appointed and sworn in on 4 October 1982. It was the first (and as yet only) German federal cabinet formed after a constructive vote of no confidence. After ascending to the chancellorship, Kohl and his coalition sought to bring about new elections as quickly as possible, which he achieved by deliberately losing a confidence motion and then having the Bundestag dissolved by the president at the chancellor's request. The following 1983 federal election on 6 March 1983 resulted in a re-election of Kohl and his newly formed CDU/CSU/FDP-coalition. On 30 March 1983, Kohl was again elected chancellor by the Bundestag and formed his second cabinet. With a duration of just under half a year, the cabinet Kohl I was the shortest-lived German government since the cabinet von Schleicher (3 December 1932–28 January 1933) during the Weimar Republic and is, as yet, the shortest-lived cabinet in the history of the Federal Republic.

Composition

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