Cabinet Name: | Fourth Cabinet of Helmut Kohl Cabinet Kohl IV |
Cabinet Number: | 16th |
Jurisdiction: | the Federal Republic of Germany |
Flag: | Flag_of_Germany.svg |
Incumbent: | 18 January 1991 – 10 November 1994 (until 17 November 1994 as caretaker government) |
Date Formed: | 18 January 1991 |
Date Dissolved: | 17 November 1994 |
Government Head Title: | Chancellor |
Government Head: | Helmut Kohl |
Deputy Government Head Title: | Vice-Chancellor |
Deputy Government Head: | Hans-Dietrich Genscher (until 18 May 1992) Jürgen Möllemann (from 18 May 1992 to 21 January 1993) Klaus Kinkel (from 21 January 1993) |
State Head Title: | President |
State Head: | Richard von Weizsäcker (until 30 June 1994) Roman Herzog (from 1 July 1994) |
Political Party: | Christian Democratic Union Christian Social Union Free Democratic Party |
Legislature Status: | Coalition government led by CDU/CSU 398/662 (60%) |
Opposition Party: | Social Democratic Party The Greens Party of Democratic Socialism |
Election: | 1990 federal election |
Legislature Term: | 12th Bundestag |
Previous: | Kohl III |
Successor: | Kohl V |
The Fourth Kohl cabinet led by Helmut Kohl was sworn in on 18 January 1991 and laid down its function on 15 November 1994. The cabinet was formed after the 1990 elections. It laid down its function after the formation of the Cabinet Kohl V, which was formed following the 1994 elections.
This cabinet was the first to be formed after German Reunification. Among the East German politicians to enter the government was future chancellor Angela Merkel, as minister of women and health.
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