First Adenauer cabinet

First Konrad Adenauer Cabinet
cabinet of West Germany
20 September 1949 – 20 October 1953

Date formed	20 September 1949
Date dissolved	20 October 1953
People and organisations
Head of government	Konrad Adenauer
Head of state	Theodor Heuss
Member party	CDU/CSU FDP DP
Status in legislature	Grand coalition
Opposition party	SPD KPD BP WAV DRP SSW
History
Election(s)	West German federal election, 1949
Legislature term(s)	1st legislature of the Bundestag
Predecessor	Adenauer II

The first cabinet led by Konrad Adenauer was sworn in on 20 September 1949, and laid down its function on 20 October 1953. The cabinet was formed after the 1949 elections. It laid down its function after the formation of the Second Adenauer cabinet, which was formed following the 1953 elections.

Composition

Office		Term	Party
Chancellor	Konrad Adenauer	20 September 1949 – 20 October 1953	CDU
Vice-Chancellor Federal Minister for Matters of the Marshall Plan	Franz Blücher	20 September 1949 – 20 October 1953	FDP
Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs	Konrad Adenauer	15 March 1951 – 20 October 1953	CDU
Federal Minister of the Interior	Gustav Heinemann	20 September 1949 – 11 October 1950	CDU
Federal Minister of the Interior	Robert Lehr	11 October 1950 – 20 October 1953	CDU
Federal Minister of Justice	Thomas Dehler	20 September 1949 – 20 October 1953	FDP
Federal Minister of Finance	Fritz Schäffer	20 September 1949 – 20 October 1953	CSU
Federal Minister of Economics	Ludwig Erhard	20 September 1949 – 20 October 1953	CDU
Federal Minister of Food, Agriculture, and Forestry	Wilhelm Niklas	20 September 1949 – 20 October 1953	CSU
Federal Minister of Labour	Anton Storch	20 September 1949 – 20 October 1953	CDU
Federal Minister for Transport	Hans-Christoph Seebohm	20 September 1949 – 20 October 1953	DP
Federal Minister for Post and Communications	Hans Schuberth	1 April 1950 – 20 October 1953	CSU
Federal Minister of Public Housing	Hermann-Eberhard Wildermuth	20 September 1949 – 9 March 1952	FDP
Federal Minister of Public Housing	Fritz Neumayer	19 July 1952 – 20 October 1953	FDP
Federal Minister of Displaced Persons	Hans Lukaschek	20 September 1949 – 20 October 1953	CDU
Federal Minister of All-German Affairs	Jakob Kaiser	20 September 1949 – 20 October 1953	CDU
Federal Minister for Affairs of the Bundesrat of Germany	Heinrich Hellwege	20 September 1949 – 20 October 1953	DP

References

German cabinets

German Empire (1871–1918)	Bismarck Caprivi Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst Bülow Bethmann Hollweg Michaelis Hertling Baden

Weimar Republic (1918–33)	Council of the People's Deputies Scheidemann Bauer Müller I Fehrenbach Wirth I Wirth II Cuno Stresemann I Stresemann II Marx I Marx II Luther I Luther II Marx III Marx IV Müller II Brüning I Brüning II von Papen von Schleicher I

Nazi Germany (1933–45)	Hitler Schwerin von Krosigk

West Germany (1949–1990)	Adenauer I Adenauer II Adenauer III Adenauer IV Adenauer V Erhard I Erhard II Kiesinger Brandt I Brandt II Schmidt I Schmidt II Schmidt III Kohl I Kohl II Kohl III

Federal Republic of Germany (1990–present)	Kohl IV Kohl V Schröder I Schröder II Merkel I Merkel II Merkel III

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