The Kiesinger cabinet was the 8th
Government
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of the
Federal Republic of Germany
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from 1 December 1966 to 22 October 1969 throughout the
5th legislative session of the
Bundestag
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. It was led by the
Christian Democratic Union's
Kurt Georg Kiesinger, a former
Nazi Party
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member. The
Bundestag
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that had been chosen in the
September 1965 election initially resulted in the
Cabinet Erhard II
The Second Erhard cabinet was the government of Germany between 26 October 1965 and 30 November 1966. Led by the Christian Democratic Union Ludwig Erhard
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, 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
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Active parties
Fo ...
(SPD). The
Vice-Chancellor
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was
Willy Brandt
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(SPD)
Composition
References
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1966 establishments in West Germany
1969 disestablishments in West Germany
Cabinets established in 1966
Cabinets disestablished in 1969
Coalition governments of Germany
Kurt Georg Kiesinger