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Second Cabinet of Willy Brandt Cabinet Brandt II
9th Cabinet of the Federal Republic of Germany
15 December 1972 – 6 May 1974 (until 16 May 1974 as caretaker government)

Date formed	15 December 1972
Date dissolved	16 May 1974 (1 year, 5 months and 1 day)
People and organisations
President	Gustav Heinemann
Chancellor	Willy Brandt (until 7 May 1974) Walter Scheel (Acting; from 7 May 1974)
Vice-Chancellor	Walter Scheel
Member party	Social Democratic Party Free Democratic Party
Status in legislature	Coalition government 271/496 (55%)
Opposition party	Christian Democratic Union Christian Social Union
Opposition leader	Rainer Barzel (CDU), until 1973 Karl Carstens (CDU), from 1973
History
Election	1972 West German federal election
Legislature terms	7th Bundestag
Predecessor	Brandt I
Successor	Schmidt I

The Second Brandt cabinet was the government of West Germany between 15 December 1972 and 17 May 1974, during the 7th legislature of the Bundestag. Led by the Social Democrat Willy Brandt, the cabinet was a coalition between the Social Democrats (SDP) and the Free Democratic Party (FDP). It followed the Cabinet Brandt I. Following Brandt's resignation as Chancellor on 7 May 1974, Vice-Chancellor Walter Scheel (FDP) served as Acting Chancellor for nine days, until the inception of the Cabinet Schmidt I.

Composition


Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office
Chancellor	Willy Brandt	15 December 1972	7 May 1974	SPD
Chancellor	Walter Scheel (Acting)	7 May 1974	16 May 1974	FDP
Vice-Chancellor & Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs	Walter Scheel	15 December 1972	16 May 1974	FDP
Federal Minister of Interior	Hans-Dietrich Genscher	15 December 1972	16 May 1974	FDP
Federal Minister of Justice	Gerhard Jahn	15 December 1972	16 May 1974	SPD
Federal Minister of Finance	Helmut Schmidt	15 December 1972	16 May 1974	SPD
Federal Minister of Economics	Hans Friderichs	15 December 1972	16 May 1974	FDP
Federal Minister of Defence	Georg Leber	15 December 1972	16 May 1974	SPD
Federal Minister of Research and Technology & Post and Communications	Horst Ehmke	15 December 1972	16 May 1974	SPD
Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture	Josef Ertl	15 December 1972	16 May 1974	FDP
Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs	Walter Arendt	15 December 1972	16 May 1974	SPD
Federal Minister of Youth, Families and Health	Katharina Focke	15 December 1972	16 May 1974	SPD
Federal Minister of Intra-German Relations	Egon Franke	15 December 1972	16 May 1974	SPD
Federal Minister of Education and Science	Klaus von Dohnanyi	15 December 1972	16 May 1974	SPD
Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation	Erhard Eppler	15 December 1972	16 May 1974	SPD
Federal Minister of Planning, Architecture und Urban Development	Hans-Jochen Vogel	15 December 1972	16 May 1974	SPD
Federal Minister for Special Affairs & Head of the Chancellery	Horst Grabert	15 December 1972	15 May 1974	SPD
Federal Minister for Special Affairs & Affairs of the Vice Chancellor	Werner Maihofer	15 December 1972	16 May 1974	FDP

References

v t e German cabinets
German Empire (1871–1918)	Bismarck Caprivi Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst Bülow Bethmann-Hollweg Michaelis Hertling Baden
Weimar Republic (1918–1933) Nazi Germany (1933–1945)	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 Presidential cabinets Brüning I Brüning II Papen Schleicher Hitler Goebbels (de facto) Schwerin von Krosigk (de facto)
German Democratic Republic (1949–1990)	Grotewohl I Grotewohl II Grotewohl III Grotewohl IV Grotewohl V Stoph I Stoph II Sindermann Stoph III Stoph IV Stoph V Modrow de Maizière
Federal Republic of Germany (since 1949)	Adenauer I Adenauer II Adenauer III Adenauer IV Erhard I Erhard II Kiesinger Brandt I Brandt II Schmidt I Schmidt II Schmidt III Kohl I Kohl II Kohl III Kohl IV Kohl V Schröder I Schröder II Merkel I Merkel II Merkel III Merkel IV Scholz

Social Democratic Party of Germany

President of Germany

Weimar Republic (1918–1933)	Friedrich Ebert
Federal Republic (1949–present)	Gustav Heinemann Johannes Rau Jens Böhrnsen (Acting) Frank-Walter Steinmeier

Chancellor of Germany

Weimar Republic (1918–1933)	Friedrich Ebert Philipp Scheidemann (as Reich Minister President) Gustav Bauer Hermann Müller
Federal Republic (1949–present)	Willy Brandt Helmut Schmidt Gerhard Schröder Olaf Scholz

Federal chairmen
(since 1946)

Leaders in the
Bundestag

General Secretaries
(since 1999)

Governments

Kiesinger
Brandt (I
II)
Schmidt (I
II
III)
Schröder (I
II)
Merkel (I
III
IV)
Scholz

Affiliated organisations

v t e Free Democratic Party
President of Germany	Theodor Heuss Walter Scheel
Federal chairmen	Heuss Blücher Dehler Maier Mende Scheel Genscher Bangemann Lambsdorff Kinkel Gerhardt Westerwelle Rösler Lindner
Leaders in the Bundestag	Heuss Schäfer Euler Schäfer Dehler Becker Mende Kühlmann-Stumm Mischnick Solms Gerhardt Westerwelle Homburger Brüderle Lindner
Governments	Adenauer I Adenauer II Adenauer IV Adenauer V Erhard I Erhard II Brandt I Brandt II Schmidt I Schmidt II Schmidt III Kohl I Kohl II Kohl III Kohl IV Kohl V Merkel II Scholz
Affiliated organisations	Federal Association of Liberal Students Groups Friedrich Naumann Foundation Young Liberals Liberal International European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
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Composition

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