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 state	Theodor Heuss
Head of government	Konrad Adenauer
Member party	CDU/CSU FDP DP
Status in legislature	Grand coalition
Opposition party	SPD KPD BP WAV DRP SSW
History
Election(s)	1949 West German federal election
Legislature term(s)	1st Bundestag
Successor	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

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party
Chancellor	Konrad Adenauer	20 September 1949	20 October 1953		CDU
Vice-Chancellor Federal Minister of 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
	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 of Transport	Hans-Christoph Seebohm	20 September 1949	20 October 1953		DP
Federal Minister of Post and Communications	Hans Schuberth	20 September 1949	20 October 1953		CSU
Federal Minister of Public Housing	Hermann-Eberhard Wildermuth	20 September 1949	9 March 1952		FDP
	Fritz Neumayer	9 March 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