Fifth Adenauer cabinet

Fifth Adenauer Cabinet (Adenauer V)
Cabinet of West Germany
Date formed	14 December 1962 (1962-12-14)
Date dissolved	15 October 1963 (1963-10-15)
People and organisations
Head of state	President Heinrich Lübke
Head of government	Konrad Adenauer
Member parties	CDU CSU FDP
Opposition party	SPD
Opposition leader	Erich Ollenhauer
History
Election(s)	West German federal election, 1961
Legislature term(s)	4th Bundestag
Predecessor	Adenauer IV
Successor	Erhard I

The Fifth Adenauer cabinet was formed by incumbent Chancellor Konrad Adenauer shortly after the previous Adenauer IV cabinet fell apart over the Spiegel affair. The forced resignation of Defence Minister Franz Josef Strauss was required to gain back the FDP's support for the cabinet.

Adenauer's fifth cabinet was sworn in on 14 December 1962. Adenauer decided to retire just a few months later, following which Ludwig Erhard was elected as Chancellor and formed the first Erhard cabinet on 17 October 1963.

Composition

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party
Federal Chancellor	Konrad Adenauer	15 September 1949	11 October 1963		CDU
Vice-Chancellor Federal Minister for Economy	Ludwig Erhard	29 October 1957	15 October 1963		independent (politician)
Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs	Gerhard Schröder	14 November 1961	30 November 1966		CDU
Federal Minister of the Interior	Hermann Höcherl	14 November 1961	25 October 1965		CSU
Federal Minister of Justice	Ewald Bucher	14 December 1962	26 March 1965		FDP
Federal Minister of Finance	Rolf Dahlgrün	14 December 1962	26 October 1966		FDP
Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Forests	Werner Schwarz	15 September 1959	26 October 1965		CDU
Federal Minister for Labour and Social Affairs	Theodor Blank	29 October 1957	26 October 1965		CDU
Federal Minister of Defence	Kai-Uwe von Hassel	9 January 1963	1 December 1966		CDU
Federal Minister of Transport	Hans-Christoph Seebohm	20 September 1949	30 November 1966		CDU
Federal Minister of Post and Telecommunications	Richard Stücklen	29 October 1957	1 December 1966		CSU
Federal Minister of Housing Construction	Paul Lücke	29 October 1957	26 October 1965		CDU
Federal Minister of Displaced Persons, Refugees and War Victims	Wolfgang Mischnick	14 December 1962	11 October 1963		FDP
Federal Minister of All-German Affairs	Rainer Barzel	14 December 1962	11 October 1963		CDU
Federal Ministry of Scientific Research	Hans Lenz	14 December 1962	26 October 1965		FDP
Federal Minister of Family and Youth Affairs	Bruno Heck	14 December 1962	1 October 1968		CDU
Federal Minister of Bundesrat and State Affairs	Alois Niederalt	14 December 1962	30 November 1966		CSU
Federal Minister of the Treasury	Werner Dollinger	14 December 1962	30 November 1966		CSU
Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation	Walter Scheel	14 December 1962	28 October 1966		FDP
Federal Minister of Health	Elisabeth Schwarzhaupt	14 November 1961	30 November 1966		CDU
Federal Minister for Special Affairs	Heinrich Krone	14 November 1961	13 July 1964		CDU