First Schmidt cabinet

First Schmidt cabinet: 16 May 1974 – 14 December 1976

Federal Ministry	Name	Party	Secretary	Party
Chancellor	Helmut Schmidt (1918–2015)	SPD	Marie Schlei	SPD
Vice-Chancellor	Hans-Dietrich Genscher (1927–2016)	FDP	–	–
Foreign Affairs	Hans-Dietrich Genscher	FDP	ab 19. August 1974: Staatsminister Karl Moersch Hans-Jürgen Wischnewski	FDP SPD
Interior	Werner Maihofer (1918–2009)	FDP	Gerhart Rudolf Baum Jürgen Schmude	FDP SPD
Justice	Hans-Jochen Vogel (born 1926)	SPD	Hans de With	SPD
Finance	Hans Apel (1932–2011)	SPD	Karl Haehser Konrad Porzner bis 20. Dezember 1974 Rainer Offergeld ab 24. January 1975	SPD
Economics	Hans Friderichs (born 1931)	FDP	Martin Grüner	FDP
Food, Agriculture and Forestry	Josef Ertl (1925–2000)	FDP	Fritz Logemann	FDP
Labour and Social Affairs	Walter Arendt (1925–2005)	SPD	Hermann Buschfort	SPD
Defence	Georg Leber (1920–2012)	SPD	Karl Wilhelm Berkhan bis 19. März 1975 Hermann Schmidt	SPD
Youth, Family, Health	Katharina Focke (1922–2016)	SPD	Fred Zander	SPD
Transport Post and Communication	Kurt Gscheidle (1924–2003)	SPD	Ernst Haar Kurt Jung	SPD FDP
Planning, Construction and Urban Development	Karl Ravens (born 1927)	SPD	Dieter Haack	SPD
Intra-German Relations	Egon Franke (1913–1995)	SPD	Karl Herold	SPD
Research and Technology	Hans Matthöfer (1925–2009)	SPD	Volker Hauff	SPD
Education and Science	Helmut Rohde (1925–2016)	SPD	Peter Glotz	SPD
Economic Cooperation	Erhard Eppler (born 1926) (bis 8. July 1974) Egon Bahr (1922–2015)	SPD	Alwin Brück	SPD