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Third Cabinet of Helmut SchmidtCabinet Schmidt III
12th Cabinet of the Federal Republic of Germany
6 November 1980 – 1 October 1982
Date formed 6 November 1980 (1980-11-06)
Date dissolved 1 October 1982 (1982-10-01)(1 year, 10 months, 3 weeks and 4 days)
People and organisations
President Karl Carstens
Chancellor Helmut Schmidt (SPD)
Vice-Chancellor Hans-Dietrich Genscher (until 17 September 1982)Egon Franke (from 17 September 1982)
Member parties SPD, FDP
Status in legislature Coalition majority 271/497 (55%)
Opposition party Christian Democratic UnionChristian Social Union of Bavaria
Opposition leader Helmut Kohl (CDU)
History
Election 1980 West German federal election
Legislature term 9th Bundestag
Predecessor Schmidt II
Successor Kohl I

The Third Schmidt cabinet was the government of West Germany between 6 November 1980 and 1 October 1982, during the 9th legislature of the Bundestag. Led by the Social Democrat Helmut Schmidt. After the 1980 federal election, incumbent Chancellor Schmidt continued the social-liberal coalition between his SPD and the FDP.

In 1982 the coalition collapsed. A first cabinet reshuffle was performed on 28 April, replacing several ministers. The split culminated in the resignation of all FDP ministers on 17 September.[1] Schmidt briefly replaced them with an all-SPD cabinet before being voted out of office in a constructive vote of no confidence in favour of Helmut Kohl, who formed the first Kohl cabinet.

  1. ^ Hoyle, Russ (27 September 1982). "West Germany: Collapse of a Coalition". TIME. Retrieved 2018-03-15.