Third Adenauer cabinet

Third Cabinet of Konrad Adenauer
Cabinet Adenauer III

3rd Cabinet of the Federal Republic of Germany
29 October 1957 – 17 October 1961
(until 14 November 1961 as caretaker government)
Date formed29 October 1957 (1957-10-29)
Date dissolved17 October 1961 (1961-10-17)
(3 years, 11 months, 2 weeks and 4 days)
People and organisations
PresidentTheodor Heuss
ChancellorKonrad Adenauer
Vice-ChancellorLudwig Erhard
Member parties
Status in legislatureCoalition majority
287/497 (58%)




Opposition partySocial Democratic Party
Free Democratic Party
Opposition leaderErich Ollenhauer (SPD)
History
Election1957 West German federal election
Legislature term3rd Bundestag
PredecessorAdenauer II
SuccessorAdenauer IV

The Third Adenauer cabinet was formed by incumbent Chancellor Konrad Adenauer after the 1957 federal election. The cabinet was sworn in on 29 October 1957, and remained until it was succeeded by the fourth Adenauer cabinet on 17 October 1961.

  1. ^ Note: Hans-Christoph Seebohm and Hans-Joachim von Merkatz were originally members of the German Party (DP). Both left it in July 1960 to join the CDU in September of the same year.

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