First Kohl cabinet (Rhineland-Palatinate)

For Kohl's first cabinet as Chancellor of Germany, see First Kohl cabinet.

The First Kohl cabinet was the state government of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate from 19 May 1969 until 18 May 1971. The Cabinet was headed by Minister President Helmut Kohl and was formed by the Christian Democratic Union and the Free Democratic Party after the resignation of Minister President Peter Altmeier.^[1] On 19 May 1969 Kohl was elected and sworn in as Minister President by the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate.^[2] It was succeeded by Kohl's second and third cabinets.

First Cabinet of Helmut Kohl Kohl I
9th Cabinet of Rhineland-Palatinate
19 May 1969 – 18 May 1971
Date formed	19 May 1969
Date dissolved	18 May 1971 (1 year, 11 months, 4 weeks and 1 day)
People and organisations
Chancellor	Willy Brandt
Minister President	Helmut Kohl
Deputy Minister President	Otto Meyer
Member party	Christian Democratic Union Free Democratic Party
Opposition party	Social Democratic Party National Democratic Party
Opposition leader	Social Democratic Party
History
Election	1990 Lower Saxony state election
Legislature term	6th Landtag of Lower Saxony
Predecessor	Cabinet Altmeier VI
Successor	Cabinet Kohl II

Composition

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party
Minister President	Helmut Kohl	18 May 1969	19 May 1971		CDU
Deputy Minister President Minister of Agriculture, viticulture and forestry	Otto Meyer	18 May 1969	19 May 1971		CDU
Minister of the Interior	August Wolters	18 May 1969	19 May 1971		CDU
Minister of Justice	Fritz Schneider	18 May 1969	19 May 1971		FDP
Minister of Finance and Reconstruction	Hermann Eicher	18 May 1969	19 May 1971		FDP
Minister of Education and Culture	Bernhard Vogel	18 May 1969	19 May 1971		CDU
Minister of Economy and Transport	Hanns Neubauer	18 May 1969	19 May 1971		CDU
Minister of Social Affairs	Heiner Geißler	18 May 1969	19 May 1971		CDU