Third Kohl cabinet

The Third Kohl cabinet led by Helmut Kohl was sworn in on March 12, 1987. The cabinet was formed after the 1987 elections. This cabinet oversaw the German Reunification. It laid down its function on January 18, 1991, after the formation of the Fourth Kohl cabinet, which was formed following the 1990 elections.

Third Cabinet of Helmut Kohl Cabinet Kohl III
15th Cabinet of the Federal Republic of Germany
12 March 1987 – 20 December 1990 (until 18 January 1991 as caretaker government)
Helmut Kohl
Date formed	12 March 1987
Date dissolved	18 January 1991 (3 years, 10 months and 5 days)
People and organisations
President	Richard von Weizsäcker
Chancellor	Helmut Kohl
Vice-Chancellor	Hans-Dietrich Genscher
Member party	Christian Democratic Union   Christian Social Union   Free Democratic Party   German Social Union (October 1990 – January 1991)
Status in legislature	Coalition government led by CDU/CSU 269/497 (54%) (1987-90) Coalition government led by CDU/CSU 362/641 (56%) (1990-91)
Opposition party	Social Democratic Party   The Greens   Party of Democratic Socialism (From 1990)   United Left (From 1990)
Opposition leader	Hans-Jochen Vogel (SPD)
History
Election	1987 federal election
Legislature terms	11th Bundestag
Predecessor	Kohl II
Successor	Kohl IV

Composition

The third Kohl cabinet had 21 members.^[1]

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party
Chancellor	Helmut Kohl	12 March 1987	18 January 1991		CDU
Vice Chancellor & Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs	Hans-Dietrich Genscher	12 March 1987	18 January 1991		FDP
Federal Minister of Defense	Manfred Wörner	12 March 1987	18 May 1988		CDU
	Rupert Scholz	18 May 1988	21 April 1989		CDU
	Gerhard Stoltenberg	21 April 1989	18 January 1991		CDU
Federal Minister of the Interior	Friedrich Zimmermann	12 March 1987	21 April 1989		CSU
	Wolfgang Schäuble	21 April 1989	18 January 1991		CDU
Federal Minister of Finance	Gerhard Stoltenberg	12 March 1987	21 April 1989		CDU
	Theo Waigel	21 April 1989	18 January 1991		CSU
Federal Minister of Justice	Hans A. Engelhard	12 March 1987	18 January 1991		FDP
Federal Minister of Economics	Martin Bangemann	12 March 1987	9 December 1988		FDP
	Helmut Haussmann	9 December 1988	18 January 1991		FDP
Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs	Norbert Blüm	12 March 1987	18 January 1991		CDU
Federal Minister of Food, Agriculture, and Forestry	Ignaz Kiechle	12 March 1987	18 January 1991		CSU
Federal Minister of Transport	Jürgen Warnke	12 March 1987	21 April 1989		CSU
	Friedrich Zimmermann	21 April 1989	18 January 1991		CSU
Federal Minister of Construction	Oscar Schneider	12 March 1987	21 April 1989		CSU
	Gerda Hasselfeldt	21 April 1989	18 January 1991		CSU
Federal Minister of Youth, Family, and Health	Rita Süssmuth	12 March 1987	9 December 1988		CDU
	Ursula Lehr	9 December 1988	18 January 1991		CDU
Federal Minister of Research and Technology	Heinz Riesenhuber	12 March 1987	18 January 1991		CDU
Federal Minister of Education and Science	Jürgen Möllemann	12 March 1987	18 January 1991		FDP
Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation	Hans Klein	12 March 1987	21 April 1989		CSU
	Jürgen Warnke	21 April 1989	18 January 1991		CSU
Federal Minister of Environment, Nature Conservation, and Reactor Security	Walter Wallmann	12 March 1987	22 April 1987		CDU
	Klaus Töpfer	22 April 1987	18 January 1991		CDU
Federal Minister of Posts and Communications	Christian Schwarz-Schilling	12 March 1987	18 January 1991		CDU
Federal Minister of Intra-German Relations	Dorothee Wilms	12 March 1987	18 January 1991		CDU
Federal Minister of Special Affairs & Head of the Chancellery	Wolfgang Schäuble	12 March 1987	21 April 1989		CDU
	Rudolf Seiters	21 April 1989	18 January 1991		CDU
Federal Minister of Special Affairs & Government Spokesman-in-chief	Hans Klein	21 April 1989	20. Dezember 1990		CSU
Federal Minister of Special Affairs	Lothar de Maizière	3 October 1990	19 December 1990		CDU
	Sabine Bergmann-Pohl	3 October 1990	18 January 1991		CDU
	Günther Krause	3 October 1990	18 January 1991		CDU
	Rainer Ortleb	3 October 1990	18 January 1991		FDP
	Hansjoachim Walther	3 October 1990	18 January 1991		DSU