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First Merkel cabinet

Government of Germany from 2005 to 2009

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Government of Germany from 2005 to 2009

Field	Value
cabinet_name	First Cabinet of Angela Merkel
Cabinet Merkel I
cabinet_number	20th
jurisdiction	the Federal Republic of Germany
flag	Flag_of_Germany.svg
incumbent	22 November 2005 – 28 October 2009
image	Angela Merkel 24092007.jpg
date_formed	22 November 2005
date_dissolved	27 October 2009
()
government_head_title	Chancellor
government_head	Angela Merkel
deputy_government_head_title	Vice-Chancellor
deputy_government_head	Franz Müntefering (until 21 November 2007)
Frank-Walter Steinmeier (from 21 November 2007)
state_head_title	President
state_head	Horst Köhler
political_party	Christian Democratic Union
Social Democratic Party
Christian Social Union of Bavaria
legislature_status	Grand coalition
opposition_party	Free Democratic Party
Party of Democratic Socialism
The Greens
opposition_leader	Wolfgang Gerhardt (until 30 April 2006)
Guido Westerwelle (from 30 April 2006)
election	2005 federal election
legislature_term	16th Bundestag
previous	Schröder II
successor	Merkel II

Cabinet Merkel I () Frank-Walter Steinmeier (from 21 November 2007) Social Democratic Party Christian Social Union of Bavaria Party of Democratic Socialism The Greens Guido Westerwelle (from 30 April 2006) The First Merkel cabinet (German: Kabinett Merkel I) was the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany from 22 November 2005 to 27 October 2009 throughout the 16th legislative session of the Bundestag. Led by Christian Democrat Angela Merkel, the first female Chancellor in German history, the cabinet was supported by a grand coalition between the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Christian Social Union of Bavaria (CSU) and the Social Democratic Party (SPD).

It was installed following the 2005 federal election and succeeded the second Schröder cabinet. It ceased to function after the formation of second Merkel cabinet, which was installed after the 2009 federal elections and sworn in on 28 October 2009.

Composition

The federal cabinet consisted of the following ministers:

Formation of the grand coalition

Neither the coalitions of the CDU/CSU and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) nor the ruling SPD and Alliance '90/The Greens had the vote of a majority of members of the Bundestag following the 2005 federal election, so the CDU/CSU and SPD decided to form the second grand coalition in the history of the federal republic. Both CDU/CSU and SPD achieved a similar percentage of votes at the election (35.2% and 34.2%, respectively), so they decided that each would receive eight cabinet seats (with six for the CDU and two for the CSU). On 13 October the SPD announced their future ministers and on 17 October the CDU/CSU announced theirs.

Edmund Stoiber of the CSU was to become the Federal Minister of Economics and Technology, but refused the post on 1 November after a conflict with Angela Merkel over the abilities of the minister to succeed him, and chose to continue his state-level role in Bavaria.

The coalition agreement (Koalitionsvertrag), titled Together for Germany. With courage and humanity, was signed and accepted by the congress of the CDU, CSU, and SPD on 12, 13, and 14 November. Angela Merkel was elected Chancellor of Germany on 22 November 2005 by 397 votes to 202. From that date the cabinet was officially in power.

References

"Plenarprotokoll 16/3".
(15 November 2005). "Analysis: German Coalition Deal". BBC News.
(11 October 2005). "Merkel to succeed Germany's Schröder". The Washington Post.
(30 October 2009). "Merkel's new cabinet sworn in". DW.
"Election to the 16th German Bundestag of 18 September 2005". Federal Returning Officer.
"Basic Agreement for Coalition Negotiations between CDU/CSU and SPD". Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung.
"Edmund Stoiber". Encyclopædia Britannica.
(22 November 2005). "Merkel sworn in as German chancellor". The Guardian.

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