The First Brandt cabinet was the

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between 22 October 1969 and 15 December 1972, during the 6th legislature of the

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. Led by the

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, the cabinet was a coalition between the

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(SPD) and the Free Democratic Party (FDP). The

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was the Free Democrat

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(FDP).

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