The Second Erhard cabinet was the

government of Germany The Federal Cabinet or Federal Government (german: link=no, Bundeskabinett or ') is the chief executive body of the Federal Republic of Germany. It consists of the Federal Chancellor and cabinet ministers. The fundamentals of the cabinet's o ...

between 26 October 1965 and 30 November 1966. Led by the Christian Democratic Union

Ludwig Erhard Ludwig Wilhelm Erhard (; 4 February 1897 – 5 May 1977) was a German politician affiliated with the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), and chancellor of West Germany from 1963 until 1966. He is known for leading the West German postwar economi ...

, the cabinet was a coalition between the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the

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(FDP).

Composition

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