The First Adenauer cabinet (

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: ''Kabinett Adenauer I'') was the 1st

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in office from 20 September 1949 until 20 October 1953. It was the first democratically-elected German cabinet after

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. The cabinet was formed after the

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reached an agreement on a

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with the Free Democratic Party (FDP), German Party (DP) and his Christian Democratic Union (CDU) together with their Bavarian sister party Christian Social Union (CSU), setting the stage for Adenauer to become the first

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(FDP) served as

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and Federal Minister of Matters of the Marshall Plan. The cabinet was succeeded by the

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