The First Brandt cabinet was the
government of West Germany between 22 October 1969 and 15 December 1972, during the 6th legislature of the
Bundestag
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. Led by the
Social Democrat
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Willy Brandt
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, the cabinet was a coalition between the
Social Democrats
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(SPD) and the
Free Democratic Party (FDP). The
Vice-Chancellor
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was the
Free Democrat Walter Scheel
Walter Scheel (; 8 July 1919 – 24 August 2016) was a German statesman. A member of the Nazi Party who joined the Free Democratic Party of Germany (FDP) in 1946, he first served in government as the Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and ...
(FDP).
Composition
See also
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Cabinet of Germany
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*
Cabinet Brandt II
References
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Brandt I
1969 establishments in West Germany
1972 disestablishments in West Germany
Cabinets established in 1969
Cabinets disestablished in 1972
Willy Brandt