Helmut Kohl

Dr. Helmut Kohl (full name Helmut Josef Michael Kohl) (born 3 April 1930) is a German conservative politician and statesman. He was Chancellor of Germany from 1982 to 1998 (West Germany between 1982 and 1990) and also the leader of the Christian-Democratic Union (CDU) party from 1973-1998.

Kohl's Fifth Ministry, 15 November 1994 - 27 October 1998

• Helmut Kohl (CDU) - Chancellor
• Klaus Kinkel (FDP) - Vice Chancellor and Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Volker Rühe (CDU) - Minister of Defense
• Manfred Kanther (CDU) - Minister of the Interior
• Theo Waigel (CSU) - Minister of Finance
• Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger (FDP) - Minister of Justice
• Günter Rexrodt (FDP) - Minister of Economics
• Norbert Blüm (CDU) - Minister of Labour and Social Affairs
• Jochen Borchert (CDU) - Minister of Food, Agriculture, and Forestry
• Matthias Wissmann (CDU) - Minister of Transport
• Klaus Töpfer (CDU) - Minister of Construction
• Claudia Nolte (CDU) - Minister of Family, Senior Citizens, Women, and Youth
• Horst Seehofer (CSU) - Minister of Health
• Jürgen Rüttgers (CDU) - Minister of Education, Science, Research, and Technology
• Carl-Dieter Spranger (CSU) - Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development
• Angela Merkel (CDU) - Minister of Environment, Nature Conservation, and Reactor Security
• Friedrich Bohl (CDU) - Minister of Special Tasks
• Wolfgang Bötsch (CSU) - Minister of Posts and Communications

Changes

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• 17 January 1996 - Edzard Schmidt-Jortzig (FDP) succeeds Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger as Minister of Justice.
• 31 December 1997 - The Ministry of Posts and Communications is abolished.
• 14 January 1998 - Eduard Oswald succeeds Töpfer as Minister of Construction.