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 Third Ministry, 12 March 1987 - 17 January 1991

• Helmut Kohl (CDU) - Chancellor
• Hans-Dietrich Genscher (FDP) - Vice Chancellor and Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Manfred Wörner (CDU) - Minister of Defense
• Friedrich Zimmermann (CSU) - Minister of the Interior
• Gerhard Stoltenberg (CDU) - Minister of Finance
• Hans Engelhard (FDP) - Minister of Justice
• Martin Bangemann (FDP) - Minister of Economics
• Norbert Blüm (CDU) - Minister of Labour and Social Affairs
• Ignaz Kiechle (CSU) - Minister of Food, Agriculture, And Forestry
• Jürgen Warnke (CSU) - Minister of Transport
• Oscar Schneider (CSU) - Minister of Construction
• Rita Süssmuth (CDU) - Minister of Youth, Family, Women, and Health
• Heinz Riesenhuber (CDU) - Minister of Research and Technology
• Jürgen Möllemann (FDP) - Minister of Education and Science
• Hans Klein (CSU) - Minister of Economic Cooperation
• Walter Wallmann (CDU) - Minister of Environment, Nature Conservation, and Reactor Security
• Wolfgang Schäuble (CDU) - Minister of Special Tasks
• Christian Schwarz-Schilling (CDU) - Minister of Posts and Communications
• Dorothee Wilms (CDU) - Minister of Intra-German Relations

Changes

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• 22 April 1987 - Klaus Töpfer (CDU) succeeds Wallmann as Minister of Environment, Nature Conservation, and Reactor Security.
• 18 May 1988 - Rupert Scholz (CDU) succeeds Wörner as Minister of Defense.
• 9 December 1988 - Helmut Haussmann (FDP) succeeds Bangemann as Minister of Economics.
• 21 April 1989 - Gerhard Stoltenberg (CDU) succeeds Scholz as Minister of Defense. Theo Waigel (CSU) succeeds Stoltenberg as Minister of Finance. Jürgen Warnke (CSU) succeeds Klein as Minister of Economic Cooperation. Friedrich Zimmermann (CSU) succeeds Warnke as Minister of Transport. Wolfgang Schäuble (CDU) succeeds Zimmermann as Minister of the Interior. Gerda Hasselfeldt (CSU) succeeds Schneider as Minister of Construction. Hans Klein (CSU) and Rudolf Seiters (CDU) becomes Ministers of Special Tasks.
• 3 October 1990 - Five East German Ministers - Lothar de Maizière (CDU), Sabine Bergmann-Pohl (CDU), Günther Krause (CDU), Rainer Ortleb (FDP), and Hans Joachim Walther (DSU) - enter the ministry as Ministers of Special Tasks.
• 19 December 1990 - De Maizière leaves the ministry.