Helmut Schmidt

:This page is about Helmut Schmidt, the German politician. For the parapsychologist, see Helmut Schmidt (parapsychologist)

Schmidt's Third Ministry, 5 November 1980 - 17 September 1982

• Helmut Schmidt (SPD) - Chancellor
• Hans-Dietrich Genscher (FDP) - Vice Chancellor and Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Hans Apel (SPD) - Minister of Defense
• Gerhart Baum (FDP) - Minister of the Interior
• Hans Matthöfer (SPD) - Minister of Finance
• Hans-Jochen Vogel (SPD) - Minister of Justice
• Otto Graf Lambsdorff (FDP) - Minister of Economics
• Herbert Ehrenberg (SPD) - Minister of Labour and Social Affairs
• Josef Ertl (FDP) - Minister of Food, Agriculture, and Forestry
• Volker Hauff (SPD) - Minister of Transport
• Dieter Haack (SPD) - Minister of Construction
• Antje Huber (SPD) - Minister of Youth, Family, and Health
• Andreas von Bülow (SPD) - Minister of Research and Technology
• Jürgen Schmude (SPD) - Minister of Education and Science
• Rainer Offergeld (SPD) - Minister of Economic Cooperation
• Kurt Gscheidle (SPD) - Minister of Posts and Communications
• Egon Franke (SPD) - Minister of Intra-German Relations

Changes

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• 28 January 1981 - Jürgen Schmude (SPD) succeeds Vogel as Minister of Justice. Björn Engholm succeeds Schmude as Minister of Education and Science.
• 28 April 1982 - Hans Matthöfer (SPD) succeeds Gscheidle as Minister of Posts and Communications. Manfred Lahnstein (SPD) succeeds Matthöfer as Minister of Finance. Heinz Westphal (SPD) succeeds Ehrenberg as Minister of Labour and Social Affairs. Anke Fuchs (SPD) succeeds Huber as Minister of Youth, Family, and Health.
• 17 September 1982 - All the Free Democratic ministers quit the government. Helmut Schmidt (SPD) succeeds Genscher as Minister of Foreign Affairs. Jürgen Schmude (SPD) succeeds Baum as Minister of the Interior, remaining also Minister of Justice. Manfred Lahnstein (SPD) succeeds Lambsdorff as Minister of Economics, remaining also Minister of Finance. Björn Engholm (SPD) succeeds Ertl as Minister of Food, Agriculture, and Forestry, remaining also Minister of Education and Science.