Second Schmidt cabinet

Second Cabinet of Helmut Schmidt
Cabinet Schmidt II

11th Cabinet of the Federal Republic of Germany
16 December 1976 – 5 November 1980
Helmut Schmidt
Date formed16 December 1976
Date dissolved5 November 1980
(3 years, 10 months, 2 weeks and 6 days)
People and organisations
PresidentWalter Scheel
ChancellorHelmut Schmidt
Vice-ChancellorHans-Dietrich Genscher
Member party  Social Democratic Party
  Free Democratic Party
Status in legislatureCoalition government
253/496 (51%)









Opposition party  Christian Democratic Union
  Christian Social Union
Opposition leader
History
Election1976 West German federal election
Legislature terms8th Bundestag
PredecessorSchmidt I
SuccessorSchmidt III

The Second Schmidt cabinet was the government of West Germany between 16 December 1976 and 5 November 1980, during the 8th legislature of the Bundestag. Led by the Social Democrat Helmut Schmidt, the cabinet was a coalition between the Social Democrats (SPD) and the Free Democratic Party (FDP). The Vice-Chancellor was the Free Democrat Hans-Dietrich Genscher (FDP).

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