First Cabinet of Angela Merkel Cabinet Merkel I | |
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![]() 20th Cabinet of the Federal Republic of Germany | |
22 November 2005 – 28 October 2009 | |
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Date formed | 22 November 2005 |
Date dissolved | 27 October 2009 (3 years, 11 months and 5 days) |
People and organisations | |
President | Horst Köhler |
Chancellor | Angela Merkel |
Vice-Chancellor | Franz Müntefering (until 21 November 2007) Frank-Walter Steinmeier (from 21 November 2007) |
Member party | Christian Democratic Union Social Democratic Party Christian Social Union of Bavaria |
Status in legislature | Grand coalition |
Opposition party | Free Democratic Party Party of Democratic Socialism The Greens |
Opposition leader | Wolfgang Gerhardt (until 30 April 2006) Guido Westerwelle (from 30 April 2006) |
History | |
Election | 2005 federal election |
Legislature terms | 16th Bundestag |
Predecessor | Schröder II |
Successor | Merkel II |
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The First Merkel cabinet (German: Kabinett Merkel I) was the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany from 22 November 2005 to 27 October 2009 throughout the 16th legislative session of the Bundestag.[1] Led by Christian Democrat Angela Merkel, the first female Chancellor in German history, the cabinet was supported by a grand coalition between the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Christian Social Union of Bavaria (CSU) and the Social Democratic Party (SPD).[2]
It was installed following the 2005 federal election and succeeded the second Schröder cabinet.[3] It ceased to function after the formation of second Merkel cabinet, which was installed after the 2009 federal elections and sworn in on 28 October 2009.[4]