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First Cabinet of Helmut Schmidt Cabinet Schmidt I
10th Cabinet of the Federal Republic of Germany
16 May 1974 – 16 December 1976 (until 14 December 1976 as caretaker government)
Date formed	16 May 1974
Date dissolved	14 December 1976 (2 years, 6 months and 4 weeks)
People and organisations
President	Gustav Heinemann
Chancellor	Helmut Schmidt
Vice-Chancellor	Hans-Dietrich Genscher
Member party	Social Democratic Party Free Democratic Party
Status in legislature	Coalition government 271/496 (55%)
Opposition party	Christian Democratic Union Christian Social Union
Opposition leader	Karl Carstens (CDU)
History
Election	None
Legislature terms	7th Bundestag
Predecessor	Brandt II
Successor	Schmidt II

The First Schmidt cabinet was the government of West Germany between 16 May 1974 and 14 December 1976, during the 7th legislature of the Bundestag. Led by the Social Democrat Helmut Schmidt, the cabinet was a coalition between the Social Democrats (SDP) and the Free Democratic Party (FDP). The Vice-Chancellor was the Free Democrat Hans-Dietrich Genscher (FDP).

Composition

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v t e German cabinets
German Empire (1871–1918)	Bismarck Caprivi Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst Bülow Bethmann-Hollweg Michaelis Hertling Baden
Weimar Republic (1918–1933) Nazi Germany (1933–1945)	Council of the People's Deputies Scheidemann Bauer Müller I Fehrenbach Wirth I Wirth II Cuno Stresemann I Stresemann II Marx I Marx II Luther I Luther II Marx III Marx IV Müller II Brüning I Brüning II Papen Schleicher Hitler Goebbels (de facto) Schwerin von Krosigk (de facto)
German Democratic Republic (1949–1990)	Grotewohl I Grotewohl II Grotewohl III Grotewohl IV Grotewohl V Stoph I Stoph II Sindermann Stoph III Stoph IV Stoph V Modrow de Maizière
Federal Republic of Germany (since 1949)	Adenauer I Adenauer II Adenauer III Adenauer IV Erhard I Erhard II Kiesinger Brandt I Brandt II Schmidt I Schmidt II Schmidt III Kohl I Kohl II Kohl III Kohl IV Kohl V Schröder I Schröder II Merkel I Merkel II Merkel III Merkel IV Scholz

v t e Social Democratic Party of Germany
President of Germany	Weimar Republic (1918–1933) Friedrich Ebert Federal Republic (1949–present) Gustav Heinemann Johannes Rau Jens Böhrnsen (Acting) Frank-Walter Steinmeier
Chancellor of Germany	Weimar Republic (1918–1933) Friedrich Ebert Philipp Scheidemann (as Reich Minister President) Gustav Bauer Hermann Müller Federal Republic (1949–present) Willy Brandt Helmut Schmidt Gerhard Schröder Olaf Scholz
Federal chairmen (since 1946)	Kurt Schumacher Erich Ollenhauer Willy Brandt Hans-Jochen Vogel Björn Engholm Rudolf Scharping Oskar Lafontaine Gerhard Schröder Franz Müntefering Matthias Platzeck Kurt Beck Franz Müntefering Sigmar Gabriel Martin Schulz Andrea Nahles Saskia Esken & Norbert Walter-Borjans Saskia Esken & Lars Klingbeil
Leaders in the Bundestag	Kurt Schumacher Erich Ollenhauer Fritz Erler Helmut Schmidt Herbert Wehner Hans-Jochen Vogel Hans-Ulrich Klose Rudolf Scharping Peter Struck Ludwig Stiegler Franz Müntefering Peter Struck Frank-Walter Steinmeier Thomas Oppermann Andrea Nahles Rolf Mützenich
General Secretaries (since 1999)	Franz Müntefering Olaf Scholz Klaus Uwe Benneter Hubertus Heil Andrea Nahles Yasmin Fahimi Katarina Barley Hubertus Heil Lars Klingbeil Kevin Kühnert
Governments	Kiesinger Brandt (I II) Schmidt (I II III) Schröder (I II) Merkel (I III IV) Scholz
Affiliated organisations	Friedrich Ebert Foundation Jusos German Trade Union Confederation Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund Parlamentarische Linke Seeheimer Kreis
Related articles	Grand coalition Social-liberal coalition Red–green coalition Red–red–green coalition Kenya coalition
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