Second Adenauer cabinet
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(4 years, 1 week and 2 days)
Second Cabinet of Konrad Adenauer Cabinet Adenauer II | |
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 2nd Cabinet of the Federal Republic of Germany | |
| 20 October 1953 – 15 October 1957 (until 29 October 1957 as caretaker government) | |
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| Date formed | 20 October 1953 |
| Date dissolved | 29 October 1957 (4 years, 1 week and 2 days) |
| People and organisations | |
| President | Theodor Heuss |
| Chancellor | Konrad Adenauer |
| Vice-Chancellor | Franz Blücher |
| Member party | Christian Democratic Union Christian Social Union Free Democratic Party All-German Bloc/League of Expellees and Deprived of Rights German Party (DP) |
| Status in legislature | Coalition supermajority |
| Opposition party | Social Democratic Party Centre Party |
| Opposition leader | Erich Ollenhauer (SPD) |
| History | |
| Election | 1953 West German federal election |
| Legislature term | 2nd Bundestag |
| Predecessor | Adenauer I |
| Successor | Adenauer III |
The Second Adenauer cabinet led by Konrad Adenauer was sworn in on 20 October 1953 after the 1953 elections. It laid down its function after the formation of the Cabinet Adenauer III on 29 October 1957, which was formed following the 1957 elections.
During Adenauer's second administration, several cabinet members crossed the floor. In March 1956, following conflicts within the All-German Bloc/League of Expellees and Deprived of Rights (BHE), Theodor Oberländer (Federal Ministry of Displaced Persons, Refugees and War Victims) and Waldemar Kraft (Federal Minister for Special Affairs (water management)) joined the CDU. In June, three FDP cabinet members first joined FVP, then DP. This weakened their old parties, and contributed to a CDU/CSU victory in the 1957 elections with the to date only absolute majority for a single German parliamentary group, and Electoral wipeout for BHE.
