The Bismarck Cabinet was the first cabinet of the German Empire, led by Otto von Bismarck from the unification of Germany in 1871 until 1890.
Cabinet of Otto von Bismarck | |
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1st Cabinet of the German Empire | |
1871 – 1890 | |
Date formed | 21 March 1871 |
Date dissolved | 20 March 1890 (18 years, 11 months, 3 weeks and 6 days) |
People and organisations | |
Emperor | Wilhelm I Friedrich III Wilhelm II |
Chancellor | Otto von Bismarck |
Vice Chancellor | Otto zu Stolberg-Wernigerode (until 20 June 1881) Karl Heinrich von Boetticher (from 20 June 1881) |
Member parties | Independent Supported by: National Liberal Party (until 1878; from 1884) Centre Party (1878-1884) German Progress Party (until 1878) German Conservative Party (from 1878) Free Conservative Party Imperial Liberal Party |
Status in legislature | Majority |
History | |
Elections | 1871 federal election 1874 federal election 1877 federal election 1878 federal election 1881 federal election 1884 federal election 1887 federal election |
Predecessor | n/a |
Successor | Caprivi cabinet |
Composition
editPortfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party | |
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Reich Chancellor | 21 March 1871 | 20 March 1890 | Independent | ||
Vice Chancellor (from 17 March 1878) | 1 June 1878 | 20 June 1881 | FKP | ||
20 June 1881 | 1 July 1897 | FKP | |||
State Secretary for Foreign Affairs | 21 March 1871 | 30 September 1872 | Independent | ||
3 October 1872 | 9 October 1873 | Independent | |||
9 October 1872 | 20 October 1879 | Independent | |||
Joseph Maria von Radowitz (Acting) | 6 November 1879 | 17 April 1880 | Independent | ||
20 April 1880 | 1 September 1880 | Independent | |||
Friedrich zu Limburg-Stirum (Acting) | 1 September 1880 | 25 June 1881 | DKP | ||
Clemens Busch (Acting) | 25 June 1881 | 16 July 1881 | Independent | ||
16 July 1881 | 24 October 1885 | Independent | |||
18 May 1886 | 20 March 1890 | Independent | |||
State Secretary for the Interior (from 21 December 1879) | Karl von Hofmann | 21 December 1879 | 31 August 1880 | Independent | |
1 September 1880 | 20 March 1890 | FKP | |||
State Secretary for Justice (from 1 January 1877) | 21 December 1876 | 30 October 1879 | Independent | ||
Hermann von Schelling | 19 November 1879 | 31 January 1889 | Independent | ||
19 February 1889 | 20 March 1890 | Independent | |||
State Secretary for the Navy | 1 April 1889 | 20 March 1890 | Independent | ||
State Secretary for the Post (from 1880) | 23 February 1880 | 20 March 1890 | Independent | ||
State Secretary for the Treasury (from 1880) | 1880 | July 1882 | DKP | ||
Franz Emil Emanuel von Burchard | 1882 | November 1886 | Independent | ||
Karl Rudolf Jacobi | 1886 | 14 September 1888 | Independent | ||
1888 | 20 March 1890 | DKP |
Sources
edit- Regenten und Regierungen der Welt, Vol. 2,3. Neueste Zeit: 1492–1917, ed. by B. Spuler; 2nd edition, Würzburg, Ploetz, 1962.