Fourth Cabinet of Angela Merkel Cabinet Merkel IV | |
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 23rd Cabinet of the Federal Republic of Germany | |
| 14 March 2018 – 26 October 2021 (until 8 December 2021 ascaretaker government) | |
 Signing of the coalition agreement for the 19th Bundestag on 12 March 2018 | |
| Date formed | 14 March 2018 |
| Date dissolved | 8 December 2021 (3 years, 8 months, 3 weeks and 3 days) |
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| President | Frank-Walter Steinmeier |
| Chancellor | Angela Merkel |
| Vice-Chancellor | Olaf Scholz |
| Member parties | Christian Democratic Union Social Democratic Party Christian Social Union in Bavaria |
| Status in legislature | Grand coalition |
| Opposition parties | Alternative for Germany Free Democratic Party The Left The Greens |
| Opposition leaders | Alice Weidel (AfD) & Alexander Gauland (AfD) |
| History | |
| Election | 2017 federal election |
| Legislature terms | 19th Bundestag |
| Predecessor | Merkel III |
| Successor | Scholz |
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TheFourth Merkel cabinet (German:Kabinett Merkel IV) was the 23rdGovernment of theFederal Republic of Germany during the 19th legislative session of theBundestag. It was sworn in on 14 March 2018 following the 2017 federal election and dismissed on 26 October 2021, acting in a caretaker mode until 8 December 2021. It was preceded by thethird Merkel cabinet and succeeded by theScholz cabinet. Led by ChancellorAngela Merkel, it was the third cabinet under Merkel to be supported by acoalition of theChristian Democratic Union (CDU), theChristian Social Union of Bavaria (CSU), and theSocial Democratic Party (SPD).
The cabinet consists of Chancellor Angela Merkel and fifteen (fourteen since 20 May 2021) federal ministers.Olaf Scholz (SPD) replacedSigmar Gabriel asVice Chancellor andCSU LeaderHorst Seehofer becameFederal Minister of the Interior, Building and Community. Fourteen ministers head a department (since 20 May 2021, one minister heads two departments); one member of the cabinet, the Head of the Chancellery, is Federal Minister for Special Affairs without a portfolio. The CDU has seven positions, the SPD has six and the CSU has three, as follows:
In June 2018, agovernment crisis erupted within the cabinet between Interior Minister and CSU ChairmanHorst Seehofer and ChancellorAngela Merkel, after Seehofer had elaborated a masterplan on asylum policies, containing the rejection of asylum seekers already registered in other EU countries.[2] Seehofer had threatened to resign over the crisis on 1 July, but an agreement was made between theCDU/CSU sister parties on 2 July.[3]
The results of the 2017 election had necessitated a series of negotiations that required theMerkel III cabinet to remain in a caretaker capacity for a prolonged period of time (into 2018). Government formation after the 2021 elections lasted until 24 November 2021,[4] and the caretaker government continued until 8 December,[5] making Merkel just 9 days short of the record for longest-serving Chancellor in post-war German history ahead ofHelmut Kohl.[6]
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