Third Cabinet of Helmut Schmidt Cabinet Schmidt III
12th Cabinet of the Federal Republic of Germany
6 November 1980 – 1 October 1982
Date formed	6 November 1980 (1980-11-06)
Date dissolved	1 October 1982 (1982-10-01) (1 year, 10 months, 3 weeks and 4 days)
People and organisations
President	Karl Carstens
Chancellor	Helmut Schmidt (SPD)
Vice-Chancellor	Hans-Dietrich Genscher(until 17 September 1982) Egon Franke(from 17 September 1982)
Member parties	Social Democratic Party   Free Democratic Party
Status in legislature	Coalition majority
Opposition party	Christian Democratic Union   Christian Social Union
Opposition leader	Helmut Kohl (CDU)
History
Election	1980 West German federal election
Legislature term	9th Bundestag
Predecessor	Schmidt II
Successor	Kohl I

TheThird Schmidt cabinet was thegovernment of West Germany between 6 November 1980 and 1 October 1982, during the 9th legislature of theBundestag. Led by theSocial DemocratHelmut Schmidt. After the1980 federal election, incumbent Chancellor Schmidt continued thesocial-liberal coalition between his SPD and theFDP.

In 1982 the coalition collapsed. A first cabinet reshuffle was performed on 28 April, replacing several ministers. The split culminated in the resignation of all FDP ministers on 17 September.^[1] Schmidt briefly replaced them with an all-SPD cabinet before being voted out of office in aconstructive vote of no confidence in favour ofHelmut Kohl, who formed thefirst Kohl cabinet.

• "Kabinette Schmidt".election.de (in German). Retrieved18 November 2019.

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