Brandt II cabinet

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The Brandt II cabinet was the second federal government led by West German Chancellor Willy Brandt, continuing his Social Democratic–Free Democratic coalition and its reformist domestic and Ostpolitik foreign policies.

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Brandt II cabinet canonical 3
Second Brandt cabinet 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cabinet
federal government of Germany
alsoKnownAs Second Brandt cabinet
linked to: Brandt II cabinet
budgetaryResponsibility federal budget of West Germany
capital Bonn
chancellor Willy Brandt
chronologicalPosition 12th federal cabinet of the Federal Republic of Germany
coalitionPartner Free Democratic Party
Social Democratic Party of Germany
country Federal Republic of Germany
linked to: West Germany
domesticPolicyFocus education reform
expansion of the welfare state
social reforms
endTime 1974-05-16
followedBy Schmidt I cabinet
foreignPolicyDoctrine Ostpolitik
foreignPolicyFocus normalization of relations with East Germany
rapprochement with Eastern Bloc
formedAfter 1972 West German federal election
governmentHeadTitle Federal Chancellor
governmentType parliamentary democracy
headedBy Willy Brandt
historicalEra Cold War
implementedPolicy continuation of Neue Ostpolitik
treaties with Eastern European states
jurisdiction West Germany
legislature Bundestag
legislatureStatus coalition government
legislatureTerm 7th Bundestag
locationOfHeadquarters Bonn
numberOfCabinetMembers approx. 17
oversightBody Bundestag
partOf political history of West Germany
politicalOrientation social democratic–liberal
politicalPartyOfChancellor Social Democratic Party of Germany
precededBy Brandt I cabinet
resignationReasonOfChancellor Guillaume affair
startTime 1972-12-15
stateHead Gustav Heinemann NERFINISHED
Walter Scheel
stateHeadTitle Federal President
viceChancellor Walter Scheel

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Horst Ehmke partOf Brandt II cabinet
Brandt II cabinet alsoKnownAs Second Brandt cabinet
linked to: Brandt II cabinet
Erhard Eppler participatedIn Brandt II cabinet