Second Schröder cabinet

For Schröder's second cabinet as Minister President of Lower Saxony, see Cabinet Schröder II (Lower Saxony).

The Second Schröder cabinet (German: Kabinett Schröder II) was the 19th Government of Federal Republic of Germany in office from 22 October 2002 until 22 November 2005. It succeeded the First Schröder cabinet formed after the 2002 elections. Chancellor Gerhard Schröder continued the coalition with the Alliance 90/The Greens (Greens) and his Social Democratic Party (SPD). Joschka Fischer (Greens) served as Vice Chancellor of Germany and Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs. The cabinet was succeeded by the First Merkel cabinet following the 2005 elections.

Second Cabinet of Gerhard Schröder Cabinet Schröder II
19th Cabinet of Germany
22 October 2002 – 18 October 2005 (until 22 November 2005 as caretaker government)
Gerhard Schröder
Date formed	22 October 2002
Date dissolved	22 November 2005 (3 years and 1 month)
People and organisations
President	Johannes Rau (until 30 June 2004) Horst Köhler (from 1 July 2004)
Chancellor	Gerhard Schröder
Vice Chancellor	Joschka Fischer
Member party	Social Democratic Party   Alliance '90/The Greens
Status in legislature	Red–green coalition (Majority) 306/603 (51%)
Opposition party	Christian Democratic Union   Christian Social Union   Free Democratic Party   Party of Democratic Socialism
Opposition leader	Angela Merkel
History
Election	2002 federal election
Legislature terms	15th Bundestag
Predecessor	Schröder I
Successor	Merkel I

Composition

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party
Chancellor	Gerhard Schröder	22 October 2002	22 November 2005		SPD
Vice Chancellor & Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs	Joschka Fischer	22 October 2002	22 November 2005		Greens
Federal Minister of the Interior	Otto Schily	22 October 2002	22 November 2005		SPD
Federal Minister of Justice	Brigitte Zypries	22 October 2002	22 November 2005		SPD
Federal Minister of Finance	Hans Eichel	22 October 2002	22 November 2005		SPD
Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Labour	Wolfgang Clement	22 October 2002	22 November 2005		SPD
Federal Minister of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection	Renate Künast	22 October 2002	4 October 2005		Greens
	Jürgen Trittin (Acting)	4 October 2005	22 November 2005		Greens
Federal Minister of Minister for Transport, Building and Housing	Manfred Stolpe	22 October 2002	22 November 2005		SPD
Federal Minister of Defence	Peter Struck	22 October 2002	22 November 2005		SPD
Federal Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth	Renate Schmidt	22 October 2002	22 November 2005		SPD
Federal Minister of Health	Ulla Schmidt	22 October 2002	22 November 2005		SPD
Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, and Nuclear Safety	Jürgen Trittin	22 October 2002	22 November 2005		Greens
Federal Minister of Education and Research	Edelgard Bulmahn	22 October 2002	22 November 2005		SPD
Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development	Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul	22 October 2002	22 November 2005		SPD
Head of the Chancellery	Frank-Walter Steinmeier	22 October 2002	22 November 2005		SPD