14 March 2018 – 26 October 2021 (until 8 December 2021 as caretaker 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)
People and organisations
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
399 / 709 (56%)
Opposition parties
Alternative for Germany Free Democratic Party The Left The Greens
Opposition leaders
Alice Weidel (AfD) & Alexander Gauland (AfD)
History
Election(s)
2017 federal election
Legislature term(s)
19th Bundestag
Predecessor
Merkel III
Successor
Scholz
This article is part of a series about Angela Merkel
MdB for Vorpommern-Rügen – Vorpommern-Greifswald I
Christian Democratic Union of Germany
Merkel-Raute
Revolution of 1989
Democratic Awakening
1990 East German election
German reunification
Kohl government
Minister for Women and Youth
Minister for the Environment
Leader of the Christian Democratic Union
CDU donations scandal
2005 election
First ministry and term
First Merkel cabinet
EU Council presidency
33rd G8 summit
Treaty of Lisbon
Berlin Declaration
Financial crisis
Stimulus plan
2009 election
Second ministry and term
Second Merkel cabinet
2010 presidential election
Health care reform
Energiewende
European debt crisis
European Banking Supervision
Bundeswehr reform
NSA surveillance
2013 election
Third ministry and term
Third Merkel cabinet
Crimean conflict
Normandy format
41st G7 summit
European migrant crisis
Willkommenskultur
2017 G20 Hamburg summit
2017 election
Fourth ministry and term
Fourth Merkel cabinet
CDU leadership election
COVID-19 pandemic
2021 floods
Family
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The Fourth Merkel cabinet (German: Kabinett Merkel IV) was the 23rd Government of the Federal Republic of Germany during the 19th legislative session of the Bundestag. 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 the third Merkel cabinet and succeeded by the Scholz cabinet. Led by Chancellor Angela Merkel, it was the third cabinet under Merkel to be supported by a coalition of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), the Christian Social Union of Bavaria (CSU), and the Social Democratic Party (SPD).
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