28 October 2009 – 22 October 2013 (until 17 December 2013 as caretaker government)
Date formed
28 October 2009
Date dissolved
17 December 2013 (4 years, 1 month, 2 weeks and 5 days)
People and organisations
President
Horst Köhler (until 31 May 2010) Jens Böhrnsen (Acting; from 31 May 2010 to 30 June 2010) Christian Wulff (from 30 June 2010 to 17 February 2012) Horst Seehofer (Acting; from 17 February 2012 to 18 March 2012) Joachim Gauck (from 18 March 2012)
Chancellor
Angela Merkel
Vice Chancellor
Guido Westerwelle (until 18 May 2011) Philipp Rösler (from 18 May 2011)
Member party
Christian Democratic Union Christian Social Union of Bavaria Free Democratic Party
Status in legislature
Coalition government
Opposition party
Social Democratic Party The Left The Greens
Opposition leader
Frank-Walter Steinmeier (SPD)
History
Election(s)
2009 federal election
Legislature term(s)
17th Bundestag
Predecessor
Merkel I
Successor
Merkel III
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
Foreign policy
Public image
Awards and honours
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The Second Merkel cabinet (German: Kabinett Merkel II) was the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany during the 17th legislative session of the Bundestag. Installed after the 2009 federal election, it left office on 17 December 2013. It was preceded by the first Merkel cabinet and succeeded by the third Merkel cabinet. Led by Chancellor Angela Merkel, it was supported by a coalition of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), the Christian Social Union of Bavaria (CSU), and the Free Democratic Party (FDP).
The cabinet served as a caretaker government following the elections on 22 September 2013; which saw the removal of the Free Democratic Party from the Bundestag. Negotiations between the Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union of Bavaria (CDU/CSU) and the Social Democratic Party (SPD) took place to form a new cabinet.
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