17 December 2013 – 24 October 2017 (until 14 March 2018 as caretaker government)
Date formed
17 December 2013
Date dissolved
14 March 2018 (4 years, 2 months, 3 weeks and 4 days)
People and organisations
President
Joachim Gauck (until 18 March 2017) Frank-Walter Steinmeier (from 19 March 2017)
Chancellor
Angela Merkel
Vice Chancellor
Sigmar Gabriel
Member parties
Christian Democratic Union Social Democratic Party Christian Social Union of Bavaria
Status in legislature
Grand coalition
504 / 631 (80%)
Opposition parties
The Left The Greens
Opposition leader
Gregor Gysi (2013–2015) Sahra Wagenknecht (2015–2018) Dietmar Bartsch (2015–2018)
History
Election(s)
2013 federal election
Legislature term(s)
18th Bundestag
Predecessor
Merkel II
Successor
Merkel IV
This article is part of a series about Angela Merkel
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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
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The Third Merkel cabinet (German: Kabinett Merkel III) was the 23rd Government of the Federal Republic of Germany during the 18th legislative session of the Bundestag. Installed after the 2013 federal election, it left office on 14 March 2018. It was preceded by the second Merkel cabinet and succeeded by the fourth Merkel cabinet.[1] Led by Chancellor Angela Merkel. The government was supported by a coalition of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), the Christian Social Union of Bavaria (CSU) and the Social Democrats (SPD).[2][3] Sigmar Gabriel (SPD) replaced Philipp Rösler (FDP) as Vice Chancellor of Germany and became Federal Minister for Economics and Energy.
The CDU received five ministries in addition to the positions of Chancellor, as well as Chancellery Chief of Staff and Minister for Special Affairs. The SPD controlled six ministries and the CSU three. Although the CSU received a disproportionate share of ministries relative to its weight in the Bundestag, the six most powerful ministries were divided equally between the CDU and the SPD: the CDU controlled the ministries for finance, internal affairs and defense, while the SPD controlled the ministries for foreign affairs, economics and energy, as well as justice and consumer protection.[4]
The term of office of the third Merkel cabinet officially ended with the constitution of the 19th Bundestag on Tuesday, 24 October 2017. Merkel and her cabinet ministers received their discharge papers from the Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on the same day. In accordance with Article 69 of the German Constitution and at the request of the President of Germany, the cabinet remained in office as the caretaker government until a new government is formed.[5]
Third Merkel cabinet in the Bundestag, 2014
^"Bundeskanzlerin und Bundeskabinett vereidigt" [Federal Chancellor and cabinet sworn in] (in German). Deutscher Bundestag. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
^based on Artikel 60 III of the Basic Law: Full text
^"Bundeskanzlerin und Bundeskabinett vereidigt" [Federal Chancellor and cabinet sworn in] (in German). Deutscher Bundestag. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
^Stephan Wallace (April 29, 2014), Commentary: Merkel's Third Government – Return of the Grand Coalition American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS) Washington, D.C.
^"Government continues as acting government". 24 October 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
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