Second Merkel cabinet

Second Angela Merkel Cabinet
cabinet of Germany
28 October 2009 – 17 December 2013
Date formed	28 October 2009
Date dissolved	17 December 2013
People and organisations
Head of government	Angela Merkel
Member party	Christian Democratic Union Christian Social Union of Bavaria Free Democratic Party
Status in legislature	CDU led coalition government
Opposition party	Social Democratic Party of Germany The Left The Greens
Opposition leader	Frank-Walter Steinmeier
History
Election(s)	German federal election, 2009
Legislature term(s)	17th legislature of the Bundestag
Predecessor	Merkel I
Successor	Merkel III

The second Merkel cabinet was the Government of Germany during the 17th legislative session of the Bundestag following the 2009 federal election, and left office on 17 December 2013. It was preceded in office by the first Merkel cabinet. Led by Chancellor Angela Merkel (the first female chancellor in German history), 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 Democratics (SPD) took place to form a new cabinet, and the second Merkel cabinet was succeeded by the Merkel III cabinet on 17 December 2013.

The second Merkel cabinet was composed of the following ministers:

The second Merkel cabinet has been reshuffled several times. The first change occurred on 30 November 2009, when Franz Josef Jung resigned as Labour Minister amidst controversy surrounding the Kunduz airstrike, which happened while he was Defense Minister in the previous cabinet. He was succeeded by former Family Affairs Minister Ursula von der Leyen, who was in turn succeeded by Kristina Schröder.

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