The Third Adenauer cabinet was formed by incumbent Chancellor Konrad Adenauer after the 1957 federal election. The cabinet was sworn in on 29 October 1957, and remained until it was succeeded by the fourth Adenauer cabinet on 17 October 1961.

Composition

Cabinet members
PortfolioMinisterTook officeLeft officeParty
ChancellorKonrad Adenauer15 September 194911 October 1963CDU
Vice-Chancellor & Federal Minister of EconomyLudwig Erhard29 October 195715 October 1963CDU
Federal Minister of Foreign AffairsHeinrich von Brentano6 June 195530 October 1961CDU
Federal Minister of the InteriorGerhard Schröder20 October 195313 November 1961CDU
Federal Minister of JusticeFritz Schäffer29 October 195714 November 1961CSU
Federal Minister of FinanceFranz Etzel29 October 195714 November 1961CDU
Federal Minister of Food, Agriculture and ForestsHeinrich Lübke20 October 195315 September 1959CDU
Werner Schwarz15 September 195926 October 1965CDU
Federal Minister of Labour and Social AffairsTheodor Blank29 October 195726 October 1965CDU
Federal Minister of DefenceFranz Josef Strauss16 October 195616 December 1962CSU
Federal Minister of TransportHans-Christoph Seebohm20 September 194930 November 1966DP
Federal Minister of Post and TelecommunicationsRichard Stücklen29 October 19571 December 1966CSU
Federal Minister of Housing ConstructionPaul Lücke29 October 195726 October 1965CDU
Federal Minister of Displaced Persons, Refugees and War VictimsTheodor Oberländer20 October 19534 May 1960CDU
Hans-Joachim von Merkatz4 May 196014 November 1961CDU
Federal Minister of All-German AffairsErnst Lemmer29 October 195711 December 1962CDU
Federal Ministry of Nuclear Energy and Water PolicySiegfried Balke16 October 195613 December 1962CSU
Federal Minister of Family and Youth AffairsFranz-Josef Wuermeling20 October 195311 December 1962CDU
Federal Minister of Bundesrat and State AffairsHans-Joachim von Merkatz26 May 195513 December 1962DP
Federal Minister of Federal PatrimonyHermann Lindrath29 October 195727 February 1960 (†)CDU
Hans Wilhelmi4 May 196014 November 1961CDU

References and notes

  • . election.de (in German).