Third Cabinet of Konrad Adenauer Cabinet Adenauer III | |
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 3rd Cabinet of the Federal Republic of Germany | |
| 29 October 1957 – 17 October 1961 (until 14 November 1961 as caretaker government) | |
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| Date formed | 29 October 1957 |
| Date dissolved | 17 October 1961 (3 years, 11 months, 2 weeks and 4 days) |
| People and organisations | |
| President | Theodor Heuss |
| Chancellor | Konrad Adenauer |
| Vice-Chancellor | Ludwig Erhard |
| Member parties | |
| Status in legislature | Coalition majority 287/497 (58%)
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| Opposition party | Social Democratic Party Free Democratic Party |
| Opposition leader | Erich Ollenhauer (SPD) |
| History | |
| Election | 1957 West German federal election |
| Legislature term | 3rd Bundestag |
| Predecessor | Adenauer II |
| Successor | Adenauer IV |
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.
- ^ Note: Hans-Christoph Seebohm and Hans-Joachim von Merkatz were originally members of the German Party (DP). Both left it in July 1960 to join the CDU in September of the same year.