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{{Short description|West German government from 1982 to 1983}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2014}}
{{Infobox government cabinet
| cabinet_name            = First Cabinet of Helmut Kohl <br><small>Cabinet Kohl I</small>
| cabinet_number          = 13th
| jurisdiction            = the Federal Republic of Germany
| flag                    = Flag_of_Germany.svg
| incumbent               = 4 October 1982 – 30 March 1983
| image                   = KAS-Kohl, Helmut-Bild-14701-1.jpg|
| caption                 = Helmut Kohl
| date_formed             = 1 October 1982
| date_dissolved          = 30 March 1983<br>({{Age in years, months, weeks and days|month1=10|day1=1|year1=1982|month2=3|day2=30|year2=1983}})
| government_head_title   = [[Chancellor of Germany (1949–present)|Chancellor]]
| government_head         = [[Helmut Kohl]]
| deputy_government_head_title  = [[Vice-Chancellor of Germany|Vice-Chancellor]]
| deputy_government_head  = [[Hans-Dietrich Genscher]]
| government_head_history =
| state_head_title        = [[President of Germany|President]]
| state_head              = [[Karl Carstens]]
| current_number          =
| former_members_number   =
| total_number            =
| political_party         = {{Legend inline|{{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}}}[[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|Christian Democratic Union]]<br />{{Legend inline|{{party color|Christian Social Union in Bavaria}}}}[[Christian Social Union in Bavaria|Christian Social Union]]<br />{{Legend inline|{{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}}}[[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|Free Democratic Party]]
| legislature_status      = [[Coalition government]] led by [[CDU/CSU]] <br> 279/497 (56%) <br />
{{Composition_bar/advanced/infobox
|divisionname=
|total        = 200
|boxwidth     = 200
|party1       = 91
|partycolor1  = {{party color|CDU/CSU}}
|party2       = 21
|partycolor2  = {{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}
}}
| opposition_cabinet      =
| opposition_party        = {{Legend inline|{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}}}[[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]]<br />{{Legend inline|{{party color|Alliance 90/The Greens}}}}[[Alliance '90/The Greens|The Greens]]
| opposition_leader       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Herbert Wehner]] (SPD)
}}
| election                = [[Constructive vote of no confidence]] led by Helmut Kohl against incumbent Chancellor Helmut Schmidt
| legislature_term        = [[List of members of the 9th Bundestag|9th Bundestag]]
| outgoing_formation      =
| previous                = [[Third Schmidt cabinet|Schmidt III]]
| successor               = [[Second Kohl cabinet|Kohl II]]
}}
The '''first Kohl cabinet''' ([[German language|German]]: '''Kabinett Kohl I''') was the 13th [[Cabinet of Germany|Cabinet]] of the [[Germany|Federal Republic of Germany]]. It was formed in 1 October 1982 following a successful [[constructive vote of no confidence]], by which [[Helmut Kohl]] replaced [[Helmut Schmidt]] as [[Chancellor of Germany|Chancellor]]. The other cabinet members were appointed and sworn in on 4 October 1982. It was the first (and as yet only) German federal cabinet formed after a constructive vote of no confidence. After ascending to the chancellorship, Kohl and his coalition sought to bring about new elections as quickly as possible, which he achieved by deliberately losing a confidence motion and then having the Bundestag dissolved by the president at the chancellor's request. The following [[1983 West German federal election|1983 federal election]] on 6 March 1983 resulted in a re-election of Kohl and his newly formed [[CDU/CSU]]/[[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|FDP]]-coalition. On 30 March 1983, Kohl was again elected chancellor by the Bundestag and formed his [[Second Kohl cabinet|second cabinet]]. With a duration of just under half a year, the cabinet Kohl I was the shortest-lived German government since the [[Von Schleicher Cabinet|cabinet von Schleicher]] (3 December 1932–28 January 1933) during the Weimar Republic and is, as yet, the shortest-lived cabinet in the history of the Federal Republic.

==Composition==
The first Kohl cabinet had 17 ministers.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Webb |first=Adrian |url=http://archive.org/details/longmancompanion0000webb_x5n1 |title=The Longman companion to Germany since 1945 |date=1998 |publisher=London ; New York : Longman |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-582-30736-0 |pages=112-114}}</ref>{{Cabinet table start|hiderefcol=y}}
{{Cabinet table minister
 | title                       = [[Chancellor of Germany (1949–)|Chancellor]]
 | minister1                   = [[Helmut Kohl]]
 | minister1_party             = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
 | minister1_termstart         = 1 October 1982 
 | minister1_termend           = 30 March 1983
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
 | title                       = [[Vice-Chancellor of Germany|Vice Chancellor]] &<br />[[Minister of Foreign Affairs|Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs]]
 | minister1                   = [[Hans-Dietrich Genscher]]
 | minister1_party             = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
 | minister1_termstart         = 4 October 1982 
 | minister1_termend           = 30 March 1983
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
 | title                       = [[List of German defence ministers|Federal Minister of Defense]]
 | minister1                   = [[Manfred Wörner]]
 | minister1_party             = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
 | minister1_termstart         = 4 October 1982 
 | minister1_termend           = 30 March 1983
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
 | title                       = [[List of German interior ministers|Federal Minister of the Interior]]
 | minister1                   = [[Friedrich Zimmermann]]
 | minister1_party             = Christian Social Union in Bavaria
 | minister1_termstart         = 4 October 1982 
 | minister1_termend           = 30 March 1983
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
 | title                       = [[List of German finance ministers|Federal Minister of Finance]]
 | minister1                   = [[Gerhard Stoltenberg]]
 | minister1_party             = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
 | minister1_termstart         = 4 October 1982 
 | minister1_termend           = 30 March 1983
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
 | title                       = [[List of German justice ministers|Federal Minister of Justice]]
 | minister1                   = [[Hans A. Engelhard]]
 | minister1_party             = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
 | minister1_termstart         = 4 October 1982 
 | minister1_termend           = 30 March 1983
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
 | title                       =  [[List of German economics ministers|Federal Minister of Economics]]
 | minister1                   = [[Otto Graf Lambsdorff]] 
 | minister1_party             = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
 | minister1_termstart         = 4 October 1982 
 | minister1_termend           = 30 March 1983
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
 | title                       = [[Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs|Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs]]
 | minister1                   = [[Norbert Blüm]]
 | minister1_party             = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
 | minister1_termstart         = 4 October 1982 
 | minister1_termend           = 30 March 1983
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
 | title                       =  [[List of Federal Ministers of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (Germany)|Federal Minister of Food, Agriculture, and Forestry]]
 | minister1                   = [[Josef Ertl]]
 | minister1_party             = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
 | minister1_termstart         = 4 October 1982 
 | minister1_termend           = 30 March 1983
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
 | title                       = [[List of German transportation ministers|Federal Minister of Transport]]
 | minister1                   = [[Werner Dollinger]]
 | minister1_party             = Christian Social Union in Bavaria
 | minister1_termstart         = 4 October 1982 
 | minister1_termend           = 30 March 1983
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
 | title                       = Federal Minister of Construction
 | minister1                   = Oscar Schneider
 | minister1_party             = Christian Social Union in Bavaria
 | minister1_termstart         = 4 October 1982 
 | minister1_termend           = 30 March 1983
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
 | title                       = [[Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth|Federal Minister of Youth, Family, and Health]]
 | minister1                   = [[Heiner Geissler]]
 | minister1_party             = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
 | minister1_termstart         = 4 October 1982 
 | minister1_termend           = 30 March 1983
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
 | title                       = [[Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany)|Federal Minister of Research and Technology]]  
 | minister1                   = [[Heinz Riesenhuber]]
 | minister1_party             = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
 | minister1_termstart         = 4 October 1982 
 | minister1_termend           = 30 March 1983
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
 | title                       = [[Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany)|Federal Minister of Education and Science]]
 | minister1                   = [[Dorothee Wilms]]
 | minister1_party             = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
 | minister1_termstart         = 4 October 1982 
 | minister1_termend           = 30 March 1983
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
 | title                       = [[Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development|Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation]]
 | minister1                   = [[Jürgen Warnke]]
 | minister1_party             = Christian Social Union in Bavaria
 | minister1_termstart         = 4 October 1982 
 | minister1_termend           = 30 March 1983
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
 | title                       =  [[List of German postal ministers|Federal Minister of Posts and Communications]]
 | minister1                   = [[Christian Schwarz-Schilling]] 
 | minister1_party             = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
 | minister1_termstart         = 4 October 1982 
 | minister1_termend           = 30 March 1983
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
 | title                       = [[Minister of Intra-German Relations|Federal Minister of Intra-German Relations]]
 | minister1                   = [[Rainer Barzel]]
 | minister1_party             = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
 | minister1_termstart         = 4 October 1982 
 | minister1_termend           = 30 March 1983
}}
|}

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