Bismarck_cabinet
The Bismarck Cabinet was the first cabinet of the German Empire, led by Otto von Bismarck from the unification of Germany in 1871 until 1890.
Quick Facts Cabinet of Otto von Bismarck, Date formed ...
Cabinet of Otto von Bismarck | |
|---|---|
 1st Cabinet of the German Empire | |
| 1871 – 1890 | |
Otto von Bismarck | |
| Date formed | 21 March 1871 |
| Date dissolved | 20 March 1890 (18 years, 11 months, 3 weeks and 6 days) |
| People and organisations | |
| Emperor | Wilhelm I Friedrich III Wilhelm II |
| Chancellor | Otto von Bismarck |
| Vice Chancellor | Otto zu Stolberg-Wernigerode (until 20 June 1881) Karl Heinrich von Boetticher (from 20 June 1881) |
| Member parties | Independent Supported by: National Liberal Party (until 1878; from 1884) Centre Party (1878-1884) German Progress Party (until 1878) German Conservative Party (from 1878) Free Conservative Party Imperial Liberal Party |
| Status in legislature | Majority |
| History | |
| Election(s) | 1871 federal election 1874 federal election 1877 federal election 1878 federal election 1881 federal election 1884 federal election 1887 federal election |
| Predecessor | n/a |
| Successor | Caprivi cabinet |
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More information Portfolio, Minister ...
| Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reich Chancellor | 21 March 1871 | 20 March 1890 | Independent | ||
| Vice Chancellor (from 17 March 1878) | 1 June 1878 | 20 June 1881 | FKP | ||
| 20 June 1881 | 1 July 1897 | FKP | |||
| State Secretary for Foreign Affairs | 21 March 1871 | 30 September 1872 | Independent | ||
| 3 October 1872 | 9 October 1873 | Independent | |||
| 9 October 1872 | 20 October 1879 | Independent | |||
Joseph Maria von Radowitz (Acting) | 6 November 1879 | 17 April 1880 | Independent | ||
| 20 April 1880 | 1 September 1880 | Independent | |||
Friedrich zu Limburg-Stirum (Acting) | 1 September 1880 | 25 June 1881 | DKP | ||
Clemens Busch (Acting) | 25 June 1881 | 16 July 1881 | Independent | ||
| 16 July 1881 | 24 October 1885 | Independent | |||
| 18 May 1886 | 20 March 1890 | Independent | |||
| State Secretary for the Interior (from 21 December 1879) | Karl von Hofmann | 21 December 1879 | 31 August 1880 | Independent | |
| 1 September 1880 | 20 March 1890 | FKP | |||
| State Secretary for Justice (from 1 January 1877) | 21 December 1876 | 30 October 1879 | Independent | ||
Hermann von Schelling | 19 November 1879 | 31 January 1889 | Independent | ||
| 19 February 1889 | 20 March 1890 | Independent | |||
| State Secretary for the Navy | 1 April 1889 | 20 March 1890 | Independent | ||
| State Secretary for the Post (from 1880) | 23 February 1880 | 20 March 1890 | Independent | ||
| State Secretary for the Treasury (from 1880) | 1880 | July 1882 | DKP | ||
Franz Emil Emanuel von Burchard | 1882 | November 1886 | Independent | ||
Karl Rudolf Jacobi | 1886 | 14 September 1888 | Independent | ||
| 1888 | 20 March 1890 | DKP | |||
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- Regenten und Regierungen der Welt, Vol. 2,3. Neueste Zeit: 1492–1917, ed. by B. Spuler; 2nd edition, Würzburg, Ploetz, 1962.