The First Adenauer cabinet (German: Kabinett Adenauer I) was the 1st Government of Federal Republic of Germany in office from 20 September 1949 until 20 October 1953. It was the first democratically-elected German cabinet after World War II. The cabinet was formed after the 1949 elections. Konrad Adenauer reached an agreement on a coalition with the Free Democratic Party (FDP), German Party (DP) and his Christian Democratic Union (CDU) together with their Bavarian sister party Christian Social Union (CSU), setting the stage for Adenauer to become the first Chancellor of Germany. Franz Blücher (FDP) served as Vice-Chancellor of Germany and Federal Minister of Matters of the Marshall Plan. The cabinet was succeeded by the Second Adenauer cabinet.

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First Cabinet of Konrad Adenauer Cabinet Adenauer I
1st Cabinet of the Federal Republic of Germany
20 September 1949 – 6 October 1953 (until 20 October 1953 as caretaker government)
Date formed	20 September 1949
Date dissolved	20 October 1953 (4 years and 1 month)
People and organisations
President	Theodor Heuss
Chancellor	Konrad Adenauer
Vice-Chancellor	Franz Blücher
Member party	Christian Democratic Union Christian Social Union Free Democratic Party German Party (DP)
Opposition party	Social Democratic Party Communist Party Bavaria Party Economic Reconstruction Union Deutsche Rechtspartei South Schleswig Voters' Association
Opposition leader	Kurt Schumacher † (SPD)[lower-alpha 1] Erich Ollenhauer (SPD)[lower-alpha 2]
History
Election(s)	1949 West German federal election
Legislature term(s)	1st Bundestag
Predecessor	Flensburg Government
Successor	Adenauer II

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