First Adenauer cabinet
The First Adenauer cabinet 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 August 1949 elections. Konrad Adenauer reached an agreement on a coalition with the Free Democratic Party, German Party and his Christian Democratic Union together with their Bavarian sister party Christian Social Union, setting the stage for Adenauer to become the first Chancellor of Germany, to be appointed by a German President that was not yet in office, but pre-determined in the same coalition agreement to be Theodor Heuss, the FDP leader. With support of third party delegates Heuss was elected in the indirect 1949 West German presidential election that included additional voters sent from state parliaments.
Apart from appointing the elected government, the role of a post-war German president is mostly representative. Adenauer was the leading figure, not only Chancellor, but also assumed the role of Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs as soon as the Allied occupation statute permitted to establish the Auswärtiges Amt in March 1951. Franz Blücher served as Vice-Chancellor of Germany and Federal Minister of Matters of the Marshall Plan.
Following the 6 September 1953 West German federal election, the new Bundestag convened on 6 October 1953, and the old administration was caretaker in transition. Adenauer soon formed the Second Adenauer cabinet.