First Schröder cabinet

First Cabinet of Gerhard Schröder Cabinet Schröder I
18th Cabinet of the Federal Republic of Germany
27 October 1998 – 17 October 2002 (until 22 October 2002 as caretaker government)
Date formed	27 October 1998
Date dissolved	22 October 2002 (3 years, 11 months, 3 weeks and 4 days)
People and organisations
President	Roman Herzog (until 30 June 1999) Johannes Rau (from 1 July 1999)
Chancellor	Gerhard Schröder
Vice-Chancellor	Joschka Fischer
Member party	Social Democratic Party   Alliance '90/The Greens
Status in legislature	Coalition government 345/669 (52%)
Opposition party	Christian Democratic Union   Christian Social Union   Free Democratic Party   Party of Democratic Socialism
Opposition leader	Wolfgang Schäuble (until 29 February 2000) Friedrich Merz (from 29. Februar 2000 to 24. September 2002) Angela Merkel (from 24 September 2002)
History
Election	1998 federal election
Legislature terms	14th Bundestag
Predecessor	Kohl V
Successor	Schröder II

The First Schröder cabinet (German: Kabinett Schröder I) was the 19th Government of Federal Republic of Germany in office from 27 October 1998 until 22 October 2002. It succeeded the Fifth Kohl cabinet formed after the 1998 elections. Gerhard Schröder, Minister President of Lower Saxony, reached an agreement on a coalition with the Alliance 90/The Greens (Greens) and his Social Democratic Party (SPD), setting the stage for Schröder to become Chancellor of Germany. Joschka Fischer (Greens) replaced Klaus Kinkel (FDP) as Vice-Chancellor of Germany and Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs. The cabinet was succeeded by the Second Schröder cabinet.

Within the red-green coalition cabinet, the SPD controlled the posts overseeing finance, the economy, and welfare issues.^[1]