Second Brandt cabinet

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Second Cabinet of Willy Brandt Cabinet Brandt II
9th Cabinet of the Federal Republic of Germany
15 December 1972 – 6 May 1974 (until 16 May 1974 as caretaker government)
Date formed	15 December 1972
Date dissolved	16 May 1974 (1 year, 5 months and 1 day)
People and organisations
President	Gustav Heinemann
Chancellor	Willy Brandt (until 7 May 1974) Walter Scheel (Acting; from 7 May 1974)
Vice-Chancellor	Walter Scheel
Member party	Social Democratic Party Free Democratic Party
Status in legislature	Coalition government
Opposition party	Christian Democratic Union Christian Social Union
Opposition leader	Rainer Barzel (CDU), until 1973 Karl Carstens (CDU), from 1973
History
Election	1972 West German federal election
Legislature terms	7th Bundestag
Predecessor	Brandt I
Successor	Schmidt I

The Second Brandt cabinet was the government of Germany between 15 December 1972 and 17 May 1974, during the 7th legislature of the Bundestag. Led by the Social Democrat Willy Brandt, the cabinet was a coalition between the Social Democrats (SDP) and the Free Democratic Party (FDP). It followed the Cabinet Brandt I. Following Brandt's resignation as Chancellor on 7 May 1974, Vice-Chancellor Walter Scheel (FDP) served as Acting Chancellor for nine days, until the inception of the Cabinet Schmidt I.