Third Adenauer cabinet

Third Cabinet of Konrad Adenauer Cabinet Adenauer III
3rd Cabinet of the Federal Republic of Germany
29 October 1957 – 17 October 1961 (until 14 November 1961 as caretaker government)
Date formed	29 October 1957 (1957-10-29)
Date dissolved	17 October 1961 (1961-10-17) (3 years, 11 months, 2 weeks and 4 days)
People and organisations
President	Theodor Heuss
Chancellor	Konrad Adenauer
Vice-Chancellor	Ludwig Erhard
Member parties	Christian Democratic Union Christian Social Union German Party (DP) (until 1960)[1]
Opposition party	Social Democratic Party Free Democratic Party
Opposition leader	Erich Ollenhauer (SPD)
History
Election(s)	1957 West German federal election
Legislature term(s)	3rd Bundestag
Predecessor	Adenauer II
Successor	Adenauer IV

The Third Adenauer cabinet was formed by incumbent Chancellor Konrad Adenauer after the 1957 federal election. The cabinet was sworn in on 29 October 1957, and remained until it was succeeded by the fourth Adenauer cabinet on 17 October 1961.