Fourth Merkel cabinet

Fourth Cabinet of Angela Merkel Cabinet Merkel IV
23rd Cabinet of the Federal Republic of Germany
14 March 2018 – 26 October 2021 (until 8 December 2021 as caretaker government)
Signing of the coalition agreement for the 19th Bundestag on 12 March 2018
Date formed	14 March 2018
Date dissolved	8 December 2021 (3 years, 8 months, 3 weeks and 3 days)
People and organisations
President	Frank-Walter Steinmeier
Chancellor	Angela Merkel
Vice-Chancellor	Olaf Scholz
Member parties	Christian Democratic Union Social Democratic Party Christian Social Union in Bavaria
Status in legislature	Grand coalition 399 / 709 (56%)
Opposition parties	Alternative for Germany Free Democratic Party The Left The Greens
Opposition leaders	Alice Weidel (AfD) & Alexander Gauland (AfD)
History
Election(s)	2017 federal election
Legislature term(s)	19th Bundestag
Predecessor	Merkel III
Successor	Scholz

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The Fourth Merkel cabinet (German: Kabinett Merkel IV) was the 23rd Government of the Federal Republic of Germany during the 19th legislative session of the Bundestag. It was sworn in on 14 March 2018 following the 2017 federal election and dismissed on 26 October 2021, acting in a caretaker mode until 8 December 2021. It was preceded by the third Merkel cabinet and succeeded by the Scholz cabinet. Led by Chancellor Angela Merkel, it was the third cabinet under Merkel to be supported by a coalition of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), the Christian Social Union of Bavaria (CSU), and the Social Democratic Party (SPD).