List of ministers of the Federal Republic of Germany (1945-present)

Table of contents
1 Current cabinet
2 Past chancellors and ministers
3 Related articles

Current cabinet

see: List in Politics of Germany

Past chancellors and ministers

  • Irmgard Adam-Schwaetzer, FDP (1991-1994)
  • Konrad Adenauer, CDU (Chancellor)
  • Hans Apel, SPD (1974 Finance, 1974-1982 Defense)
  • Walter Arendt, SPD
  • Egon Bahr, SPD
  • Rainer Barzel, CDU (1962-1964 and 1982-1983 Inner-German affairs)
  • Norbert Blüm, CDU
  • Kurt Bodewig, SPD (2000-2002 Transportation)
  • Wolfgang Bötsch, CSU
  • Jochen Borchert, CDU (1994-1998 Agriculture)
  • Willy Brandt, SPD (1966 Foreign affairs, 1969-1974 Chancellor)
  • Andreas von Bülow, SPD
  • Herta Däubler-Gmelin, SPD (1998-2002 Justice)
  • Horst Ehmke, SPD
  • Björn Engholm, SPD
  • Erhard Eppler, SPD
  • Ludwig Erhard, CDU (Economy, 1963-1966 Chancellor)
  • Josef Ertl, FDP (Agriculture)
  • Andrea Fischer, Greens (1998-2001 Health)
  • Egon Franke, SPD
  • Hans Friedrichs, FDP (Economy)
  • Anke Fuchs, SPD (Youth, family, and health)
  • Hans-Dietrich Genscher, FDP (1969-1974 Interior, 1974-1992 Foreign affairs)
  • Heiner Geißler, CDU (1982-1985 Youth, family and health)
  • Kurt Gscheidle, SPD (Postal services)
  • Johann Baptist Gradl, CDU (1965-1966)
  • Dieter Haack, SPD (Construction and housing)
  • Volker Hauff, SPD (Transportation)
  • Helmut Haussmann, FDP (1988-1991 Economy)
  • Gustav Heinemann, 1945-1952 CDU; after 1957 SPD (1949-1950 Interior, 1966-1969 Justice, 1969-1974 Bundespräsident)
  • Hermann Höcherl, CSU (Interior, later Agriculture)
  • Gerhard Jahn, SPD (Justice)
  • Manfred Kanther, CDU (1993-1998 Interior)
  • Ignaz Kiechle, CSU (1983-1994 Agriculture)
  • Kurt Georg Kiesinger, CDU (1966-1969 Chancellor)
  • Klaus Kinkel,CDU (1991-1992 Justice, 1992-1998 Foreign affairs)
  • Helmut Kohl, CDU (1982-1998 Chancellor)
  • Günther Krause, CDU
  • Oskar Lafontaine, SPD (1998-1999 Finance)
  • Manfred Lahnstein, SPD (Finance)
  • Otto Graf Lambsdorff, FDP (1977-1984 Economy)
  • Lauritz Lauritzen, SPD (Transportation)
  • Georg Leber, SPD (Transportation, later Defense)
  • Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, FDP
  • Werner Maihofer, FDP
  • Lothar de Maizière, CDU
  • Hans Matthöfer, SPD (Finance)
  • Angela Merkel, CDU (1991-1994 Women and Youth; 1994-1998 Environment, Conservation and Nuclear Safety)
  • Jürgen Möllemann, FDP
  • Claudia Nolte, CDU
  • Rainer Ortleb, FDP
  • Günter Rexrodt, FDP
  • Heinz Riesenhuber, CDU
  • Hannelore Rönsch, CDU
  • Volker Rühe, CDU (Defense)
  • Jürgen Rüttgers, CDU
  • Fritz Schäffer, CSU (Finance, later Justice)
  • Wolfgang Schäuble, CDU (1984-1989 Kanzleramt (Chief of Staff); 1989-1991 Interior)
  • Rudolf Scharping, SPD (1998-2002 Defense)
  • Walter Scheel, FDP
  • Karl Schiller, SPD (Economy and Finance)
  • Marie Schlei, SPD (Economic cooperation)
  • Cornelia Schmalz-Jacobsen, FDP
  • Helmut Schmidt, SPD (1969-1972 Defense; 1972-1974 Finance; 1974-1982 Chancellor)
  • Jürgen Schmude, SPD (Justice)
  • Rupert Scholz, CDU (Defense)
  • Gerhard Schröder, CDU, CDU (1953-1961 Interior; 1961-1966 Foreign Affairs; 1966-1969 Defense)
  • Gerhard Schröder, SPD (Chancellor)
  • Irmgard Schwaetzer, FDP
  • Christian Schwarz-Schilling, CDU
  • Horst Seehofer, CSU
  • Rudolf Seiters, CDU (Interior)
  • Carl-Dieter Spranger, CDU
  • Gerhard Stoltenberg, CDU (Finance, later Defense)
  • Franz Josef Strauß, CSU (1955 Nuclear Energy; 1956-1962 Defense; 1966-1969 Finance)
  • Rita Süssmuth, CDU
  • Klaus Töpfer, CDU
  • Hans-Jochen Vogel, SPD
  • Theodor Waigel, CSU (Finance)
  • Herbert Wehner, SPD (1966-1969)
  • Hans-Jürgen Wischnewski, SPD
  • Matthias Wissmann, CDU
  • Manfred Wörner, CDU (Defense)

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