List of ministers of the Federal Republic of Germany

For current cabinet, see Cabinet of Germany.

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

Konrad Adenauer, CDU (Chancellor)
Hans Apel, SPD (1974-1978 Finance, 1978-1982 Defense)
Walter Arendt, SPD
Egon Bahr, SPD
Rainer Barzel, CDU (1962–1963 and 1982-1983 Inner-German affairs)
Norbert Blüm, CDU (1982-1998 Labour)
Kurt Bodewig, SPD (2000-2002 Transportation)
Wolfgang Bötsch, CSU
Jochen Borchert, CDU (1993-1998 Agriculture)
Willy Brandt, SPD (1966-1969 Foreign affairs, 1969-1974 Chancellor)
Rainer Brüderle, FDP (2008-2011 Economy)
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 1969-1982;1982–1983)
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 (Transportation, 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 (1969-1974 Justice)
Manfred Kanther, CDU (1993-1998 Interior)
Ignaz Kiechle, CSU (1983-1993 Agriculture)
Kurt Georg Kiesinger, CDU (1966-1969 Chancellor)
Klaus Kinkel, FDP(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 (1966-1974 Transportation and additionally from 1969-1974 Postal Services, 1974-1978 Defense)
Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, FDP
Heinrich Lübke, CDU (1953-59 Food and Agriculture, 1959-1969 Bundespräsident)
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 (1987-1991 education and science, 1991-1993 Economy)
Claudia Nolte, CDU
Rainer Ortleb, FDP
Günter Rexrodt, FDP
Heinz Riesenhuber, CDU
Hannelore Rönsch, CDU
Volker Rühe, CDU (Defense)
Jürgen Rüttgers, CDU(1994-1998 education, science, research and technology)
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 (1966-1972 Economy and additionally 1972-1972 Finance)
Marie Schlei, SPD (Economic cooperation)
Helmut Schmidt, SPD (1969-1972 Defense; 1972-1974 Finance; 1974-1982 Chancellor; September 1982 additionally Foreign Affairs)
Jürgen Schmude, SPD (1981-1982 Justice; September 1982 additionally Interior)
Rupert Scholz, CDU (1988-1989 Defense)
Gerhard Schröder, CDU (1953-1961 Interior; 1961-1966 Foreign Affairs; 1966-1969 Defense)
Gerhard Schröder, SPD (1998-2005 Chancellor)
Irmgard Schwaetzer, FDP (1991-1994 Infrastructure and Building)
Christian Schwarz-Schilling, CDU
Horst Seehofer, CSU
Rudolf Seiters, CDU (Interior)
Carl-Dieter Spranger, CDU
Gerhard Stoltenberg, CDU (1982-1989 Finance, 1989-1992 Defense)
Franz Josef Strauß, CSU (1955-1956 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 Minister for Inner-German affairs)
Hans-Jürgen Wischnewski, SPD
Matthias Wissmann, CDU
Manfred Wörner, CDU (1982-1988 Defense)

List of ministers of the Federal Republic of Germany

See also