List of past ministers of the Federal Republic of Germany (1945–present)
Konrad Adenauer, CDU (1949-1963 Chancellor) Hans Apel, SPD (1974–1978 Finance, 1978–1982 Defense) Walter Arendt, SPD Annalena Baerbock, German Green Party (since 2021 Foreign Affairs) 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 (1949-1963 Economy, 1963–1966 Chancellor) Josef Ertl, FDP (Agriculture 1969–1982;1982–1983) Nancy Faeser, SPD (since 2021 Interior) Andrea Fischer, Greens (1998–2001 Health) Joschka Fischer, German Green Party (1998-2005 Foreign Affairs) Egon Franke, SPD (1969-1982 Inner-German Affairs) Hans Friedrichs, FDP (1972-1977 Economy) Anke Fuchs, SPD (1982 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 Displaced and Refugees and additionally in 1966 Inner-German Affairs) Dieter Haack, SPD (1978-1982 Construction and housing) Robert Habeck, German Green Party (since 2021 Economy) Volker Hauff, SPD (1978-1980 Science and Technology; 1980-1982 Transportation) Helmut Haussmann, FDP (1988–1991 Economy) Hubertus Heil, SPD (since 2018 Labour) 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 (1990-1991 Special Affairs; 1991-1993 Transportation) Oskar Lafontaine, SPD (1998–1999 Finance) Manfred Lahnstein, SPD (1982 Finance and additionally Economy) Christine Lambrecht, SPD (2019-2021 Justice 2021 additionally Family; 2021-2023 Defense) Otto Graf Lambsdorff, FDP (1977–1984 Economy) Lauritz Lauritzen, SPD (1966-1972 Housing; 1972-1976 Transportation) Karl Lauterbach, SPD (since 2021 Health) Georg Leber, SPD (1966–1974 Transportation and additionally from 1969 to 1974 Postal Services, 1974–1978 Defense) Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, FDP (1992-1996 and 2009-2013 Justice) Heinrich Lübke, CDU (1953-59 Food and Agriculture) Werner Maihofer, FDP (1972-1974 Special Affairs; 1974-1978 Interior) Lothar de Maizière, CDU (1994-1998 Family, Seniors, Women and Youth) Hans Matthöfer, SPD (1974-1978 Science; 1978-1982 Finance; 1982 Postal) Angela Merkel, CDU (1991–1994 Women and Youth; 1994–1998 Environment, Conservation and Nuclear Safety, 2005-2021 Chancellor) Jürgen Möllemann, FDP (1987–1991 education and science, 1991–1993 Economy) Claudia Nolte, CDU Rainer Ortleb, FDP (1990-1991 Special Affairs; 1991-1994 Education and Science) Boris Pistorius, SPD (since 2023 Defense) Günter Rexrodt, FDP (1993-1998 Economy) Heinz Riesenhuber, CDU (1982-1993 Science and Technology) Hannelore Rönsch, CDU (1991-1994 Family and Seniors) Volker Rühe, CDU (1992-1998 Defense) Jürgen Rüttgers, CDU(1994–1998 education, science, research and technology) Fritz Schäffer, CSU (1949-1957 Finance; 1957-1961 Justice) Wolfgang Schäuble, CDU (1984–1989 Kanzleramt (Chief of Staff); 1989–1991 Interior; 2009-2017 Finance) Rudolf Scharping, SPD (1998–2002 Defense) Walter Scheel, FDP (1961-1966 Economic Cooperation; Foreign 1969-1974) Karl Schiller, SPD (1966–1972 Economy and additionally 1972–1972 Finance) Marie Schlei, SPD (1976-1978 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) Olaf Scholz, SPD (2018-2021 Finance, since 2021 Chancellor) 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 (1992-1998 Health; 2005-2008 Food and Agriculture; 2018-2021 Interior) 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 (1989-1998 Finance) Herbert Wehner, SPD (1966–1969 Inner-German affairs) Hans-Jürgen Wischnewski, SPD Matthias Wissmann, CDU (1993 Science and Technology; 1993-1998 Transportation) Manfred Wörner, CDU (1982–1988 Defense)
See also History of Germany Politics of Germany Chancellor of Germany (Federal Republic) President of Germany Lists of incumbents