The minister of finance of Germany () is the head of the Federal Ministry of Finance and a member of the Federal Cabinet.
State secretaries for finance of the German Empire (1880–1918) Adolf Heinrich Wilhelm Scholz 1880–1882 Franz Emil Emanuel von Burchard 1882–1886 Karl Rudolf Jacobi 1886–1888 Baron Helmuth von Maltzahn 1888–1893 Count Arthur von Posadowsky-Wehner 1893–1897 Baron Max Franz Guido von Thielmann 1897–1903 Baron Hermann von Stengel 1903–1908 Reinhold Sydow 1908–1909 Adolf Wermuth 1909–1912 Hermann Kühn 1912–1915 Karl Helfferich 1915–1916 Count Siegfried von Roedern 1916–1918
Ministers of finance (1918–1945) Portrait Name(born and died) Term Political party Government Took office Left office Time in office
Ministers of finance of the German Democratic Republic (1949–1990) Portrait Name(born and died) Term Political party Government Took office Left office Time in office
Ministers of finance of the Federal Republic of Germany (1949–present) Political party:
Name(born and died) Party Term of office Chancellor(Cabinet)1 Fritz Schäffer(1888–1967) CSU 20 September 1949 29 October 1957 Adenauer(I • II)2 Franz Etzel(1902–1970) CDU 29 October 1957 14 November 1961 Adenauer(III)3 Heinz Starke(1911–2001) FDP 14 November 1961 19 November 1962 Adenauer(IV)4 Rolf Dahlgrün(1908–1969) FDP 14 December 1962 28 October 1966 Adenauer (V) Erhard (I • II)5 Kurt Schmücker(1919–1996) CDU 8 November 1966 30 November 1966 Erhard(II)6 Franz Josef Strauß(1915–1988) CSU 1 December 1966 21 October 1969 Kiesinger(I)7 Alex Möller(1903–1985) SPD 22 October 1969 13 May 1971Brandt(I)8 Karl Schiller(1911–1994) SPD 13 May 1971 7 July 19729 Helmut Schmidt(1918–2015) SPD 7 July 1972 1 May 1974 Brandt(I • II)10 Hans Apel(1932–2011) SPD 16 May 1974 15 February 1978 Schmidt(I • II)11 Hans Matthöfer(1925–2009) SPD 16 February 1978 28 April 1982 Schmidt(II • III)12 Manfred Lahnstein(b. 1937) SPD 28 April 1982 1 October 1982 Schmidt(III)13 Gerhard Stoltenberg(1928–2001) CDU 4 October 1982 21 April 1989 Kohl(I • II • III)14 Theodor Waigel(b. 1939) CSU 21 April 1989 27 October 1998 Kohl(III • IV • V)15 Oskar Lafontaine(b. 1943) SPD 27 October 1998 18 March 1999 Schröder(I)16 Hans Eichel(b. 1941) SPD 12 April 1999 22 November 2005 Schröder(I • II)17 Peer Steinbrück(b. 1947) SPD 22 November 2005 28 October 2009 Merkel(I)18 Wolfgang Schäuble(1942–2023) CDU 28 October 2009 24 October 2017 Merkel(II • III)– Peter Altmaier (acting)(b. 1958) CDU 24 October 2017 14 March 2018 Merkel(III)19 Olaf Scholz(b. 1958) SPD 14 March 2018 8 December 2021 Merkel(IV)20 Christian Lindner(b. 1979) FDP 8 December 2021 7 November 2024 Scholz(I)21Jörg Kukies(b. 1968)SPD7 November 20246 May 2025Scholz(I)22Lars Klingbeil(b. 1978)SPD6 May 2025incumbentMerz(I)
See also List of deputy finance ministers of Germany
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