This is a List of Economics Ministers of Germany from 1919 to the present.
Weimar Republic, 1919–1933 Political Party:
Nazi Germany, 1933–1945 Political Party:
Federal Republic of Germany, 1949–present (until 1990 West Germany) Political Party:
Name(Born–died) Portrait Party Term of Office Chancellor(Cabinet) Federal Minister for Economics 1 Ludwig Erhard(1897–1977) CDU 20 September 1949 16 October 1963 Adenauer(I • II • III • IV • V)2 Kurt Schmücker(1919–1996) CDU 17 October 1963 30 November 1966 Erhard(I • II)3 Karl Schiller(1911–1994) SPD 1 December 1966 7 July 1972 KiesingerBrandt (I)4 Helmut Schmidt(1918–2015) SPD 7 July 1972 15 December 1972 Brandt (I) 5 Hans Friderichs(1931–2025) FDP 15 December 1972 7 October 1977 Brandt (II)Schmidt (I • II) 6 Otto Graf Lambsdorff(1926–2009) FDP 7 October 1977 17 September 1982 Schmidt(II • III)7 Manfred Lahnstein(born 1937) SPD 17 September 1982 1 October 1982 Schmidt(III) 8 Otto Graf Lambsdorff(1926–2009) FDP 4 October 1982 27 June 1984 Kohl(I • II) 9 Martin Bangemann(1934–2022) FDP 27 June 1984 9 December 1988 Kohl(II • III) 10 Helmut Haussmann(born 1943) FDP 9 December 1988 18 January 1991 Kohl(III) 11 Jürgen Möllemann(1945–2003) FDP 18 January 1991 21 January 1993 Kohl(IV) 12 Günter Rexrodt(1941–2004) FDP 21 January 1993 26 October 1998 Kohl(IV • V) Federal Minister for Economics and Technology13 Werner Müller(1946–2019) IND (for the SPD) 27 October 1998 22 October 2002 Schröder(I) Federal Minister for Economics and Labour14 Wolfgang Clement(1940–2020) SPD 22 October 2002 22 November 2005 Schröder(II) Federal Minister for Economics and Technology15 Michael Glos(born 1944) CSU 22 November 2005 10 February 2009Merkel(I)16 Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg(born 1971) CSU 10 February 2009 28 October 2009 17 Rainer Brüderle(born 1945) FDP 28 October 2009 12 May 2011Merkel(II) 18 Philipp Rösler(born 1973) FDP 12 May 2011 17 December 2013 Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy19 Sigmar Gabriel(born 1958) SPD 17 December 2013 27 January 2017 Merkel(III)20 Brigitte Zypries(born 1953) SPD 27 January 2017 14 March 2018 Merkel(III)21 Peter Altmaier(born 1958) CDU 14 March 2018 8 December 2021 Merkel(IV) Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action 22 Robert Habeck(born 1969) Green 8 December 2021 6 May 2025 Scholz(Scholz)Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy 23Katherina Reiche(born 1973)CDU6 May 2025IncumbentMerz(Merz)
East Germany (1949–1990)