Current Cabinet Offices
Federal Ministry of Defence
Federal Minister of Defence
Franz Josef Strauss
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 6 1915; d. October 3 1988.
1956 – 1962
Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 23 1918; d. November 10 2015.
1969 – 1972
Peter Struck
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 24 1943; d. December 19 2012.
2002 – 2005
Ursula Gertrud von der Leyen
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 8 1958.
2013 – 2019
Boris Ludwig Pistorius
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 14 1960.
2023 – present
Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport
Federal Minister for Transport, Building, and Urban Affairs
Franz Müntefering
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 16 1940.
1998 – 1999
Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
Federal Minister for Economics
Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 23 1918; d. November 10 2015.
1972
Federal Minister of Economics and Technology
Philipp Rösler
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 24 1973.
2011 – 2013
Federal Minister of Economic Affairs and Energy
Sigmar Hartmut Gabriel
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 12 1959.
2013 – 2017
Brigitte Zypries
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 16 1953.
2017 – 2018
Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
Robert Habeck
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 2 1969.
2021 – present
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development
Gerhard “Gerd” Müller
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 25 1955.
2013 – 2021
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Federal Minister for Atomic Affairs
Franz Josef Strauss
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 6 1915; d. October 3 1988.
1955 – 1956
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety, and Consumer Protection
Minister of Regional Planning, Construction, and Urban Development
Hans-Jochen Vogel
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 3 1926; d. July 26 2020.
1972 – 1974
Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, and Nuclear Safety
Angela Dorothea Merkel
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 17 1954.
1994 – 1998
Sigmar Hartmut Gabriel
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 12 1959.
2005 – 2009
Norbert Alois Röttgen
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 2 1965.
2009 – 2012
Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women, and Youth
Federal Minister for Women and Youth
Angela Dorothea Merkel
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 17 1954.
1991 – 1994
Federal Minister of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women, and Youth
Ursula Gertrud von der Leyen
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 8 1958.
2005 – 2009
Federal Ministry of Finance
Federal Minister of Finance
Franz Josef Strauss
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 6 1915; d. October 3 1988.
1966 – 1969
Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 23 1918; d. November 10 2015.
1972 – 1974
Peer Steinbrück
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 10 1947.
2005 – 2009
Wolfgang Schäuble
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 18 1942; d. December 26 2023.
2009 – 2017
Olaf Scholz
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 14 1958.
2018 – 2021
Christian Wolfgang Lindner
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 7 1979.
2021 – 2024
Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture
Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture, and Consumer Protection
Horst Lorenz Seehofer
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 4 1949.
2005 – 2008
Federal Foreign Office
Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs
Konrad Hermann Joseph Adenauer
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 5 1876; d. April 19 1967.
1951 – 1955
Willy Brandt
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 18 1913; d. October 8 1992.
1966 – 1969
Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt*
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 23 1918; d. November 10 2015.
1982
Joseph Martin “Joschka” Fischer
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 12 1948.
1998 – 2005
Frank-Walter Steinmeier
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 5 1956.
2005 – 2009
Guido Westerwelle
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 27 1961; d. March 18 2016.
2009 – 2013
Frank-Walter Steinmeier
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 5 1956.
2013 – 2017
Sigmar Hartmut Gabriel
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 12 1959.
2017 – 2018
Annalena Charlotte Alma Baerbock
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 15 1980.
2021 – present
Federal Ministry of Health
Federal Minister of Health
Horst Lorenz Seehofer
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 4 1949.
1992 – 1998
Philipp Rösler
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 24 1973.
2009 – 2011
Federal Ministry for Housing, Urban Development, and Building
Federal Minister for Housing, Urban Development, and Building
Klara Geywitz
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 18 1976.
2021 – present
Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community
Federal Minister of the Interior
Wolfgang Schäuble
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 18 1942; d. December 26 2023.
1989 – 1991
Wolfgang Schäuble
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 18 1942; d. December 26 2023.
2005 – 2009
Federal Minister for the Interior, Building, and Community
Horst Lorenz Seehofer
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 4 1949.
2018 – 2021
Federal Ministry of Justice
Federal Minister of Justice
Hans-Jochen Vogel
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 3 1926; d. July 26 2020.
1974 – 1981
Brigitte Zypries
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 16 1953.
2002 – 2009
Federal Ministry for Labour and Social Affairs
Federal Minister for Labour and Social Affairs
Franz Müntefering
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 16 1940.
2005 – 2007
Olaf Scholz
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 14 1958.
2007 – 2009
Ursula Gertrud von der Leyen
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 8 1958.
2009 – 2013
Andrea Maria Nahles
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 20 1970.
2013 – 2017