Current Cabinet Offices
Federal Ministry of Defence
Federal Minister of Defence
Großadmiral Karl Dönitz
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 16 1891; d. December 24 1980.
1945
Franz Josef Strauss
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 6 1915; d. October 3 1988.
1956 – 1962
Kai-Uwe von Hassel
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 21 1913; d. May 8 1997.
1963 – 1966
Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 23 1918; d. November 10 2015.
1969 – 1972
Gerhard Stoltenberg
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 29 1928; d. November 23 2001.
1989 – 1992
Rudolf Albert Scharping
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 2 1947.
1998 – 2002
Peter Struck
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 24 1943; d. December 19 2012.
2002 – 2005
Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 5 1971.
2009 – 2011
Karl Ernst Thomas de Maizière
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 21 1954.
2011 – 2013
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 Minister of Transport and Digital Infrastructure
Alexander Dobrindt
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 7 1970.
2013 – 2017
Andreas Franz Scheuer
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 26 1974.
2018 – 2021
Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
Federal Minister for Economics
Reichsmarschall Hermann Wilhelm Göring
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 12 1893; d. October 15 1946.
1937 – 1938
Berthold Konrad Hermann Albert Speer
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 19 1905; d. September 1 1981.
1945
Ludwig Wilhelm Erhard
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 4 1897; d. May 5 1977.
1949 – 1963
Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 23 1918; d. November 10 2015.
1972
Otto Graf Lambsdorff
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 20 1926; d. December 5 2009.
1977 – 1982
Otto Graf Lambsdorff
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 20 1926; d. December 5 2009.
1982 – 1984
Federal Minister for Economics and Labour
Wolfgang Clement
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 7 1940; d. September 27 2020.
2002 – 2005
Federal Minister of Economics and Technology
Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 5 1971.
2009
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 of Marshall Plan Affairs
Franz Blücher
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 24 1896; d. March 26 1959.
1949 – 1953
Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development
Franz Blücher
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 24 1896; d. March 26 1959.
1953 – 1957
Walter Scheel
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 8 1919; d. August 24 2016.
1961 – 1966
Werner Dollinger
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 10 1918; d. January 3 2008.
1966
Erhard Eppler
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 9 1926; d. October 19 2019.
1968 – 1974
Gerhard “Gerd” Müller
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 25 1955.
2013 – 2021
Federal Ministry of Education, Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women, and Youth
Federal Minister of Education and Science
Björn Engholm
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 9 1939.
1981 – 1982
Federal Minister of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women, and Youth
Rita Süssmuth
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 17 1937; d. February 1 2026.
1985 – 1988
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 Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building, and Nuclear Safety
Barbara Anne Hendricks
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 29 1952.
2013 – 2018
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
Reich Minister of Finance
Rudolf Hilferding
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 10 1877; d. February 11 1941.
1923
Hans Luther (*acting)
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 10 1879; d. May 11 1962.
1923 – 1924
Hans Luther (*acting)
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 10 1879; d. May 11 1962.
1925 – 1926
Rudolf Hilferding
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 10 1877; d. February 11 1941.
1928 – 1929
Heinrich Aloysius Maria Elisabeth Brüning (*acting)
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 26 1885; d. March 30 1970.
1930
Hermann Robert Dietrich
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 14 1879; d. March 6 1954.
1930 – 1932
Federal Minister of Finance
Franz Etzel
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 12 1902; d. May 9 1970.
1957 – 1961
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
Gerhard Stoltenberg
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 29 1928; d. November 23 2001.
1982 – 1989
Theodor “Theo” Waigel
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 22 1939.
1989 – 1998
Oskar Lafontaine
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 16 1943.
1998 – 1999
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
Reich Minister for Food and Agriculture
Hans Luther
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 10 1879; d. May 11 1962.
1922 – 1923
Hermann Robert Dietrich
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 14 1879; d. March 6 1954.
1928 – 1930
Federal Minister of Food, Agriculture, and Forestry
Wilhelm Niklas
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 24 1887; d. April 12 1957.
1949 – 1953
Karl Heinrich Lübke
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 14 1894; d. April 6 1972.
1953 – 1959
Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture, and Consumer Protection
Renate Elly Künast
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 15 1955.
2001 – 2005
Horst Lorenz Seehofer
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 4 1949.
2005 – 2008
Ilse Aigner
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 7 1964.
2008 – 2013
Federal Foreign Office
Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs
Walter Simons
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 24 1861; d. July 14 1937.
1920 – 1921
Gustav Ernst Stresemann
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 10 1878; d. October 3 1929.
1923 – 1929
Heinrich Aloysius Maria Elisabeth Brüning
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 26 1885; d. March 30 1970.
1931 – 1932
Konstantin Hermann Karl Freiherr von Neurath
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 2 1873; d. August 14 1956.
1932 – 1938
Ulrich Friedrich-Wilhelm Joachim von Ribbentrop
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 30 1893; d. October 16 1946.
1938 – 1945
Konrad Hermann Joseph Adenauer
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 5 1876; d. April 19 1967.
1951 – 1955
Heinrich von Brentano
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 20 1924; d. August 26 2006.
1955 – 1961
Willy Brandt
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 18 1913; d. October 8 1992.
1966 – 1969
Walter Scheel
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 8 1919; d. August 24 2016.
1969 – 1974
Hans-Dietrich Genscher
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 21 1927; d. March 31 2016.
1974 – 1982
Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt*
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 23 1918; d. November 10 2015.
1982
Hans-Dietrich Genscher
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 21 1927; d. March 31 2016.
1982 – 1992
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
Gerda Hasselfeldt
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 7 1950.
1991 – 1992
Horst Lorenz Seehofer
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 4 1949.
1992 – 1998
Andrea Fischer
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 14 1960.
1998 – 2001
Ursula “Ulla” Schmidt
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 13 1949.
2001 – 2002
Federal Minister of Health and Social Security
Ursula “Ulla” Schmidt
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 13 1949.
2002 – 2005
Federal Minister of Health
Ursula “Ulla” Schmidt
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 13 1949.
2005 – 2009
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 Regional Planning, Building, and Urban Development
Gerda Hasselfeldt
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 7 1950.
1989 – 1991
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
Reich Minister of the Interior
Wilhelm Külz
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 18 1875; d. April 10 1948.
1926 – 1927
Wilhelm Frick
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 12 1877; d. October 16 1946.
1933 – 1943
Federal Minister of the Interior
Gustav Walter Heinemann
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 23 1899; d. July 7 1976.
1949 – 1950
Robert Lehr
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 20 1883; d. October 13 1956.
1950 – 1953
Ernst Benda
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 15 1925; d. March 2 2009.
1968 – 1969
Hans-Dietrich Genscher
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 21 1927; d. March 31 2016.
1969 – 1974
Werner Maihofer
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 20 1918; d. October 6 2009.
1974 – 1978
Wolfgang Schäuble
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 18 1942; d. December 26 2023.
1989 – 1991
Rudolf Seiters
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 13 1937.
1991 – 1993
Wolfgang Schäuble
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 18 1942; d. December 26 2023.
2005 – 2009
Karl Ernst Thomas de Maizière
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 21 1954.
2009 – 2011
Karl Ernst Thomas de Maizière
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 21 1954.
2013 – 2018
Federal Minister for the Interior, Building, and Community
Horst Lorenz Seehofer
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 4 1949.
2018 – 2021
Federal Minister of the Interior and Community
Nancy Faeser
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 13 1970.
2021 – present
Federal Ministry of Justice
Federal Minister of Justice
Thomas Dehler
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 14 1897; d. July 21 1967.
1949 – 1953
Richard Jaeger
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 16 1913; d. May 15 1998.
1965 – 1966
Gustav Walter Heinemann
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 23 1899; d. July 7 1976.
1966 – 1969
Horst Paul August Ehmke
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 4 1927; d. March 12 2017.
1969
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
Norbert Blüm
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 21 1935; d. April 23 2020.
1982 – 1998
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
Federal Ministry for Post and Telecommunications
Federal Minister for Post and Telecommunications
Richard Stücklen
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 20 1916; d. May 2 2002.
1957 – 1966
Werner Dollinger
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 10 1918; d. January 3 2008.
1966 – 1969
Horst Paul August Ehmke
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 4 1927; d. March 12 2017.
1972 – 1974
Günther Krause (*interim)
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 3 1953.
1992 – 1993
Federal Ministry of Research, Technology, and Space
Federal Minister of Education and Research
Rainer Ortleb
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 5 1944.
1991 – 1994
Federal Ministry for Transport
Federal Minister for Transport
Werner Dollinger
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 10 1918; d. January 3 2008.
1982 – 1987
Günther Krause
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 3 1953.
1991 – 1993
Defunct Cabinet Offices
Ministry of Armaments and War Production
Reich Minister of Armaments and War Production
Berthold Konrad Hermann Albert Speer
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 19 1905; d. September 1 1981.
1942 – 1945
Federal Ministry of Intra-German Relations
Federal Minister of Intra-German Relations
Richard Herbert Wehner
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 11 1906; d. January 19 1990.
1966 – 1969