List of ministers of the Federal Republic of Germany

Current cabinet

Past chancellors and ministers

• Irmgard Adam-Schwaetzer[?], FDP (1991-1994)
• Konrad Adenauer, CDU (Chancellor)
• Hans Apel[?], SPD (1974 Finance, 1974-1982 Defense)
• Walter Arendt[?], SPD
• Egon Bahr[?], SPD
• Rainer Barzel[?], CDU (1962-1964 and 1982-1983 Inner-German affairs)
• Norbert Blüm[?], CDU
• Kurt Bodewig[?], SPD (2000-2002 Transportation)
• Wolfgang Bötsch[?], CSU
• Jochen Borchert[?], CDU (1994-1998 Agriculture)
• Willy Brandt, SPD (1966 Foreign affairs, 1969-1974 Chancellor)
• Andreas von Bülow[?], SPD
• Herta Däubler-Gmelin[?], SPD (1998-2002 Justice)
• Horst Ehmke[?], SPD
• Björn Engholm[?], SPD
• Erhard Eppler[?], SPD
• Ludwig Erhard, CDU (Economy, 1963-1966 Chancellor)
• Josef Ertl[?], FDP (Agriculture)
• Andrea Fischer[?], Greens (1998-2001 Health)
• Egon Franke[?], SPD
• Hans Friedrichs[?], FDP (Economy)
• Anke Fuchs[?], SPD (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 (Postal services)
• Johann Baptist Gradl[?], CDU (1965-1966)
• Dieter Haack[?], SPD (Construction and housing)
• Volker Hauff[?], SPD (Transportation)
• Helmut Haussmann[?], FDP (1988-1991 Economy)
• 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 (Justice)
• Manfred Kanther[?], CDU (1993-1998 Interior)
• Ignaz Kiechle[?], CSU (1983-1994 Agriculture)
• Kurt Georg Kiesinger, CDU (1966-1969 Chancellor)
• Klaus Kinkel[?],CDU (1991-1992 Justice, 1992-1998 Foreign affairs)
• Helmut Kohl, CDU (1982-1998 Chancellor)
• Günther Krause[?], CDU
• Oskar Lafontaine[?], SPD (1998-1999 Finance)
• Manfred Lahnstein[?], SPD (Finance)
• Otto Graf Lambsdorff[?], FDP (1977-1984 Economy)
• Lauritz Lauritzen[?], SPD (Transportation)
• Georg Leber[?], SPD (Transportation, later Defense)
• Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger[?], FDP
• Werner Maihofer[?], FDP
• Lothar de Maizière[?], CDU
• Hans Matthöfer[?], SPD (Finance)
• Angela Merkel, CDU (1991-1994 Women and Youth; 1994-1998 Environment, Conservation and Nuclear Safety)
• Jürgen Möllemann, FDP
• Claudia Nolte[?], CDU
• Rainer Ortleb[?], FDP
• Günter Rexrodt[?], FDP
• Heinz Riesenhuber[?], CDU
• Hannelore Rönsch[?], CDU

• Volker Rühe[?], CDU (Defense)
• Jürgen Rüttgers[?], CDU
• Fritz Schäffer[?], CSU (Finance, later Justice)
• Wolfgang Schäuble[?], CDU (1984-1989 Kanzleramt (Chief of Staff); 1989-1991 Interior)
• Rudolf Scharping[?], SPD (1998-2002 Defense)
• Walter Scheel[?], FDP
• Karl Schiller[?], SPD (Economy and Finance)
• Marie Schlei[?], SPD (Economic cooperation)
• Cornelia Schmalz-Jacobsen[?], FDP
• Helmut Schmidt, SPD (1969-1972 Defense; 1972-1974 Finance; 1974-1982 Chancellor)
• Jürgen Schmude[?], SPD (Justice)
• Rupert Scholz[?], CDU (Defense)
• Gerhard Schröder, CDU (1953-1961 Interior; 1961-1966 Foreign Affairs; 1966-1969 Defense)
• Irmgard Schwaetzer[?], FDP
• Christian Schwarz-Schilling[?], CDU
• Horst Seehofer[?], CSU
• Rudolf Seiters[?], CDU (Interior)
• Carl-Dieter Spranger[?], CDU
• Gerhard Stoltenberg[?], CDU (Finance, later Defense)
• Franz Josef Strauß[?], CSU (Defense)
• Rita Süssmuth[?], CDU
• Klaus Töpfer[?], CDU
• Hans-Jochen Vogel[?], SPD
• Theodor Waigel[?], CSU (Finance)
• Herbert Wehner[?], SPD (1966-1969)
• Hans-Jürgen Wischnewski[?], SPD
• Matthias Wissmann[?], CDU
• Manfred Wörner[?], CDU (Defense)

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