Federal minister in Germany

Alongside the Federal Chancellor, the Federal Ministers are the most elementary link in the politics of the Federal Republic of Germany. Together they form the Federal Government. According to Article 62 of the Basic Law. The Federal Ministers are appointed and dismissed by the Federal President. Federal ministers are sworn into the Federal Constitution when they take office.

List of German federal ministers:

Adenauer, Konrad (1951-1955) CDU
Apel, Hans (1974-1982) SPD
Arendt, Walter (1969-1976) SPD

Bahr, Egon (1974-1976) SPD
Balke, Siegfried (1953-1962) CSU
Bangemann, Martin (1984-1988) FDP
Barzel, Rainer (1962-1963 and 1982-1983) CDU
Baum, Gerhart (1978-1982) FDP
Benda, Ernst (1968-1969) CDU
Bergmann, Christine (1998-2002) SPD
Bergmann-Pohl, Sabine (1990-1991) CDU
Blank, Theodor (1955-1965) CDU
Blücher, Franz (1949-1957) FDP or FVP
Bluem, Norbert (1982-1998) CDU
Bodewig, Kurt (2000-2002) SPD
Bötsch, Wolfgang (1993-1997) CSU
Bohl, Friedrich (1991-1998) CDU
Borchert, Jochen (1993-1998) CDU
Brandt, Willy (1966-1969) SPD
Brauksiepe, Aenne (1968-1969) CDU
Brentano di Tremezzo, Heinrich (1955-1961) CDU
Bucher, Ewald (1962-1966) FDP
Bülow, Andreas (1980-1982) SPD
Bulnahn, Edelgard (1998-2005) SPD

Clement, Wolfgang (2002-2005) SPD

Däubler Gmelin, Herta (1998-2002) SPD
Dahlgrün, Rolf (1962-1966) FDP
Dehler, Thomas (1949-1953) FDP
Dohnanyi, Klaus von (1972-1974) SPD
Dollinger, Werner (1962-1969 and 1982-1987) CSU

Ehmke, Horst (1969-1974) SPD
Ehrenberg, Herbert (1976-1982) SPD
Eichel, Hans (1999-2005) SPD
Engelhard, Hans A (1982-1991) FDP
Engholm, Björn (1981-1982) SPD
Eppler, Erhard (1968-1974) SPD
Erhard, Ludwig (1949-1963) CDU
Ertl, Josef (1969-1982) FDP
Etzel, Franz (1957-1961) CDU

Fischer, Andrea (1998-2001) The Greens
Fischer, Joschka (1998-2005) The Greens
Focke, Katharina, Focke (1972-1976) SPD
Franke, Egon (1969-1982) SPD
Friderichs, Hans (1972-1977) FDP
Fuchs, Anke (1982) SPD
Funke, Karl-Heinz (1998-2001) SPD

Gabriel, Sigmar (since 2005) SPD
Geissler, Heiner (1982-1985) CDU
Genscher, Hans Dietrich (1969-1992) FDP
Glos, Michael (since 2005) CSU
Gradl, Johann Baptist (1965-1966) CDU
Gscheidle, Kurt (1974-1982) SPD

Haack, Dieter (1978-1982) SPD
Hassel, Kai Uwe (1963-1969) CDU
Hasselfeldt, Gerda (1989-1992) CSU
Hauff, Volker (1978-1982) SPD
Haussmann, Helmut (1988-1991) FDP
Heck, Bruno (1962-1968) CDU
Heinemann, Gustav (1949-1950 and 1966-1969) CDU from 1956 SPD
Hellwege, Heinrich (1949-1955) DP
Höcherl, Hermann (1961-1969) CSU
Hombach, Bodo (1998-199) SPD
Huber, Antje (1976-1982) SPD

Jaeger, Richard (1965-1966) CSU
Jahn, Gerhard (1969-1974) SPD
Jung, Franz Josef (since 2005) CDU

Kaiser, Jakob (1949-1957) CDU
Kanther, Manfred (1993-1998) CDU
Katzener, Hans (1965-1969) CDU
Kiechle, Ignaz (1983-1993) CSU
Kinkel, Klaus (1991-1998) FDP
Klein, Hans (1987-1990) CSU
Klimmt, Reinhard (1999-2000) SPD
Kraft, Waldemar (1953-1956) CDU
Krause, Günther (1990-1993) CDU
Krone, Heinrich (1961-1966) CDU
Krüger, Hans (1963-1964) CDU
Krüger, Paul (1993-1994) CDU
Künast, Renate (2001-2005) The Greens

Laermann, Karl Hans (1994) FDP
Lafontaine, Oskar (1998-1999) SPD
Lahnstein, Manfred (1982) SPD
Lambsdorff, Otto Graf (1977-1984) FDP
Lauritzen, Lauritz (1966-1974) SPD
Leber, Georg (1966-1978) SPD
Lehr, Robert (1950-1953) CDU
Lehr, Ursula (1988-1991) CDU
Lemmer, Ernst (1956-1962 and 1964-1965) CDU
Lenz, Hans (1961-1965) FDP
Leussink, Hans (1969-1972) independent
Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, Sabine (1992-1996) FDP
Leyen, Ursula von der (since 2005) CDU
Lindrath, Hermann (1957-1960) CDU
Lübke, Heinrich (1953-1959) CDU
Gap, Paul (1957-1968) CDU
Lukaschek, Hans (1949-1953) CDU

Maihofer, Werner (1972-1978) FDP
Maizière, Lothar de (1990-1991) CDU
Maizière, Thomas de (since 2005) CDU
Matthöfer, Hans (1974-1982) SPD
Mende, Erich (1963-1966) FDP
Merkatz, Hans Joachim von (1955-1962) FDP
Merkel, Angela (1991-1998) CDU
Mischnick, Wolfgang (1961-1963) FDP
Möllemann, Jürgen (1987-1993) FDP
Moeller, Alex (1969-1971) SPD
Müller, Werner (1998-2002) independent
Müntefering, Franz (1998-1999 and 2005-2007) SPD

Neumayer, Fritz (1952-1956) FDP from 1956 FVP
Niederalt, Alois (1962-1966) CSU
Niklas, Wilhelm (1949-1953) CSU
Nolte, Claudia (1994-1998) CDU

Oberländer, Theodor (1953-1960) CDU
Offergeld, Rainer (1978-1982) SPD
Ortleb, Rainer (1990-1994) FDP
Oswald, Eduard (1998) CSU

Preusker, Victor Emanuel (1953-1957) FDP from 1956 FVP

Ravens, Karl (1974-1978) SPD
Rexrodt, Günter (1993-1998) FDP
Riesenhuber, Heinz (1982-1993) CDU
Riester, Walter (1998-2002) SPD
Rönsch, Hannelore (1991-1994) CDU
Rhode, Helmut (1974-1978) SPD
Rühe, Volker (1992-1998) CDU
Rüttgers, Jürgen (1994-1998) CDU

Schäfer, Hermann (1953-1956) FDP
Schäffer, Fritz (1949-1961) CSU
Schäuble, Wolfgang (1984-1991 and since 2005) CDU
Scharping, Rudolf (1998-2002) SPD
Shavan, Annette (since 2005) CDU
Scheel, Walter (1961-1966 and 1969-1974) FDP
Schiller, Karl (1966-1972) SPD
Schily, Otto (1998-2005) SPD
Schlei, Marie (1976-1978) SPD
Schmid, Carlo (1966-1969) SPD
Schmidt, Helmut (1969-1974 and 1982) SPD
Schmidt, Renate (2002-2005) SPD
Schmidt, Ulla (2001-2005) SPD
Schmidt-Jortzig, Edzard (1996-1998) FDP
Schmude, Jürgen (1978-1982) SPD
Schmücker, Kurt (1963-1969) CDU
Schneider, Oscar (1982-1989) CSU
Scholz, Olaf (since 2007) SPD
Scholz, Rupert (1988-1989) CDU
Schroeder Gerhard (1953-1969) CDU
Schuberth, Hans (1949-1953) CSU
Schwaetzer, Irmgard (1991-1994) FDP
Schwarz, Werner (1959-1965) CDU
Schwarzhaupt, Elisabeth (1961-1966) CDU
Schwarz-Schilling, Christian (1982-1992) CDU
Seebohm, Hans Christoph (1949-1966) CDU
Seehofer, Horst (1992-1998 and since 2005) CSU
Seiters, Rudolf (1989-1993) CDU
Spranger, Carl Dieter (1991-1998) CSU
Stammberger, Wolfgang (1961-1962) FDP
Starke, Heinz (1961-1962) FDP
Steinmeier, Frank Walter (since 2005) SPD
Steinbrück, Peer (since 2005) SPD
Stolpe, Manfred (2002-2005) SPD
Stoltenberg, Gerhard (1965-1969 and 1982-1992) CDU
Storch, Anton (1949-1957) CDU
Strauss, Franz Josef (1953-1963 and 1966-1969) CSU
Strobel, Käte (1966-1972) SPD
Struck, Peter (2002-2005) SPD
Strücklen, Richard (1957-1966) CDU
Süssmuth, Rita (1985-1988) CDU

Tiefensee, Wolfgang (since 2005) SPD
Tillmanns, Robert (1953-1955) CDU
Toepfer, Klaus (1987-1998) CDU
Trittin, Jürgen (1998-2005) The Greens

Vogel, Hans Joachim (1972-1981) SPD

Waigel, Theodor (1989-1998) CSU
Wallmann, Walter (1986-1987) CDU
Walther, Hansjoachim (1990-1991) DSU
Warnke, Jürgen (1982-1989) CSU
Weber, Karl (1965) CDU
Wehner, Herbert (1966-1969) SPD
Westphal, Heinz (1982) SPD
Westrick, Ludger (1964-1965) CDU
Wieczorek Zeul, Heidemarie (1998) SPD
Wildermuth, Eberhard (1949-1952) FDP
Wilhelmi, Hans (1960-1961) CDU
Wilms, Dorothee (1982-1991) CDU
Windelen, Heinrich (1969 and 1983-1987) CDU
Wischnewski, Hans Jürgen (1966-1968) SPD
Wissmann, Matthias (1993-1998) CDU
Wörner, Manfred (1982-1988) CDU
Wuermeling, Franz Josef (1953-1962) CDU

Zimmermann, Friedrich (1982-1991) CSU
Zypries, Brigitte (since 2002) SPD