Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology
| Federal Ministry of Economy and Technology | |
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| Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie (BMWi) | |
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| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 23 October 1917 as the Reichswirtschaftsamt |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Germany |
| Headquarters | Berlin |
| Employees | 1,500 |
| Minister responsible | Philipp Rösler, Federal Minister of Economy and Technology |
| Website | |
| http://www.bmwi.de/ | |
The Federal Ministry of Economy and Technology (German: Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie), abbreviated BMWi, is a cabinet-level ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany. It was previously known as the "Ministry of Economy". It was recreated in 2005 after it had previously been merged with other ministries to form the Federal Ministry for Economy and Labour between 2002 and 2005.
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History[edit]
The historical predecessor of the current Federal Ministry of Economy and Technology was the Reichswirtschaftsamt (Reich Economic Office), founded in 1917. In 1919, this became the Reichswirtschaftsministerium (Reich Ministry of Economy), which existed until 1945.
In postwar occupied Germany, its functions were exercised by the Administrative Office of Economy (German: Verwaltungsamt für Wirtschaft) between 1946 to 1949. After the founding of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Federal Ministry of Economics (German: Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft) existed from 1949 to 1998. From May 1971 to December 1972, it was temporarily merged with the Federal Ministry of Finance, in the Federal Ministry of Economics and Finance. In 1998 the technology section of the Ministry of Research was added, making it the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology. Between 2002 and 2005, it was merged with parts of the former Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, in Federal Ministry for Economics and Labour. In the cabinet under Angela Merkel, the two parts were once again split up in 2005, so that there is now, once again, a Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology.
Structure[edit]
The Ministry is organised into 8 departments and one central department.
- Central department – Z
- Europe – E
- Economy – I
- Middle class – II
- Energy – III
- Industry – IV
- Foreign economic policy – V
- Communication and post – VI
- Technology - VII
The ministry is headquartered in Berlin.
Ministers and Secretaries of State[edit]
Ministers[edit]
Political Party: CDU CSU SPD FDP No party
| Name (Born-Died) |
Party | Term of Office | Chancellor (Cabinet) |
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| Federal Minister for Economics | |||||
| Ludwig Erhard (1897–1977) |
CDU | 20 September 1949 | 16 October 1963 | Adenauer (I • II • III • IV • V) |
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| Kurt Schmücker (1919–1996) |
CDU | 17 October 1963 | 30 November 1966 | Erhard (I • II) |
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| Karl Schiller (1911–1994) |
SPD | 1 December 1966 | 7 July 1972 | Kiesinger (I) Brandt (I) |
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| Helmut Schmidt (b. 1918) |
SPD | 7 July 1972 | 15 December 1972 | Brandt (I) | |
| Hans Friderichs (b. 1931) |
FDP | 15 December 1972 | 7 October 1977 | Brandt (II) Schmidt (I • II) |
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| Otto Graf Lambsdorff (1926–2009) |
FDP | 7 October 1977 | 17 September 1982 | Schmidt (II • III) |
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| Manfred Lahnstein (b. 1937) |
SPD | 17 September 1982 | 1 October 1982 | Schmidt (III) |
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| Otto Graf Lambsdorff (1926–2009) |
FDP | 4 October 1982 | 27 June 1984 | Kohl (I • II) |
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| Martin Bangemann (b. 1934) |
FDP | 27 June 1984 | 9 December 1988 | Kohl (II • III) |
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| Helmut Haussmann (b. 1943) |
FDP | 9 December 1988 | 18 January 1991 | Kohl (III) |
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| Jürgen Möllemann (1945–2003) |
FDP | 18 January 1991 | 21 January 1993 | Kohl (IV) |
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| Günter Rexrodt (1941–2004) |
FDP | 21 January 1993 | 26 October 1998 | Kohl (IV • V) |
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| Federal Minister for Economics and Technology | |||||
| Werner Müller (b. 1946) |
No party | 27 October 1998 | 22 October 2002 | Schröder (I) |
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| Federal Minister for Economics and Labour | |||||
| Wolfgang Clement (b. 1940) |
SPD | 22 October 2002 | 22 November 2005 | Schröder (II) |
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| Federal Minister for Economics and Technology | |||||
| Michael Glos (b. 1944) |
CSU | 22 November 2005 | 10 February 2009 | Merkel (I) |
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| Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg (b. 1971) |
CSU | 10 February 2009 | 28 October 2009 | ||
| Rainer Brüderle (b. 1945) |
FDP | 28 October 2009 | 12 May 2011 | Merkel (II) |
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| Philipp Rösler (b. 1973) |
FDP | 12 May 2011 | Incumbent | ||
Secretaries[edit]
Ministry for Economy (1949–1998)[edit]
- Parliamentary Secretaries of State
- 1967–1970: Klaus Dieter Arndt, SPD
- 1970–1971: Philip Rosenthal, SPD
- 1972: Rainer Offergeld, SPD
- 1972–1987: Martin Grüner, FDP/DVP
- 1983–1987: Rudolf Sprung, CDU
- 1987–1989: Ludolf-Georg von Wartenberg, CDU
- 1987–1993: Erich Riedl, CSU
- 1989–1992: Klaus Beckmann, FDP
- 1992–1998: Heinrich Leonhard Kolb, FDP
- 1993–1994: Reinhard Göhner, CDU
- 1994–1997: Norbert Lammert, CDU
- Secretaries of State
- 1949–1951: Eduard Schalfejew
- 1951–1963: Ludger Westrick, no party
- 1958–1963: Alfred Müller-Armack, CDU
- 1963–1966: Wolfram Langer
- 1963–1968: Fritz Neef
- 1967–1972: Johann Baptist Schöllhorn
- 1968–1969: Klaus von Dohnanyi, SPD
- 1969–1978: Detlev Karsten Rohwedder, SPD
- 1972: Ernst Wolf Mommsen
- 1973–1991: Otto Schlecht
- 1979–1995: Dieter von Würzen
- 1991–1994: Johann Eekhoff
- 1994–1997: Johannes Ludewig
- 1995–1998: Lorenz Schomerus
- 1997–1998: Rudi Geil, CDU
- 1997–1998: Klaus Bünger
Ministry for Economics and Technology (1998–2002)[edit]
- Parliamentary Secretaries of State
- 1998–2002: Siegmar Mosdorf, SPD
- Secretaries of State
- 1998–2002: Alfred Tacke, SPD
- 1999–2002: Axel Gerlach
Ministry for Economics and Labour (2002–2005)[edit]
- Parliamentary Secretaries of State
- 2002–2005: Gerd Andres, SPD
- 2002–2005: Rezzo Schlauch, Green
- 2002–2005: Ditmar Staffelt, SPD
- Secretaries of State
- 1999-2003: Axel Gerlach
- 2002–2004: Alfred Tacke, SPD
- 2002–2005: Rudolf Anzinger
- 2002–2005: Georg-Wilhelm Adamowitsch
- 2004–2005: Bernd Pfaffenbach
Ministry for Economics and Technology (since 2005)[edit]
- Parliamentary Secretaries of State
- since 2005: Peter Hintze, CDU
- 2005–2009: Dagmar Wöhrl, CSU
- 2005–2009: Hartmut Schauerte, CDU
- since 2009: Ernst Burgbacher, FDP
- since 2009: Hans-Joachim Otto, FDP
- Secretaries of State
- 2005–2006: Georg-Wilhelm Adamowitsch
- 2005–2008: Joachim Wuermeling, CSU
- 2006–2009: Walther Otremba
- 2005–2011: Bernd Pfaffenbach
- 2008–2012: Jochen Homann
- since 2009: Bernhard Heitzer, FDP
- since 2011: Stefan Kapferer
- since 2012: Anne Herkes
