Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (Germany)

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Federal Ministry for Labour and Social Affairs
Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales
Agency overview
Formed	1919, 1949
Jurisdiction	Government of Germany
Headquarters	Berlin
Minister responsible	Ursula von der Leyen, Federal Minister for Labour and Social Affairs
Website
http://wwww.bmas.de

The Federal Ministry for Labour and Social Affairs^[1] is a ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany (see also Bundesregierung). First location is in Berlin, second in Bonn. From 2002 to 2005, the ministry was part of the Federal Ministry for Economics and Labour^[2] and part of the Federal Ministry of Health (Germany). Responsibilities were re-allocated once again when a new government was formed following the Bundestag elections of 2005. The German name was changed from Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Sozialordnung to Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales.

Contents 1 Federal Minister for Labour 2 Federal Ministry for Labour and Social Affairs 3 Federal Ministry for Economics and Labour 4 Federal Minister for Labour and Social Affairs from 2005 5 State secretaries 6 Notes 7 External links

[edit] Federal Minister for Labour

• Anton Storch (CDU), 1949–1957

[edit] Federal Ministry for Labour and Social Affairs

• Theodor Blank (CDU), 1957–1965
• Hans Katzer (CDU), 1965–1969
• Walter Arendt (SPD), 1969–1976
• Herbert Ehrenberg (SPD), 1976–1982
• Heinz Westphal (SPD), 1982–1982
• Norbert Blüm (CDU), 1982–1998
• Walter Riester (SPD), 1998–2002

[edit] Federal Ministry for Economics and Labour

• Wolfgang Clement (SPD), 2002–2005

[edit] Federal Minister for Labour and Social Affairs from 2005

• Franz Müntefering (SPD), 2005–2007
• Olaf Scholz (SPD), 2007–2009
• Franz Josef Jung (CDU), 2009
• Ursula von der Leyen (CDU), from 2009

[edit] State secretaries

The Parliamentary Secretary of States are Klaus Brandner and Franz Thönnes. The Secretaries of State are Detlef Scheele, Franz-Josef Lersch-Mense and Kajo Wasserhövel.^[3]

[edit] Notes

1. ^ German name: Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales. Former German name: Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Sozialordnung. The English translation used by the ministry is the same
2. ^ German name: Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit
3. ^ as of April 2008

[edit] External links

• Official Web site of the ministry (German)

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Coordinates: 52°30′47″N 13°22′59″E / 52.513°N 13.383°E / 52.513; 13.383

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