Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs (Germany)
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| Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs | |
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| Bundesministerium für Verkehr, Bau und Stadtentwicklung | |
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| Formed | October 27, 1998 |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Germany |
| Headquarters | Berlin |
| Minister responsible | Peter Ramsauer, Federal Minister of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs |
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| http://www.bmvbs.de/ | |
The Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs (German: Bundesministerium für Verkehr, Bau und Stadtentwicklung) is a Ministry of Germany.
It was createded in 1998 by merger of the former Federal Ministry of Transport and the Federal Ministry of Regional Planning, Building and Urban Development, both established in 1949. The new ministry at first was named Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Housing until it adopted its current name in 2005.
[edit] Agencies
The Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (German: Bundesamt für Seeschiffahrt und Hydrographie (BSH)) located in St. Pauli, Hamburg provides among others things information of all matters of maritime shipping, to special funding programmes, law of flag, certification of mariners and information of the coasts and coastal waters of Germany. Official website BSH
[edit] Federal Ministers of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs
(Federal Ministers of Transport, Building and Housing until 2005)
- Franz Müntefering (SPD), 1998-1999
- Reinhard Klimmt (SPD), 1999-2000
- Kurt Bodewig (SPD), 2000-2002
- Manfred Stolpe (SPD), 2002-2005
- Wolfgang Tiefensee (SPD), 2005-2009
- Peter Ramsauer (CSU), since 2009
[edit] External links
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