Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development

Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development
Bundesministerium für Verkehr, Bau und Stadtentwicklung (BMVBS)
Agency overview
Formed	October 27, 1998
Jurisdiction	Government of Germany
Headquarters	Invalidenstraße 44, Berlin 52°31′46.58″N 13°22′42.10″E
Minister responsible	Peter Ramsauer, Federal Minister of Transport, Building and Urban Development
Website
http://www.bmvbs.de/EN/Home/home_node.html

Second office in Bonn

The Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development (German: Bundesministerium für Verkehr, Bau und Stadtentwicklung), abbreviated BMVBS, is a cabinet-level ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany.

It was created in 1998 through the 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.

Agencies

Subordinate agencies include:

• German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Investigation
• Federal Bureau for Maritime Casualty Investigation
• 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

Federal Ministers of Transport, Building and Urban Development

(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

External links

• Official Web site (English)
• Official Web site (German)