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This page lists German Transportation Ministers. See also lists of incumbents.

Weimar Republic & Third Reich (1919–1945)

No. Portrait Name
(Born-Died)
Term Political Party Government
Took office Left office Time in office
1
Johannes Bell
Johannes Bell
(1868–1949)
13 February 19191 May 19201 year, 78 daysCentreScheidemann
Bauer
Müller I
2
Johannes Bell
Johannes Bell
(1870–1944)
2 May 192021 June 192050 daysSPDMüller I
3
Wilhelm Groener
Wilhelm Groener
(1867–1939)
25 June 192012 August 19233 years, 48 daysIndependentFehrenbach
Wirth I
Wirth II
Cuno
4
Rudolf Oeser
Rudolf Oeser
(1858–1926)
12 August 192311 October 19241 year, 59 daysDDPStresemann I
Stresemann II[1]
Marx I
Marx II
5
Rudolf Krohne
Rudolf Krohne
(1876–1953)
12 October 192417 December 19262 years, 66 daysDVPLuther I
Luther II[2]
Marx III
6
Wilhelm Koch
Wilhelm Koch
(1877–1950)
28 January 192712 June 19281 year, 136 daysDNVPMarx IV
7
Theodor von Guérard
Theodor von Guérard
(1863–1943)
27 June 19286 February 1929224 daysCentreMüller II
8
Georg Schätzel
Georg Schätzel
(1874–1934)
7 February 192912 April 192964 daysBVPMüller II
9
Adam Stegerwald
Adam Stegerwald
(1874–1945)
12 April 192927 March 1930348 daysCentreMüller II
(7)
Theodor von Guérard
Theodor von Guérard
(1863–1943)
30 March 19307 October 19311 year, 191 daysCentreBrüning I
10
Gottfried Treviranus
Gottfried Treviranus
(1891–1971)
9 October 193130 May 1932234 daysKVPBrüning II
11
Paul Freiherr von Eltz-Rübenach
Paul Freiherr von Eltz-Rübenach
(1875–1943)
1 June 19322 February 19374 years, 246 daysIndependentPapen
Schleicher
Hitler
12
Julius Dorpmüller
Julius Dorpmüller
(1869–1945)
Independent until January 1941
2 February 193723 May 19458 years, 110 daysNSDAPHitler
Goebbels
von Krosigk

1 The SPD withdrew from the Stresemann II Cabinet on 3 November 1923.
2 The DNVP withdrew from the Luther I Cabinet on 26 October 1925.

Federal Republic of Germany (1949–present)

Political Party:   DP   SPD   CSU   CDU

Name
(Born-Died)
Image Party Term of Office Chancellor
(Cabinet)
Federal Minister for Transport
style="background:Template:German Party/meta/color;" | Hans-Christoph Seebohm
(1903–1967)
DP (until 1960)
CDU (from 1960)
20 September 1949 30 November 1966 Adenauer
(I • II • III • IV • V)
Erhard (III)
style="background:Template:Social Democratic Party of Germany/meta/color;" | Georg Leber
(1920–2012)
SPD 1 December 1966 7 July 1972 Kiesinger (I)
Brandt (I)
style="background:Template:Social Democratic Party of Germany/meta/color;" | Lauritz Lauritzen
(1910–1980)
SPD 7 July 1972 16 May 1974 Brandt
(III)
style="background:Template:Social Democratic Party of Germany/meta/color;" | Kurt Gscheidle
(1924–2003)
SPD 16 May 1974 4 November 1980 Schmidt
(III)
style="background:Template:Social Democratic Party of Germany/meta/color;" | Volker Hauff
(b. 1940)
SPD 6 November 1980 1 October 1982 Schmidt
(III)
style="background:Template:Christian Social Union in Bavaria/meta/color;" | Werner Dollinger
(1918–2008)
CSU 4 October 1982 12 March 1987 Kohl
(III)
style="background:Template:Christian Social Union in Bavaria/meta/color;" | Jürgen Warnke
(1932–2013)
CSU 12 March 1987 21 April 1989 Kohl
(III)
style="background:Template:Christian Social Union in Bavaria/meta/color;" | Friedrich Zimmermann
(1925–2012)
CSU 21 April 1989 18 January 1991
style="background:Template:CDU/CSU/meta/color;" | Günther Krause
(b. 1953)
CDU 18 January 1991 13 May 1993 Kohl
(IV)
style="background:Template:CDU/CSU/meta/color;" | Matthias Wissmann
(b. 1949)
CDU 13 May 1993 26 October 1998 Kohl
(IVV)
Federal Minister for Transport, Building and Housing
style="background:Template:Social Democratic Party of Germany/meta/color;" | Franz Müntefering
(b. 1940)
SPD 27 October 1998 29 September 1999 Schröder
(I)
style="background:Template:Social Democratic Party of Germany/meta/color;" | Reinhard Klimmt
(b. 1942)
SPD 29 September 1999 16 November 2000
style="background:Template:Social Democratic Party of Germany/meta/color;" | Kurt Bodewig
(b. 1955)
SPD 20 November 2000 22 October 2002
style="background:Template:Social Democratic Party of Germany/meta/color;" | Manfred Stolpe
(1936–2019)
SPD 22 October 2002 22 November 2005 Schröder
(II)
Federal Minister for Transport, Building and Urban Development
style="background:Template:Social Democratic Party of Germany/meta/color;" | Wolfgang Tiefensee
(b. 1955)
SPD 22 November 2005 28 October 2009 Merkel
(I)
style="background:Template:Christian Social Union in Bavaria/meta/color;" | Peter Ramsauer
(b. 1954)
CSU 28 October 2009 17 December 2013 Merkel
(II)
Federal Minister for Transport and Digital Infrastructure
style="background:Template:Christian Social Union in Bavaria/meta/color;" | Alexander Dobrindt
(b. 1970)
CSU 17 December 2013 14 March 2018 Merkel
(III)
style="background:Template:Christian Social Union in Bavaria/meta/color;" | Andreas Scheuer
(b. 1974)
CSU 14 March 2018 Incumbent Merkel
(IV)