List of ministers of the Federal Republic of Germany (1945-present)
Current cabinet see: List in Politics of Germany
Past chancellors and ministers Irmgard Adam-Schwaetzer, FDP (1991-1994) Konrad Adenauer, CDU (Chancellor) Hans Apel, SPD (1974 Finance, 1974-1982 Defense) Walter Arendt, SPD Egon Bahr, SPD Rainer Barzel, CDU (1962-1964 and 1982-1983 Inner-German affairs) Norbert Blüm, CDU Kurt Bodewig, SPD (2000-2002 Transportation) Wolfgang Bötsch, CSU Jochen Borchert, CDU (1994-1998 Agriculture) Willy Brandt, SPD (1966 Foreign affairs, 1969-1974 Chancellor) Andreas von Bülow, SPD Herta Däubler-Gmelin, SPD (1998-2002 Justice) Horst Ehmke, SPD Björn Engholm, SPD Erhard Eppler, SPD Ludwig Erhard, CDU (Economy, 1963-1966 Chancellor) Josef Ertl, FDP (Agriculture) Andrea Fischer, Greens (1998-2001 Health) Egon Franke, SPD Hans Friedrichs, FDP (Economy) Anke Fuchs, SPD (Youth, family, and health) Hans-Dietrich Genscher, FDP (1969-1974 Interior, 1974-1992 Foreign affairs) Heiner Geißler, CDU (1982-1985 Youth, family and health) Kurt Gscheidle, SPD (Postal services) Johann Baptist Gradl, CDU (1965-1966) Dieter Haack, SPD (Construction and housing) Volker Hauff, SPD (Transportation) Helmut Haussmann, FDP (1988-1991 Economy) Gustav Heinemann, 1945-1952 CDU; after 1957 SPD (1949-1950 Interior, 1966-1969 Justice, 1969-1974 Bundespräsident) Hermann Höcherl, CSU (Interior, later Agriculture) Gerhard Jahn, SPD (Justice) Manfred Kanther, CDU (1993-1998 Interior) Ignaz Kiechle, CSU (1983-1994 Agriculture) Kurt Georg Kiesinger, CDU (1966-1969 Chancellor) Klaus Kinkel,CDU (1991-1992 Justice, 1992-1998 Foreign affairs) Helmut Kohl, CDU (1982-1998 Chancellor) Günther Krause, CDU Oskar Lafontaine, SPD (1998-1999 Finance) Manfred Lahnstein, SPD (Finance) Otto Graf Lambsdorff, FDP (1977-1984 Economy) Lauritz Lauritzen, SPD (Transportation) Georg Leber, SPD (Transportation, later Defense) Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, FDP Werner Maihofer, FDP Lothar de Maizière, CDU Hans Matthöfer, SPD (Finance) Angela Merkel, CDU (1991-1994 Women and Youth; 1994-1998 Environment, Conservation and Nuclear Safety) Jürgen Möllemann, FDP Claudia Nolte, CDU Rainer Ortleb, FDP Günter Rexrodt, FDP Heinz Riesenhuber, CDU Hannelore Rönsch, CDU Volker Rühe, CDU (Defense) Jürgen Rüttgers, CDU Fritz Schäffer, CSU (Finance, later Justice) Wolfgang Schäuble, CDU (1984-1989 Kanzleramt (Chief of Staff); 1989-1991 Interior) Rudolf Scharping, SPD (1998-2002 Defense) Walter Scheel, FDP Karl Schiller, SPD (Economy and Finance) Marie Schlei, SPD (Economic cooperation) Cornelia Schmalz-Jacobsen, FDP Helmut Schmidt, SPD (1969-1972 Defense; 1972-1974 Finance; 1974-1982 Chancellor) Jürgen Schmude, SPD (Justice) Rupert Scholz, CDU (Defense) Gerhard Schröder, CDU, CDU (1953-1961 Interior; 1961-1966 Foreign Affairs; 1966-1969 Defense) Gerhard Schröder, SPD (Chancellor) Irmgard Schwaetzer, FDP Christian Schwarz-Schilling, CDU Horst Seehofer, CSU Rudolf Seiters, CDU (Interior) Carl-Dieter Spranger, CDU Gerhard Stoltenberg, CDU (Finance, later Defense) Franz Josef Strauß, CSU (1955 Nuclear Energy; 1956-1962 Defense; 1966-1969 Finance) Rita Süssmuth, CDU Klaus Töpfer, CDU Hans-Jochen Vogel, SPD Theodor Waigel, CSU (Finance) Herbert Wehner, SPD (1966-1969) Hans-Jürgen Wischnewski, SPD Matthias Wissmann, CDU Manfred Wörner, CDU (Defense) Related articles History of Germany Politics of Germany Chancellor of Germany President of Germany Lists of incumbents