Federal Ministry of Treasury

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House Carstanjen , seat of the Federal Treasury

The Federal Ministry of the Treasury was a ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany and was founded in 1949 as the Federal Ministry for Affairs of the Marshall Plan . This name was chosen because its initial role was to regulate matters relating to the European Recovery Program, known colloquially as the Marshall Plan . In this context, it should work in particular with the OEEC (the predecessor organization of today's OECD ). After the Marshall Plan had expired, it was renamed the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation (not to be confused with today's Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development ) in the course of the formation of the second Federal Cabinet . Even if no more funds from the European Recovery Program were available, his task was still the reconstruction of war-torn Europe.

In 1957 the name was again changed to the Federal Ministry for Economic Property of the Federation . When Minister Lenz took office in 1961, it was last named the Federal Ministry of Treasury. In 1969 it was repealed. The seat of the ministry was throughout the Carstanjen house in Bad Godesberg .

The responsibilities changed several times. The greatest turning point apparently occurred with the beginning of the Adenauer III cabinet (assumption of responsibility for real estate and construction during the term of office of Federal Minister Hermann Lindrath ). During the term of office of Federal Minister Werner Dollinger , it was particularly responsible for the following tasks:

  • the ERP special fund ,
  • federal properties (subordinate areas: federal property management including federal forest management ),
  • federal industrial assets (unless other departments were responsible),
  • the special fund load equalization fund ,
  • the federal government's shares in international organizations,
  • Federal government loan receivables in the billions, e.g. B. towards housing companies,
  • Cultural assets, in particular works of art from former imperial property ,
  • since 1957 the Federal Building Administration (subordinate authority: Federal Building Directorate ); however, the technical management for defense tasks was transferred to the Federal Ministry of Defense by a cabinet resolution of September 20, 1961 .

In 1969, its tasks were transferred partly to the Federal Ministry of Finance and partly to the Federal Ministry of Economics . The construction tasks were transferred from the BMF to the Federal Ministry of Construction in 1972 .

Federal Minister (1949 to 1969)

Kurt Schmücker Werner Dollinger Hans Lenz Hans Wilhelmi Hermann Lindrath Franz Blücher Franz Blücher
No. Surname Life dates Political party Beginning of the term of office Term expires
Federal Minister for Marshall Plan Affairs
1 Franz Blücher 1896-1959 FDP September 20, 1949 October 20, 1953
Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation
Franz Blücher 1896-1959 FDP (until 1956)
FVP / DP (from 1956) 		October 20, 1953 October 29, 1957
Federal Minister for Economic Property of the Federation
2 Hermann Lindrath 1896-1960 CDU October 29, 1957 February 27, 1960
3 Hans Wilhelmi 1899-1970 CDU May 4th 1960 November 14, 1961
Federal Treasury Minister
4th Hans Lenz 1907-1968 FDP November 14, 1961 November 19, 1962
5 Werner Dollinger 1918-2008 CSU December 14, 1962 November 30, 1966
6th Kurt Schmücker 1919-1996 CDU 1st December 1966 October 21, 1969

Official State Secretaries

See also

literature

  • Sigmund Chabrowski: The treasury of the federal government. The Dollingers Ministry also lacks competencies. In: The time of August 23, 1963.
  • Heinz Hoffmann (editor): The Federal Ministries 1949–1999. Designations, official abbreviations, responsibilities, organizational structure, management personnel (=  materials from the Federal Archives . Issue 8). Wirtschaftsverlag NW GmbH, Bremerhaven 2003, ISBN 3-86509-075-3 , p. 485-490 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The time of August 23, 1963. Retrieved May 29, 2013.
  2. ^ Ministerial Federal Building Administration 1950–1981. Federal Archives, accessed on August 8, 2020 .