Federal Ministry of Construction

Federal Ministry of Construction
State level	Federation
position	Supreme federal authority
founding	September 20, 1949 ; (as Federal Ministry for Reconstruction)
resolution	October 27, 1998 (successor: Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Housing )
Headquarters	Bonn , North Rhine-Westphalia;

The Federal Construction Ministry (unofficial name; BMBau for short ) was a supreme federal authority in the Federal Republic of Germany , which existed from 1949 to 1998.

The name has changed several times in the course of history, so it was initially called the Federal Ministry for Reconstruction , from 1950 to 1961 Federal Ministry for Housing , then until 1965 Federal Ministry for Housing, Urban Development and Regional Planning , then Federal Ministry for Housing and Urban Development (or 1969– 72 with reversed order of the two terms) until it was finally given the name Federal Ministry for Regional Planning, Building and Urban Development in 1972 , which it carried until its dissolution.

In 1998 the BMBau merged with the Federal Ministry of Transport to form the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Housing (BMVBW). From 2013 to 2018 the construction division was affiliated with the Federal Environment Ministry (BMUB), and since 2018 it has been part of the Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Home Affairs (BMI).

history

In 1949 the Federal Ministry for Housing was founded. Lauritz Lauritzen (SPD) was from July to December 1972 minister of construction, post and transport in personal union; however, the three ministries remained organizationally independent. In the Schröder I cabinet , the Federal Chancellor's organizational decree of October 27, 1998 merged the BMBau with the Federal Ministry of Transport to form the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Housing . Its first head was Franz Müntefering (SPD).

Federal Minister 1949–1998

No.	Surname	Life dates	Political party	Beginning of the term of office	Term expires
Federal Minister for Housing
1	Eberhard Wildermuth	1890-1952	FDP	September 20, 1949	March 9, 1952
2	Fritz Neumayer	1884-1973	FDP	July 19, 1952	October 20, 1953
3	Victor-Emanuel Preusker	1913-1991	FDP (until 1956) FVP (from 1956)	October 20, 1953	October 29, 1957
4th	Paul Gap	1914-1976	CDU	October 29, 1957	November 14, 1961
Federal Minister for Housing, Urban Development and Regional Planning
4th	Paul Gap	1914-1976	CDU	November 14, 1961	October 26, 1965
Federal Minister for Housing and Urban Development
5	Ewald Bucher	1914-1991	FDP	October 26, 1965	October 28, 1966
6th	Bruno Heck	1917-1989	CDU	November 8, 1966	November 30, 1966
7th	Lauritz Lauritzen	1910-1980	SPD	1st December 1966	October 21, 1969
Federal Minister for Urban Development and Housing
7th	Lauritz Lauritzen	1910-1980	SPD	October 22, 1969	December 15, 1972
Federal Minister for Regional Planning, Building and Urban Development
8th	Hans-Jochen Vogel	1926-2020	SPD	December 15, 1972	May 16, 1974
9	Karl Ravens	1927-2017	SPD	May 16, 1974	February 16, 1978
10	Dieter Haack	* 1934	SPD	February 16, 1978	October 1, 1982
11	Oscar Schneider	* 1927	CSU	4th October 1982	April 21, 1989
12	Gerda Hasselfeldt	* 1950	CSU	April 21, 1989	January 18, 1991
13	Irmgard Schwaetzer	* 1942	FDP	January 18, 1991	17th November 1994
14th	Klaus Töpfer	* 1938	CDU	17th November 1994	January 14, 1998
15th	Eduard Oswald	* 1947	CSU	January 14, 1998	October 26, 1998

Parliamentary State Secretaries

1969–1972: Karl Ravens ( SPD )
1972–1978: Dieter Haack (SPD)
1978–1982: Dietrich Sperling (SPD)
1982–1987: Friedrich-Adolf Jahn ( CDU )
1987–1993: Jürgen Echternach (CDU)
1990–1998: Joachim Günther ( FDP )

Official State Secretaries

1949–1959: Hermann Wandersleb
1959–1965: Werner Ernst
1965–1969: Johannes Schornstein
1969–1973: Louis Storck
1973–1978: Hubert Abreß
1978–1982: Albert Maximilian Schmid (SPD)
1982–1994: Gerhard von Loewenich
1990–1994: Herbert Schmülling (FDP)
1994–1998: Christa Thoben ( CDU )

Field Office

The office of the BMBau was in Deichmannsaue Castle in Bonn- Rüngsdorf .