List of German labor ministers

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Labor ministers are or were those members of the Federal or Reich Cabinet who deal with the concerns of employers and employees.

Previous female incumbents were Hannelore Mensch in 1989 and Regine Hildebrandt in 1990 (both in the GDR) as well as Ursula von der Leyen from 2009 to 2013 and then Andrea Nahles until 2017 in the Federal Republic. Hubertus Heil has been the incumbent since March 2018 .

State Secretaries of the Reich Labor Office of the German Empire (1918–1919)

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Surname Term of office (beginning) Term of office (end) Political party
Gustav Bauer October 4, 1918 February 13, 1919 SPD

Reich Minister for Labor in the Weimar Republic (1919–1933)

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Surname Term of office (beginning) Term of office (end) Political party
Gustav Bauer February 13, 1919 June 20, 1919 SPD
Alexander Schlicke June 21, 1919 June 21, 1920 SPD
Heinrich Brauns June 25, 1920 June 12, 1928 center
Rudolf Wissell June 28, 1928 March 27, 1930 SPD
Adam Stegerwald March 30, 1930 May 30, 1932 center
Hermann Warmbold June 1, 1932 June 6, 1932 -
Hugo Schäffer June 7, 1932 November 17, 1932 -
Friedrich Syrup December 3, 1932 January 28, 1933 -

Reich Minister for Labor of the Third Reich (1933–1945)

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Surname Term of office (beginning) Term of office (end) Political party
Franz Seldte January 30, 1933 May 23, 1945 DNVP → NSDAP

Minister for Labor, Wages and Social Affairs of the GDR (1989–1990)

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Surname Term of office (beginning) Term of office (end) Political party
Hannelore Mensch November 18, 1989 April 12, 1990 SED
Regine Hildebrandt April 12, 1990 20th August 1990 SPD
Jürgen Kleditzsch 22nd August 1990 October 2, 1990 CDU

Labor Minister of the Federal Republic of Germany (since 1949)

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Hubertus Heil Katarina Barley Andrea Nahles Ursula von der Leyen Franz Josef Jung Olaf Scholz Franz Müntefering Wolfgang Clement Walter Riester Norbert Blüm Heinz Westphal Herbert Ehrenberg Walter Arendt Hans Katzer Theodor Blank Anton Storch
No. Surname Life dates Political party Term of office (beginning) Term of office (end)
Federal Minister for Labor
01 Anton Storch 1892-1975 CDU September 20, 1949 October 29, 1957
Federal Minister for Labor and Social Affairs
02 Theodor Blank 1905-1972 CDU October 29, 1957 October 26, 1965
03 Hans Katzer 1919-1996 CDU October 26, 1965 October 22, 1969
04th Walter Arendt 1925-2005 SPD October 22, 1969 December 16, 1976
05 Herbert Ehrenberg 1926-2018 SPD December 16, 1976 April 28, 1982
06th Heinz Westphal 1924-1998 SPD April 28, 1982 4th October 1982
07th Norbert Blüm 1935-2020 CDU 4th October 1982 October 27, 1998
08th Walter Riester * 1943 SPD October 27, 1998 October 22, 2002
Federal Minister for Economics and Labor
09 Wolfgang Clement * 1940 SPD October 22, 2002 November 22, 2005
Federal Minister for Labor and Social Affairs
10 Franz Müntefering * 1940 SPD November 22, 2005 November 21, 2007
11 Olaf Scholz * 1958 SPD November 21, 2007 October 28, 2009
12 Franz Josef Jung * 1949 CDU October 28, 2009 November 27, 2009
13 Ursula von der Leyen * 1958 CDU November 30, 2009 17th December 2013
14th Andrea Nahles * 1970 SPD 17th December 2013 28th September 2017
- Katarina Barley (acting) * 1968 SPD 28th September 2017 March 14, 2018
15th Hubertus Heil * 1972 SPD March 14, 2018 officiating