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)
Labor Minister of the Federal Republic of Germany (since 1949)
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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
|
German ministers by department