List of German agriculture ministers

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Agriculture and Food Ministers are or were those members of the Federal or Reich Cabinet who are responsible for the quality and control of food ( consumer protection ) as well as for agriculture and forestry.

Presidents or State Secretaries of the War and Food Office in the Empire (1916–1918)

Coat of arms of the empire
Surname Term of office (beginning) Term of office (end) Political party
Adolf Tortilowicz from Batocki-Friebe May 22, 1916 August 6, 1917 -
Wilhelm von Waldow August 6, 1917 November 9, 1918 -
Emanuel Wurm November 14, 1918 February 13, 1919 USPD

Reich Minister for Food and Agriculture of the Weimar Republic (1919–1933)

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No. Surname Life dates Term of office (beginning) Term of office (end) Political party
01 Robert Schmidt 1864-1943 February 13, 1919 March 26, 1920 SPD
02 Andreas Hermes 1878-1964 March 27, 1920 March 10, 1922 center
03 Anton Fehr 1881-1954 March 31, 1922 November 21, 1922 BBB
04th Karl Muller 1884-1964 November 22, 1922 November 25, 1922 center
05 Hans Luther 1879-1962 December 1, 1922 4th October 1923 independent
06th Gerhard Count von Kanitz 1885-1949 October 6, 1923 December 5, 1925 independent
07th Heinrich Haslinde 1881-1958 January 19, 1925 December 17, 1926 center
08th Martin Schiele 1870-1939 January 28, 1927 June 12, 1928 DNVP
09 Hermann Dietrich 1879-1954 June 28, 1928 March 27, 1930 DDP
10 Martin Schiele 1870-1939 March 30, 1930 May 30, 1932 CNBL
11 Magnus Freiherr von Braun 1878-1972 June 1, 1932 January 28, 1933 DNVP

Reich Minister for Food in the Third Reich (1933–1945)

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No. Surname Life dates Term of office (beginning) Term of office (end) Political party
01 Alfred Hugenberg 1865-1951 January 30, 1933 June 26, 1933 DNVP
02 Richard Walther Darré 1895-1953 June 29, 1933 May 16, 1942 NSDAP
03 Herbert Backe 1896-1947 May 23, 1942 May 23, 1945 NSDAP

Agriculture Minister of the German Democratic Republic (1949–1990)

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No. Surname Life dates Term of office (beginning) Term of office (end) Political party
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry
01 Ernst Goldenbaum 1898-1990 October 11, 1949 November 8, 1950 DBD
02 Paul Scholz 1902-1995 November 8, 1950 May 1, 1952 DBD
03 Wilhelm Schröder 1913-1967 May 1, 1952 May 16, 1953 DBD
04th Hans Reichelt * 1925 May 16, 1953 November 1, 1953 DBD
05 Paul Scholz 1902-1995 November 1, 1953 March 19, 1955 DBD
06th Hans Reichelt * 1925 March 19, 1955 March 1, 1960 DBD
Minister of Agriculture, Registration and Forestry
06th Hans Reichelt * 1925 March 1, 1960 February 6, 1963 DBD
Between 1963 and 1972 the Ministry of Agriculture was dissolved and replaced by the Agriculture Council. Its president during this time was Georg Ewald .
Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Food Industry
07th Georg Ewald 1926-1973 January 1, 1972 17th September 1973 SED
08th Heinz Kuhrig 1929-2001 3rd October 1973 3rd December 1982 SED
09 Bruno Lietz 1925-2005 3rd December 1982 November 7, 1989 SED
10 Hans Watzek * 1932 November 18, 1989 April 12, 1990 DBD
Minister for Food, Agriculture and Forests
11 Peter Pollack 1930-2017 April 12, 1990 August 16, 1990 independent
12 Gottfried Haschke 1935-2018 20th August 1990 October 2, 1990 CDU

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

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No. Surname Life dates Term of office (beginning) Term of office (end) Political party
Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Forests (1949–2001)
01 Wilhelm Niklas 1887-1957 September 20, 1949 October 20, 1953 CSU
02 Heinrich Luebke 1894-1972 October 20, 1953 September 15, 1959 CDU
03 Werner Schwarz 1900-1982 October 14, 1959 October 26, 1965 CDU
04th Hermann Höcherl 1912-1989 October 26, 1965 October 21, 1969 CSU
05 Josef Ertl 1925-2000 October 22, 1969 17th September 1982 FDP
06th Bjorn Engholm * 1939 17th September 1982 October 1, 1982 SPD
07th Josef Ertl 1925-2000 4th October 1982 March 29, 1983 FDP
08th Ignaz Kiechle 1930-2003 March 30, 1983 January 21, 1993 CSU
09 Jochen Borchert * 1940 January 21, 1993 October 26, 1998 CDU
10 Karl-Heinz Funke * 1946 October 27, 1998 January 12, 2001 SPD
Federal Minister for Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture (2001-2005)
11 Renate Künast * 1955 January 12, 2001 October 4, 2005 Green
Jürgen Trittin (acting) * 1954 October 4, 2005 November 22, 2005 Green
Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (2005–2013)
12 Horst Seehofer * 1949 November 22, 2005 October 27, 2008 CSU
13 Ilse Aigner * 1964 October 31, 2008 September 30th, 2013 CSU
Hans-Peter Friedrich (acting) * 1957 September 30th, 2013 17th December 2013 CSU
Federal Minister for Food and Agriculture (since 2013)
14th Hans-Peter Friedrich * 1957 17th December 2013 17th February 2014 CSU
15th Christian Schmidt * 1957 17th February 2014 March 14, 2018 CSU
16 Julia Kloeckner * 1972 March 14, 2018 officiating CDU