List of German transport ministers

This article deals with the Federal Ministers for Transport. For the state ministers of transport see the list of incumbent German state transport ministers .

Transport ministers are or were those members of the federal or Reich government who deal with or dealt with issues relating to transport.

The first female minister was Gerda Hasselfeldt (1990 and 1991).

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

Surname	Term of office (beginning)	Term of office (end)	Political party
Johannes Bell	February 13, 1919	May 1, 1920	center
Gustav Bauer	May 1, 1920	June 21, 1920	SPD
Wilhelm Groener	June 25, 1920	August 12, 1923	-
Rudolf Oeser	August 13, 1923	October 12, 1924	DDP
Rudolf Krohne	October 12, 1924	February 1, 1927	DVP
Wilhelm Koch	February 1, 1927	June 28, 1928	DNVP
Theodor von Guérard	June 28, 1928	February 6, 1929	center
Georg Schätzel	February 7, 1929	April 13, 1929	BVP
Adam Stegerwald	April 13, 1929	March 27, 1930	center
Theodor von Guérard	March 31, 1930	October 9, 1931	center
Gottfried Treviranus	October 10, 1931	June 1, 1932	DNVP
Paul Freiherr von Eltz-Rübenach	June 1, 1932	January 28, 1933	-

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

Surname	Term of office (beginning)	Term of office (end)	Political party
Paul von Eltz-Rübenach	January 30, 1933	February 2, 1937	independent
Julius Dorpmüller	February 2, 1937	May 23, 1945	NSDAP

Minister for Transport of the GDR (1949–1990)

Surname	Term of office (beginning)	Term of office (end)	Political party
Hans Reingruber	October 11, 1949	April 10, 1953	-
Roman Chwalek	April 10, 1953	November 19, 1954	SED
Erwin Kramer	November 19, 1954	December 15, 1970	SED
Otto Arndt	December 15, 1970	November 7, 1989	SED
Heinrich Scholz	November 18, 1989	February 1990	SED
Herbert Keddi	February 1990	April 12, 1990	SED
Horst Gibner	April 12, 1990	October 2, 1990	CDU

Minister for Transport of the Federal Republic of Germany (since 1949)

Federal Minister of Transport (1949–1998)

No.	Surname	image	Life dates	Political party	Beginning of the term of office	Term expires	Term of office in days	Cabinet (s)
1	Hans-Christoph Seebohm		1903-1967	DP (until 1960) CDU (from 1960)	September 20, 1949	November 30, 1966	6219	Adenauer I Adenauer II Adenauer III Adenauer IV Adenauer V Erhard I Erhard II
2	Georg Leber		1920-2012	SPD	1st December 1966	July 7, 1972	2045	Kiesinger Brandt I.
3	Lauritz Lauritzen		1910-1980	SPD	July 7, 1972	May 16, 1974	678	Brandt I Brandt II
4th	Kurt Gscheidle		1924-2003	SPD	May 16, 1974	November 4th 1980	2364	Schmidt I Schmidt II
5	Volker Hauff		* 1940	SPD	November 6, 1980	October 1, 1982	694	Schmidt III
6th	Werner Dollinger		1918-2008	CSU	4th October 1982	March 12, 1987	1620	Kohl I Kohl II
7th	Jürgen Warnke		1932-2013	CSU	March 12, 1987	April 21, 1989	771	Kohl III
8th	Friedrich Zimmermann		1925-2012	CSU	April 21, 1989	January 18, 1991	637	Kohl III
9	Günther Krause		* 1953	CDU	January 18, 1991	May 13, 1993	846	Kohl IV
10	Matthias Wissmann		* 1949	CDU	May 13, 1993	October 26, 1998	1992	Kohl IV Kohl V

Federal Minister for Transport, Building and Housing (1998-2005)

Surname	Term of office (beginning)	Term of office (end)	Political party
Franz Müntefering	October 27, 1998	September 29, 1999	SPD
Reinhard Klektiven	September 29, 1999	November 16, 2000	SPD
Kurt Bodewig	November 20, 2000	October 22, 2002	SPD
Manfred Stolpe	October 22, 2002	November 22, 2005	SPD

Federal Minister for Transport, Building and Urban Development (2005–2013)

Surname	Term of office (beginning)	Term of office (end)	Political party
Wolfgang Tiefensee	November 22, 2005	October 28, 2009	SPD
Peter Ramsauer	October 28, 2009	17th December 2013	CSU

Federal Minister for Transport and Digital Infrastructure (since 2013)

Surname	Term of office (beginning)	Term of office (end)	Political party
Alexander Dobrindt	17th December 2013	October 24, 2017	CSU
Christian Schmidt	October 24, 2017	March 14, 2018	CSU
Andreas Scheuer	March 14, 2018	officiating	CSU