List of German economics ministers

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Economics ministers are or were members of the Federal and Reich Cabinets that deal or deal exclusively with the interests of the economy.

Reich Minister of Commerce in the Provisional Central Authority (1848/1849)

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Surname Term of office (beginning) Term of office (end)
Arnold Duckwitz August 5, 1848 May 16, 1849

State Secretaries of the Reich Economic Office of the German Empire (1917-1919)

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Surname Term of office (beginning) Term of office (end)
Rudolf Schwander June 30, 1917 November 20, 1917
Hans Karl Freiherr von Stein zu Nordheim and Ostheim November 20, 1917 November 9, 1918
August Müller November 14, 1918 February 13, 1919

Reich Minister for Economic Affairs of the Weimar Republic (1919–1933)

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Surname Term of office (beginning) Term of office (end) Political party
Rudolf Wissell February 13, 1919 July 15, 1919 SPD
Robert Schmidt July 16, 1919 June 24, 1920 SPD
Ernst Scholz June 25, 1920 May 9, 1921 DVP
Robert Schmidt May 10, 1921 November 21, 1922 SPD
Johann Becker November 22, 1922 August 12, 1923 DVP
Hans von Raumer August 13, 1923 October 5, 1923 DVP
Joseph Koeth October 6, 1923 November 30, 1923 -
Eduard Hamm November 30, 1923 December 15, 1924 DDP
Albert Neuhaus January 15, 1925 October 26, 1925 DVP
Rudolf Krohne October 27, 1925 December 5, 1925 DVP
Julius Curtius January 19, 1926 November 11, 1929 DVP
Paul Moldenhauer November 15, 1929 December 23, 1929 DVP
Robert Schmidt December 24, 1929 March 29, 1930 SPD
Hermann Dietrich March 30, 1930 June 26, 1930 DDP
Ernst Trendelenburg June 27, 1930 October 8, 1931 -
Hermann Warmbold October 9, 1931 April 28, 1932 -
Ernst Trendelenburg April 29, 1932 May 30, 1932 -
Hermann Warmbold June 1, 1932 January 28, 1933 -

Reich Minister for Economic Affairs of the Third Reich (1933–1945)

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Surname Term of office (beginning) Term of office (end) Political party
Alfred Hugenberg January 30, 1933 June 26, 1933 DNVP
Kurt Schmitt June 30, 1933 July 30, 1935 NSDAP
Hjalmar shaft July 30, 1935 November 27, 1937 -
Hermann Goering November 27, 1937 January 15, 1938 NSDAP
Walther Funk January 15, 1938 May 1, 1945 NSDAP
Albert Speer May 5, 1945 May 23, 1945 NSDAP

Economics Minister of the GDR (1949–1990)

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(Note: Until 1989 there was no traditional Ministry of Economics in the GDR, only "Ministries for branches of industry". It was not until 1989 that a Ministry of Economics, which can be compared with today's ideas of a comprehensive Ministry of Economics, was founded.)

Minister for Economy

Surname Term of office (beginning) Term of office (end) Political party
Christa Luft 1989 1990 SED
Gerhard Pohl 1990 1990 CDU

Ministries for the industries

Minister for Ore Mining, Metallurgy and Potash of the GDR (1966–1989)

Surname Term of office (beginning) Term of office (end) Political party
Kurt Fichtner 1966 1967 SED
Kurt Singhuber 1967 1989 SED

Minister for Electrical Engineering and Electronics of the GDR (1965–1989)

Surname Term of office (beginning) Term of office (end) Political party
Otfried Steger 1965 1983 SED
Felix Meier 1983 1989 SED

Minister for Coal and Energy of the GDR (1979–1989)

Surname Term of office (beginning) Term of office (end) Political party
Wolfgang Mitzinger 1979 1989 SED

Minister for the Chemical Industry of the GDR (1965–1989)

Surname Term of office (beginning) Term of office (end) Political party
Siegbert Löschau 1965 1966 SED
Günther Wyschofsky 1966 1989 SED

Minister for Construction of the GDR (1950–1990)

(No building ministry )

Surname Term of office (beginning) Term of office (end) Political party
Lothar Bolz November 15, 1953 October 1, 1953 NDPD
Heinz Winkler October 1, 1953 November 14, 1958 CDU
Ernst Scholz November 14, 1958 February 6, 1962 SED
Wolfgang Junker February 6, 1962 November 7, 1989 SED
Gerhard Baumgärtel November 18, 1989 April 12, 1990 CDU
Axel Viehweger April 12, 1990 September 28, 1990 BFD

Minister for the Glass and Ceramic Industry of the GDR (1972–1989)

Surname Term of office (beginning) Term of office (end) Political party
Werner Greiner-Petter 1972 1983 SED
Karl Grünheid 1983 1989 SED

Minister for Materials Management of the GDR (1965–1989)

Surname Term of office (beginning) Term of office (end) Political party
Alfred Neumann 1965 1968 SED
Manfred Flegel 1968 1974 NDPD
Wolfgang Rauchfuß 1974 1989 SED

Minister for Machine Tool and Processing Machine Construction of the GDR (1973–1989)

Surname Term of office (beginning) Term of office (end) Political party
Rudi Georgi 1973 1989 SED

Minister for Mechanical Engineering of the GDR (1973–1990)

Surname Term of office (beginning) Term of office (end) Political party
Günther Kleiber 1973 1986 SED
Gerhard Tautenhahn 1986 1989 SED
Karl Grünheid 1989 1990 SED

Minister for Heavy Industry of the GDR (1975–1990)

Surname Term of office (beginning) Term of office (end) Political party
Fritz Selbmann 1975 1979 SED
Rolf Kersten 1979 1981 SED
Hans-Joachim Lauck 1981 1989 SED
Kurt Singhuber 1989 1990 SED

Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Food Management (1945–1990)

(No Ministry of Food)

Surname Term of office (beginning) Term of office (end) Political party
Ernst Goldenbaum 1949 1950 DBD
Paul Scholz 1950 1955 SED
Georg Ewald 1955 1973 SED
Heinz Kuhrig 1973 1986 SED
Bruno Lietz 1986 1989 SED
Hans Watzek 1989 1990 SED
Peter Pollack 1990 1990 -

Minister for Light Industry of the GDR (1972–1989)

Surname Term of office (beginning) Term of office (end) Political party
Karl Bettin 1972 1978 SED
Werner Buschmann 1978 1989 SED
Gunter Halm 1989 1989 NDPD

Minister for the Food Industry of the GDR (1951–1989)

Surname Term of office (beginning) Term of office (end) Political party
Erhard Krack 1951 1974 SED
Udo-Dieter Wange 1974 1989 SED

Minister for Trade and Supply of the GDR (1949–1989)

Surname Term of office (beginning) Term of office (end) Political party
Curt-Heinz Merkel 1949 1951 SED
Karl Hamann 1951 1963 LDPD
Gerhard Lucht 1963 1965 SED
Günter Sieber 1965 1972 SED
Manfred Flegel 1972 1989 SED

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

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Federal Minister of Economics (1949–1998)

Surname Term of office (beginning) Term of office (end) Political party
Ludwig Erhard September 20, 1949 October 16, 1963 CDU
Kurt Schmücker 17th October 1963 November 30, 1966 CDU
Karl Schiller 1st December 1966 July 7, 1972 SPD
Helmut Schmidt July 7, 1972 December 15, 1972 SPD
Hans Friderichs December 15, 1972 7th October 1977 FDP
Otto Graf Lambsdorff 7th October 1977 17th September 1982 FDP
Manfred Lahnstein 17th September 1982 October 1, 1982 SPD
Otto Graf Lambsdorff 4th October 1982 June 27, 1984 FDP
Martin Bangemann June 27, 1984 December 9, 1988 FDP
Helmut Haussmann December 9, 1988 January 18, 1991 FDP
Jürgen Möllemann January 18, 1991 January 21, 1993 FDP
Günter Rexrodt January 21, 1993 October 26, 1998 FDP

Federal Minister for Economics and Technology (1998–2002)

Surname Term of office (beginning) Term of office (end) Political party
Werner Müller October 27, 1998 October 22, 2002 -

Federal Minister for Economics and Labor (2002-2005)

Surname Term of office (beginning) Term of office (end) Political party
Wolfgang Clement October 22, 2002 November 22, 2005 SPD

Federal Minister for Economics and Technology (2005-2013)

Surname Term of office (beginning) Term of office (end) Political party
Michael Glos November 22, 2005 February 10, 2009 CSU
Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg February 10, 2009 October 28, 2009 CSU
Rainer Brüderle October 28, 2009 May 12, 2011 FDP
Philipp Rösler May 12, 2011 17th December 2013 FDP

Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy (since 2013)

Surname Term of office (beginning) Term of office (end) Political party
Sigmar Gabriel 17th December 2013 January 26, 2017 SPD
Brigitte Zypries January 27, 2017 March 14, 2018 SPD
Peter Altmaier March 14, 2018 officiating CDU