Ministry of Transport of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia

Ministry of Transport of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia - VM NRW -
State level	North Rhine-Westphalia
position	Supreme state authority
founding	August 29, 1946
Headquarters	Düsseldorf , North Rhine-Westphalia
Authority management	Hendrik Wüst (CDU), Minister of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Web presence	www.vm.nrw.de

City gate Düsseldorf

Minister Hendrik Wüst, 2019

The Ministry of Transport of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (short form: VM NRW ) is one of the twelve ministries of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia . Until 2010 it existed as the Ministry of Construction and Transport (short form: MBV NRW ; also abbreviated as the Ministry of Construction and Transport NRW ). From 2010 to 2012, the Ministry's divisions were part of the Ministry of Economics, Energy, Building, Housing and Transport of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia .

Seat

The ministry has its seat in Düsseldorf in the city ​​gate (Düsseldorf) .

In autumn 2017 the move took place from Jürgensplatz 1, since then the seat of the Ministry for Homeland, Local Affairs, Building and Equality of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia . The State Chancellery , which until then had been housed in the city gate, moved to the state house.

management

On June 30, 2017, Hendrik Wüst ( CDU ) was appointed Minister of Transport for the State of North Rhine-Westphalia. State Secretary is Hendrik Clemens Schulte , who, as head of office, forms the interface between the political bodies and the non-political civil service or the employees of the department.

June 2014 was Michael from the mills Secretary, Ministry of Construction, Housing, Urban Development and Transport, of which the Federal Ministry for the Environment changing Gunther Adler had followed.

history

A ministry responsible only for transport was founded when the first state government of North Rhine-Westphalia took office on August 29, 1946 - alongside the ministries for the interior , justice , finance , culture , agriculture , economics and the then separate ministries for labor and social affairs and a ministry for reconstruction . As early as 1950, under Prime Minister Arnold, the Ministry of Transport was merged with the Ministry of Economic Affairs to form a Ministry of Economics and Transport (see Arnold II cabinet ). During this time, the transport was also looked after by the Ministry of Economic Affairs.

It was not until 1985, when Cabinet Rau III took office , that an independent Ministry of Transport was created again, which was detached from the Ministry of Economic Affairs and, in addition to transport, also dealt with urban development and housing. In 1995 the Ministry of Transport was reunited with the Ministry of Economic Affairs, and urban development was transferred to the Ministry of Urban Development, Culture and Sport. In 2002, under Prime Minister Steinbrück, transport was again separated from the Ministry of Economics, a Ministry for Transport, Energy and State Planning was created (see Steinbrück Cabinet ). In 2005 , the Ministry of Transport remained independent under Jürgen Rüttgers , but with new responsibility for construction instead of energy (see Rüttgers cabinet ).

When the SPD returned to power in 2010 , Hannelore Kraft created a super ministry for economy, energy, building, housing and transport . In the first Kraft government, the transport department lost its independence again for two years until, under the second Kraft government in 2012, it again became independent from the Ministry of Economic Affairs as the Ministry for Building, Housing, Urban Development and Transport. With the combination of construction and traffic, the red-green state government restored the responsibilities as under the black-yellow state government from 2005 to 2010 .

When the Laschet Cabinet took over government in 2017 , not only was independence retained, but for the first time, as after the war, a ministry was established that dealt exclusively with the subject of transport, after the responsibility for building was transferred to the newly created Ministry for Homeland, Communal, Construction and equality of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia changed.

Organization of the Ministry

As of February 2015, the ministry comprised a total of six departments:

General

• Central Department

Transport area

• Department of fundamental questions of mobility , air traffic , shipping , logistics , railways , public transport
• Road Infrastructure and Traffic Department

Construction area

• Housing , Housing and Settlement Development Department
• Urban Development and Monument Preservation Department
• Construction department

With the formation of the Laschet state government in June 2017, the three departments for building affairs and urban development moved to the newly created Ministry for Homeland, Municipal Affairs, Building and Equality .

Responsibilities of the Ministry

The Ministry formulated its tasks as follows:

The tasks include maintaining, maintaining and developing the roads, rails, waterways and airports as well as cities and living space in the country.

This also includes the supervision of the State Office for Road Construction NRW (Straßen.NRW). It forms the subordinate area of ​​the ministry.

Minister responsible for transport in North Rhine-Westphalia since 1946

The following tabular overview shows the transport ministers (or the economics ministers also responsible for transport) in North Rhine-Westphalia since 1946. It should be noted that other fields of competence that are now organized in separate state ministries, especially in the field of economic and construction policy, are taken over at the same time. The list of ministers in the article by the former Ministry for Economic Affairs, Energy, Building, Housing and Transport in North Rhine-Westphalia provides a remedy for this.

Surname	Life dates	Political party	Beginning of the term of office	Term expires	Cabinet (s)
Transport Minister of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Fritz Stricker	1897-1949	center	August 29, 1946	June 17, 1947	Amelunxes I Amelunxes II
Heinz Renner	1892-1964	KPD	June 17, 1947	April 5, 1948	Arnold I
Karl Arnold	1901-1958	CDU	April 5, 1948	August 1, 1950	Arnold I
Minister for Economics and Transport of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Artur Strater	1902-1977	CDU	September 15, 1950	July 27, 1954	Arnold II
Friedrich Middelhauve	1896-1966	FDP	July 27, 1954	February 28, 1956	Arnold III
Hermann Kohlhase	1906-2002	FDP	February 28, 1956	July 24, 1958	Steinhoff
Minister for Economy, Medium-Sized Enterprises and Transport of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Hans Lauscher	1904-1981	CDU	July 24, 1958	July 26, 1962	Meyers I
Gerhard Kienbaum	1919-1998	FDP	July 26, 1962	December 8, 1966	Meyers II Meyers III
Bruno Gleitze	1903-1980	SPD	December 8, 1966	September 18, 1967	Kühn I.
Fritz Kassmann	1908-1991	SPD	September 18, 1967	July 28, 1970	Kühn I.
Horst Ludwig Riemer	1933-2017	FDP	July 28, 1970	19th November 1979	Kühn II Kühn III Rau I
Liselotte Funcke	1918-2012	FDP	19th November 1979	4th June 1980	Rough I
Reimut Jochimsen	1933-1999	SPD	4th June 1980	5th June 1985	Rau II
Minister for Urban Development, Housing and Transport for the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Christoph Zöpel	* 1943	SPD	5th June 1985	June 12, 1990	Rau III
Minister for Urban Development and Transport for the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Franz-Josef Kniola	* 1943	SPD	June 12, 1990	July 17, 1995	Rau IV
Minister for Economy and Medium-Sized Enterprises, Technology and Transport of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Wolfgang Clement	* 1940	SPD	July 17, 1995	June 9, 1998	Rau V
Bodo Hombach	* 1952	SPD	June 9, 1998	October 28, 1998	Clement I
Peer Steinbruck	* 1947	SPD	October 28, 1998	February 22, 2000	Clement I
Ernst Schwanhold	* 1948	SPD	February 22, 2000	June 27, 2000	Clement I
Minister for Economy and Medium-Sized Enterprises, Energy and Transport of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Ernst Schwanhold	* 1948	SPD	June 27, 2000	November 12, 2002	Clement II
Minister for Transport, Energy and State Planning for the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Axel Horstmann	* 1954	SPD	November 12, 2002	June 24, 2005	Steinbrück
Minister for Building and Transport for the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Oliver Wittke	* 1966	CDU	June 24, 2005	March 3, 2009	Rüttgers
Lutz Lienenkamper	* 1969	CDU	March 3, 2009	July 15, 2010	Rüttgers
Minister for Economic Affairs, Energy, Building, Housing and Transport for the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Harry Voigtsberger	* 1950	SPD	July 15, 2010	June 21, 2012	Force I.
Minister for Building, Housing, Urban Development and Transport for the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Michael Groschek	* 1956	SPD	June 21, 2012	June 30, 2017	Force II
Minister for Transport of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Hendrik Wüst	* 1975	CDU	June 30, 2017	officiating	Lash

Web links

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ^ Gerhard Voogt: Government move in Düsseldorf NRW - Prime Minister Laschet moves out of the Glaspalast. In: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger . July 21, 2017, accessed August 27, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Friedhelm Pothoff: Michael von der Mühlen leaves Gelsenkirchen with a heavy heart. In: WAZ. March 20, 2014, accessed March 21, 2015 . 
3. ↑ Organization plan of the MBWSV NRW ( Memento of the original from March 16, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ( pdf ), as of February 1, 2015, accessed on March 21, 2015 
4. ^ Ministry of Building and Transport of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia , accessed on March 21, 2015