Lower Saxony Ministry of Economics, Labor, Transport and Digitization

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Lower Saxony Ministry of Economics, Labor, Transport and Digitization

Coat of arms of Lower Saxony.svg
State level country
position Supreme state authority
founding 1946
Headquarters Hanover , Lower SaxonyLower SaxonyLower Saxony 
Authority management Minister Bernd Althusmann
Web presence www.mw.niedersachsen.de
Seat of the ministry in the Wangenheimpalais

The Lower Saxony Ministry of Economy, Labor, Transport and digitization is one of ten ministries of the country Lower Saxony . It is based in the Wangenheimpalais on Friedrichswall in the Lower Saxony state capital Hanover . The ministry has been headed by Bernd Althusmann ( CDU ) since November 2017 .

tasks

The main tasks are economic policy and economic development , labor market policy , transport policy and the digitization of the state of Lower Saxony. Economic policy issues are in particular the promotion of SMEs , tourism , the strengthening of Lower Saxony as a location within Europe and the promotion of industry .

organization

In addition to Unit 1, the Ministerial Office, and the staff unit of the Maritime Economy, Aerospace Industry Coordinator, there is a unit group and four departments in the ministry:

  • Division Z: Central Services
  • Department 1: Economic and Labor Market Policy
  • Department 2: SMEs
  • Department 3: Industry
  • Department 4: Transport

Subordinate to the ministry are the State Office for Mining, Energy and Geology , the Leibniz Institute for Applied Geophysics , Lower Saxony Metrology and Calibration , the Lower Saxony State Authority for Road Construction and Transport, and three material testing institutes from the State of Lower Saxony.

The ministry is headed by Minister Bernd Althusmann and State Secretaries Berend Lindner and Stefan Muhle .

Previous ministers

Minister Bernd Althusmann
Surname Political party Term of office
Alfred Kubel SPD 1946-1948
Otto Fricke CDU 1948-1950
Alfred Kubel SPD 1950-1951
Hermann Ahrens BHE , GDP 1951-1957
Alfred Kubel SPD 1957-1959
Carlo Graaff FDP 1959-1965
Karl Möller CDU 1965-1970
Helmut Greulich SPD 1970-1974
Erich Küpker FDP 1974-1976
Ernst Albrecht CDU 1976
Walther Leisler Kiep CDU 1976-1977
Erich Küpker FDP 1977-1988
Birgit Breuel CDU 1978-1986
Walter Hirche FDP 1986-1990
Peter Fischer SPD 1990-2000
Susanne Knorre Non-party 2000-2003
Walter Hirche FDP 2003-2009
Philipp Rösler FDP 2009
Jörg Bode FDP 2009-2013
Olaf Lies SPD 2013-2017
Bernd Althusmann CDU since 2017

History of architecture and art

After the numerous destruction during the air raids on Hanover in World War II , the state of Lower Saxony announced an architectural competition for a new construction of the ministry building during the economic boom . The architect Paul Wolters received 1st prize for the extension he built on the historic Wangenheim Palace between 1954 and 1956 .

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Lower Saxony portal of the Lower Saxony State Chancellery: The Lower Saxony State Government. Retrieved October 15, 2011 .
  2. ↑ Contact. Retrieved October 20, 2011 .
  3. ↑ tasks. Retrieved October 20, 2011 .
  4. ^ Organization plan of the Lower Saxony Ministry of Economics, Labor and Transport before 2018. (PDF; 22 kB) Retrieved on October 20, 2011 .
  5. ↑ Subordinate areas. Retrieved October 20, 2011 .
  6. ^ Friedrich Lindau : Hanover. Reconstruction and destruction. The city in dealing with its architectural-historical identity , 2nd, revised edition, Hanover: Schlütersche Verlagsgesellschaft, 2001, ISBN 3-87706-607-0 , passim ; Preview over google books