List of ministers of the Federal Republic of Germany

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Current cabinet

Past chancellors and ministers

• Irmgard Adam-Schwaetzer, FDP (1991-1994)
• Konrad Adenauer, CDU (Chancellor)
• Hans Apel, SPD (1974 Finance, 1974-1982 Defense)
• Walter Arendt, SPD
• Egon Bahr, SPD
• Rainer Barzel, CDU (1962-1964 and 1982-1983 Inner-German affairs)
• Norbert Blüm, CDU
• Kurt Bodewig, SPD (2000-2002 Transportation)
• Wolfgang Bötsch, CSU
• Jochen Borchert, CDU (1994-1998 Agriculture)
• Willy Brandt, SPD (1966 Foreign affairs, 1969-1974 Chancellor)
• Andreas von Bülow, SPD
• Herta Däubler-Gmelin, SPD (1998-2002 Justice)
• Horst Ehmke, SPD
• Björn Engholm, SPD
• Erhard Eppler, SPD
• Ludwig Erhard, CDU (Economy, 1963-1966 Chancellor)
• Josef Ertl, FDP (Agriculture)
• Andrea Fischer, Greens (1998-2001 Health)
• Egon Franke, SPD
• Hans Friedrichs, FDP (Economy)
• Anke Fuchs, SPD (Youth, family, and health)
• Hans-Dietrich Genscher, FDP (1969-1974 Interior, 1974-1992 Foreign affairs)
• Heiner Geißler, CDU (1982-1985 Youth, family and health)
• Kurt Gscheidle, SPD (Postal services)
• Johann Baptist Gradl, CDU (1965-1966)
• Dieter Haack, SPD (Construction and housing)
• Volker Hauff, SPD (Transportation)
• Helmut Haussmann, FDP (1988-1991 Economy)
• Gustav Heinemann, 1945-1952 CDU; after 1957 SPD (1949-1950 Interior, 1966-1969 Justice, 1969-1974 Bundespräsident)
• Hermann Höcherl, CSU (Interior, later Agriculture)
• Gerhard Jahn, SPD (Justice)
• Manfred Kanther, CDU (1993-1998 Interior)
• Ignaz Kiechle, CSU (1983-1994 Agriculture)
• Kurt Georg Kiesinger, CDU (1966-1969 Chancellor)
• Klaus Kinkel,CDU (1991-1992 Justice, 1992-1998 Foreign affairs)
• Helmut Kohl, CDU (1982-1998 Chancellor)
• Günther Krause, CDU
• Oskar Lafontaine, SPD (1998-1999 Finance)
• Manfred Lahnstein, SPD (Finance)
• Otto Graf Lambsdorff, FDP (1977-1984 Economy)
• Lauritz Lauritzen, SPD (Transportation)
• Georg Leber, SPD (Transportation, later Defense)
• Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, FDP
• Werner Maihofer, FDP
• Lothar de Maizière, CDU
• Hans Matthöfer, SPD (Finance)
• Angela Merkel, CDU (1991-1994 Women and Youth; 1994-1998 Environment, Conservation and Nuclear Safety)
• Jürgen Möllemann, FDP
• Claudia Nolte, CDU
• Rainer Ortleb, FDP
• Günter Rexrodt, FDP
• Heinz Riesenhuber, CDU
• Hannelore Rönsch, CDU
• Volker Rühe, CDU (Defense)
• Jürgen Rüttgers, CDU
• Fritz Schäffer, CSU (Finance, later Justice)
• Wolfgang Schäuble, CDU (1984-1989 Kanzleramt (Chief of Staff); 1989-1991 Interior)
• Rudolf Scharping, SPD (1998-2002 Defense)
• Walter Scheel, FDP
• Karl Schiller, SPD (Economy and Finance)
• Marie Schlei, SPD (Economic cooperation)
• Cornelia Schmalz-Jacobsen, FDP
• Helmut Schmidt, SPD (1969-1972 Defense; 1972-1974 Finance; 1974-1982 Chancellor)
• Jürgen Schmude, SPD (Justice)
• Rupert Scholz, CDU (Defense)
• Gerhard Schröder, CDU, CDU (1953-1961 Interior; 1961-1966 Foreign Affairs; 1966-1969 Defense)
• Gerhard Schröder, SPD (Chancellor)
• Irmgard Schwaetzer, FDP
• Christian Schwarz-Schilling, CDU
• Horst Seehofer, CSU
• Rudolf Seiters, CDU (Interior)
• Carl-Dieter Spranger, CDU
• Gerhard Stoltenberg, CDU (Finance, later Defense)
• Franz Josef Strauß, CSU (1955 Nuclear Energy; 1956-1962 Defense; 1966-1969 Finance)
• Rita Süssmuth, CDU
• Klaus Töpfer, CDU
• Hans-Jochen Vogel, SPD
• Theodor Waigel, CSU (Finance)
• Herbert Wehner, SPD (1966-1969)
• Hans-Jürgen Wischnewski, SPD
• Matthias Wissmann, CDU
• Manfred Wörner, CDU (Defense)

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