List of German economics ministers
Template:Short description Template:Unreferenced This is a List of Economics Ministers of Germany from 1919 to the present.
Weimar Republic, 1919–1933
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Nazi Germany, 1933–1945
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Federal Republic of Germany, 1949-present (until 1990 West Germany)
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| Name (Born–died) |
Portrait | Party | Term of Office | Chancellor (Cabinet) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federal Minister for Economics | ||||||
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 1 | Ludwig Erhard (1897–1977) |
CDU | 20 September 1949 | 16 October 1963 | Adenauer (I • II • III • IV • V) | |
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |2 | Kurt Schmücker (1919–1996) |
CDU | 17 October 1963 | 30 November 1966 | Erhard (I • II) | |
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |3 | Karl Schiller (1911–1994) |
SPD | 1 December 1966 | 7 July 1972 | Kiesinger Brandt (I) | |
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |4 | Helmut Schmidt (1918–2015) |
SPD | 7 July 1972 | 15 December 1972 | Brandt (I) | |
| style="background:Template:Party color ; color:blue;" | 5 | Hans Friderichs (1931–2025) |
FDP | 15 December 1972 | 7 October 1977 | Brandt (II) Schmidt (I • II) | |
| style="background:Template:Party color ; color:blue;" | 6 | Otto Graf Lambsdorff (1926–2009) |
FDP | 7 October 1977 | 17 September 1982 | Schmidt (II • III) | |
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |7 | Manfred Lahnstein (born 1937) |
SPD | 17 September 1982 | 1 October 1982 | Schmidt (III) | |
| style="background:Template:Party color ; color:blue;" | 8 Template:Small |
Otto Graf Lambsdorff (1926–2009) |
FDP | 4 October 1982 | 27 June 1984 | Kohl (I • II) | |
| style="background:Template:Party color ; color:blue;" | 9 | Martin Bangemann (1934–2022) |
FDP | 27 June 1984 | 9 December 1988 | Kohl (II • III) | |
| style="background:Template:Party color ; color:blue;" | 10 | Helmut Haussmann (born 1943) |
FDP | 9 December 1988 | 18 January 1991 | Kohl (III) | |
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:blue;" | 11 | Jürgen Möllemann (1945–2003) |
FDP | 18 January 1991 | 21 January 1993 | Kohl (IV) | |
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:blue;" | 12 | Günter Rexrodt (1941–2004) |
FDP | 21 January 1993 | 26 October 1998 | Kohl (IV • V) | |
| Federal Minister for Economics and Technology | ||||||
| style="background:Template:Party color;" |13 | Werner Müller (1946–2019) |
IND (for the SPD) | 27 October 1998 | 22 October 2002 | Schröder (I) | |
| Federal Minister for Economics and Labour | ||||||
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |14 | Wolfgang Clement (1940–2020) |
SPD | 22 October 2002 | 22 November 2005 | Schröder (II) | |
| Federal Minister for Economics and Technology | ||||||
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |15 | Michael Glos (born 1944) |
CSU | 22 November 2005 | 10 February 2009 | Merkel (I) | |
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |16 | Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg (born 1971) |
CSU | 10 February 2009 | 28 October 2009 | ||
| style="background:Template:Party color ; color:blue;" | 17 | Rainer Brüderle (born 1945) |
FDP | 28 October 2009 | 12 May 2011 | Merkel (II) | |
| style="background:Template:Party color ; color:blue;" | 18 | Philipp Rösler (born 1973) |
FDP | 12 May 2011 | 17 December 2013 | ||
| Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy | ||||||
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |19 | Sigmar Gabriel (born 1958) |
SPD | 17 December 2013 | 27 January 2017 | Merkel (III) | |
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |20 | Brigitte Zypries (born 1953) |
SPD | 27 January 2017 | 14 March 2018 | Merkel (III) | |
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |21 | Peter Altmaier (born 1958) |
CDU | 14 March 2018 | 8 December 2021 | Merkel (IV) | |
| Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action | ||||||
| style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;" | 22 | Robert Habeck (born 1969) |
Green | 8 December 2021 | 6 May 2025 | Scholz (Scholz) | |
| Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy | ||||||
| style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;" | 23 | Katherina Reiche (born 1973) |
CDU | 6 May 2025 | Incumbent | Merz (Merz) | |
East Germany (1949-1990)
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