List of German economics ministers

Template:Short description {{ safesubst:#invoke:Unsubst||date=__DATE__ |$B= Template:Ambox }} 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)	File:Einde bezoek bondskanselier dr Ludwig Erhard en gaf persconferentie in het Haag, Bestanddeelnr 916-1330.jpg	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)	File:Kurt Schmücker1.jpg	CDU	17 October 1963	30 November 1966	Erhard (I • II)
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |3	Karl Schiller (1911–1994)	File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F029983-0017, Bonn, SPD-Pressekonferenz, Karl Schiller (crop).jpg	SPD	1 December 1966	7 July 1972	Kiesinger Brandt (I)
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |4	Helmut Schmidt (1918–2015)	File:Helmut Schmidt (13.07.1977).jpg	SPD	7 July 1972	15 December 1972	Brandt (I)
style="background:Template:Party color ; color:blue;" | 5	Hans Friderichs (1931–2025)	File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F046793-0022, Mainz, FDP-Bundesparteitag, Friderichs (cropped).jpg	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)	File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F054879-0030, Mainz, FDP-Bundesparteitag, Lambsdorff (cropped).jpg	FDP	7 October 1977	17 September 1982	Schmidt (II • III)
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |7	Manfred Lahnstein (born 1937)	File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F064991-0014, Bonn, SPD-Pressekonferenz, Manfred Lahnstein (cropped).jpg	SPD	17 September 1982	1 October 1982	Schmidt (III)
style="background:Template:Party color ; color:blue;" | 8 Template:Small	Otto Graf Lambsdorff (1926–2009)	File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F054879-0030, Mainz, FDP-Bundesparteitag, Lambsdorff (cropped).jpg	FDP	4 October 1982	27 June 1984	Kohl (I • II)
style="background:Template:Party color ; color:blue;" | 9	Martin Bangemann (1934–2022)	File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F052010-0020, Kiel, FDP-Bundesparteitag, Bangemann.jpg	FDP	27 June 1984	9 December 1988	Kohl (II • III)
style="background:Template:Party color ; color:blue;" | 10	Helmut Haussmann (born 1943)	File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F074463-0009, Bonn, Pressekonferenz Koalitionsverhandlungen (cropped).jpg	FDP	9 December 1988	18 January 1991	Kohl (III)
style="background:Template:Party color; color:blue;" | 11	Jürgen Möllemann (1945–2003)	File:Jürgen Möllemann 2002 (cropped).jpeg	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)	File:Wernermueller2002.jpg	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)	File:Wolfgang Clement.jpg	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)	File:Michael Glos 2012 (cropped).jpg	CSU	22 November 2005	10 February 2009	Merkel (I)
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |16	Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg (born 1971)	File:Karl-Theodor Freiherr zu Guttenberg (4909820318).jpg	CSU	10 February 2009	28 October 2009
style="background:Template:Party color ; color:blue;" | 17	Rainer Brüderle (born 1945)	File:Rainer Brüderle-Carschten2.jpg	FDP	28 October 2009	12 May 2011	Merkel (II)
style="background:Template:Party color ; color:blue;" | 18	Philipp Rösler (born 1973)	File:Roesler-klein.jpg	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)	File:2015-12 Sigmar Gabriel SPD Bundesparteitag by Olaf Kosinsky-66.jpg	SPD	17 December 2013	27 January 2017	Merkel (III)
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |20	Brigitte Zypries (born 1953)	File:WLP14-ri-0279- Brigitte Zypries (SPD).jpg	SPD	27 January 2017	14 March 2018	Merkel (III)
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |21	Peter Altmaier (born 1958)	File:2016-12-06 Peter Altmaier CDU Parteitag by Olaf Kosinsky-9.jpg	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)	File:2021-12-07 Unterzeichnung des Koalitionsvertrages der 20. Wahlperiode des Bundestages by Sandro Halank–018 (cropped).jpg	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)	File:2016-12-06 Katherina Reiche CDU Parteitag by OlafKosinsky BT0A6439.jpg	CDU	6 May 2025	Incumbent	Merz (Merz)