Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology

Federal Ministry of Economy and Technology
Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie (BMWi)
Agency overview
Formed	23 October 1917 as the Reichswirtschaftsamt
Jurisdiction	Government of Germany
Headquarters	Berlin
Employees	1,500
Minister responsible	Philipp Rösler, Federal Minister of Economy and Technology
Website
http://www.bmwi.de/

Philipp Rösler, FDP

The Federal Ministry of Economy and Technology (German: Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie), abbreviated BMWi, is a cabinet-level ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany. It was previously known as the "Ministry of Economy". It was recreated in 2005 after it had previously been merged with other ministries to form the Federal Ministry for Economy and Labour between 2002 and 2005.

History

The historical predecessor of the current Federal Ministry of Economy and Technology was the Reichswirtschaftsamt (Reich Economic Office), founded in 1917. In 1919, this became the Reichswirtschaftsministerium (Reich Ministry of Economy), which existed until 1945.

In postwar occupied Germany, its functions were exercised by the Administrative Office of Economy (German: Verwaltungsamt für Wirtschaft) between 1946 to 1949. After the founding of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Federal Ministry of Economics (German: Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft) existed from 1949 to 1998. From May 1971 to December 1972, it was temporarily merged with the Federal Ministry of Finance, in the Federal Ministry of Economics and Finance. In 1998 the technology section of the Ministry of Research was added, making it the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology. Between 2002 and 2005, it was merged with parts of the former Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, in Federal Ministry for Economics and Labour. In the cabinet under Angela Merkel, the two parts were once again split up in 2005, so that there is now, once again, a Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology.

Structure

The Ministry is organised into 8 departments and one central department.

• Central department – Z
• Europe – E
• Economy – I
• Middle class – II
• Energy – III
• Industry – IV
• Foreign economic policy – V
• Communication and post – VI
• Technology - VII

The ministry is headquartered in Berlin.

Ministers and Secretaries of State

Main article: List of German economics ministers

Ministers

Political Party:       CDU       CSU       SPD       FDP       No party

Name (Born-Died)		Party	Term of Office		Chancellor (Cabinet)
Federal Minister for Economics
	Ludwig Erhard (1897–1977)	CDU	20 September 1949	16 October 1963	Adenauer (I • II • III • IV • V)
	Kurt Schmücker (1919–1996)	CDU	17 October 1963	30 November 1966	Erhard (I • II)
	Karl Schiller (1911–1994)	SPD	1 December 1966	7 July 1972	Kiesinger (I) Brandt (I)
	Helmut Schmidt (b. 1918)	SPD	7 July 1972	15 December 1972	Brandt (I)
	Hans Friderichs (b. 1931)	FDP	15 December 1972	7 October 1977	Brandt (II) Schmidt (I • II)
	Otto Graf Lambsdorff (1926–2009)	FDP	7 October 1977	17 September 1982	Schmidt (II • III)
	Manfred Lahnstein (b. 1937)	SPD	17 September 1982	1 October 1982	Schmidt (III)
	Otto Graf Lambsdorff (1926–2009)	FDP	4 October 1982	27 June 1984	Kohl (I • II)
	Martin Bangemann (b. 1934)	FDP	27 June 1984	9 December 1988	Kohl (II • III)
	Helmut Haussmann (b. 1943)	FDP	9 December 1988	18 January 1991	Kohl (III)
	Jürgen Möllemann (1945–2003)	FDP	18 January 1991	21 January 1993	Kohl (IV)
	Günter Rexrodt (1941–2004)	FDP	21 January 1993	26 October 1998	Kohl (IV • V)
Federal Minister for Economics and Technology
	Werner Müller (b. 1946)	No party	27 October 1998	22 October 2002	Schröder (I)
Federal Minister for Economics and Labour
	Wolfgang Clement (b. 1940)	SPD	22 October 2002	22 November 2005	Schröder (II)
Federal Minister for Economics and Technology
	Michael Glos (b. 1944)	CSU	22 November 2005	10 February 2009	Merkel (I)
	Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg (b. 1971)	CSU	10 February 2009	28 October 2009
	Rainer Brüderle (b. 1945)	FDP	28 October 2009	12 May 2011	Merkel (II)
	Philipp Rösler (b. 1973)	FDP	12 May 2011	Incumbent

Secretaries

Ministry for Economy (1949–1998)

Parliamentary Secretaries of State

• 1967–1970: Klaus Dieter Arndt, SPD
• 1970–1971: Philip Rosenthal, SPD
• 1972: Rainer Offergeld, SPD
• 1972–1987: Martin Grüner, FDP/DVP
• 1983–1987: Rudolf Sprung, CDU
• 1987–1989: Ludolf-Georg von Wartenberg, CDU
• 1987–1993: Erich Riedl, CSU
• 1989–1992: Klaus Beckmann, FDP
• 1992–1998: Heinrich Leonhard Kolb, FDP
• 1993–1994: Reinhard Göhner, CDU
• 1994–1997: Norbert Lammert, CDU

Secretaries of State

• 1949–1951: Eduard Schalfejew
• 1951–1963: Ludger Westrick, no party
• 1958–1963: Alfred Müller-Armack, CDU
• 1963–1966: Wolfram Langer
• 1963–1968: Fritz Neef
• 1967–1972: Johann Baptist Schöllhorn
• 1968–1969: Klaus von Dohnanyi, SPD
• 1969–1978: Detlev Karsten Rohwedder, SPD
• 1972: Ernst Wolf Mommsen
• 1973–1991: Otto Schlecht
• 1979–1995: Dieter von Würzen
• 1991–1994: Johann Eekhoff
• 1994–1997: Johannes Ludewig
• 1995–1998: Lorenz Schomerus
• 1997–1998: Rudi Geil, CDU
• 1997–1998: Klaus Bünger

Ministry for Economics and Technology (1998–2002)

Parliamentary Secretaries of State

• 1998–2002: Siegmar Mosdorf, SPD

Secretaries of State

• 1998–2002: Alfred Tacke, SPD
• 1999–2002: Axel Gerlach

Ministry for Economics and Labour (2002–2005)

Parliamentary Secretaries of State

• 2002–2005: Gerd Andres, SPD
• 2002–2005: Rezzo Schlauch, Green
• 2002–2005: Ditmar Staffelt, SPD

Secretaries of State

• 1999-2003: Axel Gerlach
• 2002–2004: Alfred Tacke, SPD
• 2002–2005: Rudolf Anzinger
• 2002–2005: Georg-Wilhelm Adamowitsch
• 2004–2005: Bernd Pfaffenbach

Ministry for Economics and Technology (since 2005)

Parliamentary Secretaries of State

• since 2005: Peter Hintze, CDU
• 2005–2009: Dagmar Wöhrl, CSU
• 2005–2009: Hartmut Schauerte, CDU
• since 2009: Ernst Burgbacher, FDP
• since 2009: Hans-Joachim Otto, FDP

Secretaries of State

• 2005–2006: Georg-Wilhelm Adamowitsch
• 2005–2008: Joachim Wuermeling, CSU
• 2006–2009: Walther Otremba
• 2005–2011: Bernd Pfaffenbach
• 2008–2012: Jochen Homann
• since 2009: Bernhard Heitzer, FDP
• since 2011: Stefan Kapferer
• since 2012: Anne Herkes