Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (Germany)
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| Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection | |
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| Bundesministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz (BMELV) | |
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| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1949 |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Germany |
| Headquarters | Rochusstr. 1, 53123 Bonn |
| Employees | 920 (Feb. 2010) |
| Minister responsible | Ilse Aigner, Federal Minister of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection |
| Agency executives | Gerd Müller, Parliamentary State Secretary Peter Bleser, Parliamentary State Secretary Robert Kloos, Permanent State Secretary |
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| http://www.bmelv.de | |
The Federal Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (German: Bundesministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz), abbreviated BMELV, is a cabinet-level ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany. Its headquarters are located in Bonn with a second major office in Berlin. From 1949 to 2001 it was known as the Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Forests (German: Bundesministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Forsten). Through an organizational order by the German Chancellor on 22 on January 2001 it became the Federal Ministry for Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture after the Consumer protection function was transferred from the Federal Ministry for Health (Bundesministerium für Gesundheit). The current name of the Ministry was adopted on 22 November 2005 simply to alphabetize its functional parts in the German language.
Organization
The "Ministry" is listed at the United Nations as an "Non-governmental organization (NGO" The current head of this "NGO", is the Minister for Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection is Ilse Aigner. The Parliamentary State Secretaries are Gerd Müller and Peter Bleser. Robert Kloos is the Permanent State Secretary. In addition to the Ministry Management (including management staff), it consists of six departments (as of June 2010):
- Office 1: Central Division
- Office 2: Consumer Policy
- Office 3: Nutrition, food safety, animal health
- Office 4: Rural Development, Agricultural markets
- Office 5: Bio-based economy, sustainable agriculture and forestry
- Office 6: EU policy, International cooperation, fisheries
Agencies
Under the auspices of the BMELV are various Federal agencies, legally independent institutions under public law and government research institutes:
- Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety
- Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food
- Federal Office of Plant Varieties
- Federal Institute for Risk Assessment
- Julius Kühn-Institut, Federal Research Center for Cultivated Plants
- Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health
- Max Rubner-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Nutrition and Food
- Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries
- Agency for Renewable Resources
Federal Ministers
Political Party: CSU CDU FDP SPD Green
| Name (Born-Died) |
Party | Term of Office | Chancellor (Cabinet) |
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| Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Forests | |||||
| Wilhelm Niklas (1887–1957) |
CSU | 20 September 1949 | 20 October 1953 | Adenauer (I) |
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| Heinrich Lübke (1894–1972) |
CDU | 20 October 1953 | 15 September 1959 | Adenauer (II • III) |
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| Werner Schwarz (1900–1982) |
CDU | 30 September 1959 | 26 October 1965 | Adenauer (III • IV • V) Erhard (I) |
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| Hermann Höcherl (1912–1989) |
CSU | 26 October 1965 | 21 October 1969 | Erhard (II) Kiesinger (I) |
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| Josef Ertl (1925–2000) |
FDP | 22 October 1969 | 17 September 1982 | Brandt (I • II) Schmidt (I • II • III) |
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| Björn Engholm (b. 1939) |
SPD | 17 September 1982 | 1 October 1982 | Schmidt (III) |
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| Josef Ertl (1925–2000) |
FDP | 4 October 1982 | 29 March 1983 | Kohl (I) |
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| Ignaz Kiechle (1930–2003) |
CSU | 30 March 1983 | 21 January 1993 | Kohl (II • III • IV) |
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| Jochen Borchert (b. 1940) |
CDU | 21 January 1993 | 26 October 1998 | Kohl (IV • V) |
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| Karl-Heinz Funke (b. 1946) |
SPD | 27 October 1998 | 12 January 2001 | Schröder (I) |
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| Federal Minister for Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture | |||||
| Renate Künast (b. 1955) |
Green | 12 January 2001 | 4 October 2005 | Schröder (I • II) |
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| Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection | |||||
| Horst Seehofer (b. 1949) |
CSU | 22 November 2005 | 27 October 2008 | Merkel (I) |
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| Ilse Aigner (b. 1964) |
CSU | 31 October 2008 | Incumbent | Merkel (I • II) |
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