Federal Minister for Special Affairs of Germany

Minister in the government of Germany without particular portfolio

A Federal Minister for Special Affairs (German: Bundesminister für besondere Aufgaben, pronounced [ˈbʊndəsmiˌnɪstɐ fyːɐ̯ bəˈzɔndəʁə ˈʔaʊ̯fˌɡaːbm̩] (audio speaker iconlisten)) is a member of the German government without portfolio.

Germany
Federal Minister for Special Affairs
German: Bundesminister für besondere Aufgaben
Incumbent
Wolfgang Schmidt

since 8 December 2021
German Chancellery
Formation6 October 1953
First holderFranz Josef Strauß

List of Federal Ministers for Special Affairs

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Political Party:   CSU   CDU   SPD   FDP

Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of Office Political Party
Took office Left office Time in office
  Franz Josef Strauß
(1915–1988)
6 October 1953 12 October 1955 2 years, 6 days Christian Social Union
Robert Tillmanns
(1896–1955)
20 October 1953 12 November 1955
(died in office)
2 years, 23 days Christian Democratic Union
Waldemar Kraft
(1898–1977)
20 October 1953 12 October 1955 2 years, 23 days All-German Bloc/
League of Expellees and Deprived of Rights
  Hermann Schäfer
(1892–1966)
20 October 1953 16 October 1956 2 years, 362 days Free Democratic Party
  Heinrich Krone
(1895–1989)
14 November 1961 30 November 1966 5 years, 16 days Christian Democratic Union
  Ludger Westrick
(1894–1990)
16 June 1964 30 November 1966 2 years, 167 days Christian Democratic Union
  Horst Ehmke
(1927–2017)
22 October 1969 15 December 1972 3 years, 54 days Social Democratic Party
  Werner Maihofer
(1918–2009)
15 December 1972 16 May 1974 1 year, 152 days Free Democratic Party
  Egon Bahr
(1922–2015)
15 December 1972 16 May 1974 1 year, 152 days Social Democratic Party
  Wolfgang Schäuble
(1942-2023)
15 November 1984 21 April 1989 4 years, 157 days Christian Democratic Union
  Rudolf Seiters
(born 1937)
21 April 1989 26 November 1991 2 years, 219 days Christian Democratic Union
  Hans Klein
(1931–1996)
26 November 1989 20 December 1990 1 year, 24 days Christian Social Union
  Lothar de Maizière
(born 1940)
3 October 1990 19 December 1990 77 days Christian Democratic Union
  Sabine Bergmann-Pohl
(born 1946)
3 October 1990 17 January 1991 106 days Christian Democratic Union
  Günther Krause
(born 1953)
3 October 1990 17 January 1991 106 days Christian Democratic Union
  Rainer Ortleb
(born 1944)
3 October 1990 17 January 1991 106 days Free Democratic Party
  Hansjoachim Walther
(1939–2005)
3 October 1990 17 January 1991 106 days German Social Union
  Friedrich Bohl
(born 1945)
26 November 1991 27 October 1998 7 years, 283 days Christian Democratic Union
  Bodo Hombach
(born 1952)
27 October 1998 7 July 1999 253 days Social Democratic Party
  Thomas de Maizière
(born 1954)
22 November 2005 27 October 2009 3 years, 339 days Christian Democratic Union
  Ronald Pofalla
(born 1959)
28 October 2009 17 December 2013 4 years, 50 days Christian Democratic Union
  Peter Altmaier
(born 1958)
17 December 2013 14 March 2018 4 years, 87 days Christian Democratic Union
  Helge Braun
(born 1972)
14 March 2018 8 December 2021 3 years, 269 days Christian Democratic Union
  Wolfgang Schmidt
(born 1970)
8 December 2021 Incumbent 2 years, 300 days Social Democratic Party