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] (
listen)) is a member of the German government without portfolio.
| Germany Federal Minister for Special Affairs German: Bundesminister für besondere Aufgaben | |
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| German Chancellery | |
| Formation | 6 October 1953 |
| First holder | Franz Josef Strauß |
List of Federal Ministers for Special Affairs change
Political Party: CSU CDU SPD FDP
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of Office | Political Party | |||
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| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
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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 | ||
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Hermann Schäfer (1892–1966) |
20 October 1953 | 16 October 1956 | 2 years, 362 days | Free Democratic Party | |
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Heinrich Krone (1895–1989) |
14 November 1961 | 30 November 1966 | 5 years, 16 days | Christian Democratic Union | |
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Ludger Westrick (1894–1990) |
16 June 1964 | 30 November 1966 | 2 years, 167 days | Christian Democratic Union | |
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Horst Ehmke (1927–2017) |
22 October 1969 | 15 December 1972 | 3 years, 54 days | Social Democratic Party | |
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Werner Maihofer (1918–2009) |
15 December 1972 | 16 May 1974 | 1 year, 152 days | Free Democratic Party | |
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Egon Bahr (1922–2015) |
15 December 1972 | 16 May 1974 | 1 year, 152 days | Social Democratic Party | |
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Wolfgang Schäuble (1942-2023) |
15 November 1984 | 21 April 1989 | 4 years, 157 days | Christian Democratic Union | |
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Rudolf Seiters (born 1937) |
21 April 1989 | 26 November 1991 | 2 years, 219 days | Christian Democratic Union | |
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Hans Klein (1931–1996) |
26 November 1989 | 20 December 1990 | 1 year, 24 days | Christian Social Union | |
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Lothar de Maizière (born 1940) |
3 October 1990 | 19 December 1990 | 77 days | Christian Democratic Union | |
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Sabine Bergmann-Pohl (born 1946) |
3 October 1990 | 17 January 1991 | 106 days | Christian Democratic Union | |
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Günther Krause (born 1953) |
3 October 1990 | 17 January 1991 | 106 days | Christian Democratic Union | |
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Rainer Ortleb (born 1944) |
3 October 1990 | 17 January 1991 | 106 days | Free Democratic Party | |
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Hansjoachim Walther (1939–2005) |
3 October 1990 | 17 January 1991 | 106 days | German Social Union | |
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Friedrich Bohl (born 1945) |
26 November 1991 | 27 October 1998 | 7 years, 283 days | Christian Democratic Union | |
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Bodo Hombach (born 1952) |
27 October 1998 | 7 July 1999 | 253 days | Social Democratic Party | |
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Thomas de Maizière (born 1954) |
22 November 2005 | 27 October 2009 | 3 years, 339 days | Christian Democratic Union | |
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Ronald Pofalla (born 1959) |
28 October 2009 | 17 December 2013 | 4 years, 50 days | Christian Democratic Union | |
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Peter Altmaier (born 1958) |
17 December 2013 | 14 March 2018 | 4 years, 87 days | Christian Democratic Union | |
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Helge Braun (born 1972) |
14 March 2018 | 8 December 2021 | 3 years, 269 days | Christian Democratic Union | |
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Wolfgang Schmidt (born 1970) |
8 December 2021 | Incumbent | 2 years, 140 days | Social Democratic Party | |
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