Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action

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Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz (BMWK)
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Agency overview
Formed 23 October 1917 as the Reichswirtschaftsamt
Jurisdiction Government of Germany
Headquarters Berlin/Bonn
Employees 1,500
Annual budget €10.434 billion (2021)[1]
Minister responsible
  • Robert Habeck, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
Website www.bmwi.de

The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (German: Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz, pronounced [ˈbʊndəsminɪsˌteːʁiʊm fyːɐ̯ ˈvɪʁtʃaft ʊnt ˈkliːmaˌʃʊt͡s] ( listen)), abbreviated BMWK (was 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 as "Ministry of Economics and Technology" after it had previously been merged with other ministries to form the Federal Ministry for Economics and Labour between 2002 and 2005. The ministry is advised by the Council of Advisors on Digital Economy.

History

The historical predecessor of the current Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action 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 and 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 was, once again, a Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology. It was renamed to Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy in 2013.

Structure

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Headquarters

The Ministry is organised into 9 departments and one central department.

  • Central Administration – Z
  • Political Staff and Policy Planning - L
  • European Policy – E
  • Economic Policy – I
  • Energy Policy: Heating and Efficiency – II
  • Energy Policy: Electricity and Grid – III
  • Industrial Policy – IV
  • External Economic Policy – V
  • Digital und Innovation Policy – VI
  • SME Policy - VII

The ministry is headquartered in Berlin.

Agencies

In addition to its own operations, the Ministry also oversees the following agencies:[2]

Ministers and Secretaries of State

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Main article: List of German economics ministers
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Robert Habeck, Green

Ministers

Political Party:       CDU       SPD       FDP       IND       CSU       Green

Name
(Born–died)		 Portrait Party Term of Office Chancellor
(Cabinet)
Federal Minister for Economics
1 Ludwig Erhard
(1897–1977)		 75px CDU 20 September 1949 16 October 1963 Adenauer
(I • II • III • IV • V)
2 Kurt Schmücker
(1919–1996)		 Kurt Schmücker1.jpg CDU 17 October 1963 30 November 1966 Erhard
(I • II)
3 Karl Schiller
(1911–1994)		 Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F029983-0017, Bonn, SPD-Pressekonferenz, Karl Schiller (crop).jpg SPD 1 December 1966 7 July 1972 Kiesinger
Brandt (I)
4 Helmut Schmidt
(1918–2015)		 Helmut Schmidt (13.07.1977).jpg SPD 7 July 1972 15 December 1972 Brandt (I)
5 Hans Friderichs
(born 1931)		 75px FDP 15 December 1972 7 October 1977 Brandt (II)
Schmidt (I • II)
6 Otto Graf Lambsdorff
(1926–2009)		 75px FDP 7 October 1977 17 September 1982 Schmidt
(II • III)
7 Manfred Lahnstein
(born 1937)		 75px SPD 17 September 1982 1 October 1982 Schmidt
(III)
8
(6)		 Otto Graf Lambsdorff
(1926–2009)		 75px FDP 4 October 1982 27 June 1984 Kohl
(I • II)
9 Martin Bangemann
(born 1934)		 Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F052010-0020, Kiel, FDP-Bundesparteitag, Bangemann.jpg FDP 27 June 1984 9 December 1988 Kohl
(II • III)
10 Helmut Haussmann
(born 1943)		 75px FDP 9 December 1988 18 January 1991 Kohl
(III)
11 Jürgen Möllemann
(1945–2003)		 Jürgen Möllemann 2002 (cropped).jpeg FDP 18 January 1991 21 January 1993 Kohl
(IV)
12 Günter Rexrodt
(1941–2004)		 FDP 21 January 1993 26 October 1998 Kohl
(IV • V)
Federal Minister for Economics and Technology
13 Werner Müller
(1946-2019)		 Wernermueller2002.jpg IND (for the SPD) 27 October 1998 22 October 2002 Schröder
(I)
Federal Minister for Economics and Labour
14 Wolfgang Clement
(1940–2020)		 Wolfgang Clement.jpg SPD 22 October 2002 22 November 2005 Schröder
(II)
Federal Minister for Economics and Technology
15 Michael Glos
(born 1944)		 75px CSU 22 November 2005 10 February 2009 Merkel
(I)
16 Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg
(born 1971)		 75px CSU 10 February 2009 28 October 2009
17 Rainer Brüderle
(born 1945)		 Rainer Brüderle-Carschten2.jpg FDP 28 October 2009 12 May 2011 Merkel
(II)
18 Philipp Rösler
(born 1973)		 Roesler-klein.jpg FDP 12 May 2011 17 December 2013
Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy
19 Sigmar Gabriel
(born 1958)		 2015-12 Sigmar Gabriel SPD Bundesparteitag by Olaf Kosinsky-66.jpg SPD 17 December 2013 27 January 2017 Merkel
(III)
20 Brigitte Zypries
(born 1953)		 75px SPD 27 January 2017 14 March 2018 Merkel
(III)
21 Peter Altmaier
(born 1958)		 75px CDU 14 March 2018 8 December 2021 Merkel
(IV)
Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
22 Robert Habeck
(born 1969)		 75px Green 8 December 2021 Incumbent Scholz
(Scholz)

Secretaries

Ministry for Economy (1949–1998)

Parliamentary State Secretaries
State Secretaries

Ministry for Economics and Technology (1998–2002)

Parliamentary State Secretaries
State Secretaries

Ministry for Economics and Labour (2002–2005)

Parliamentary State Secretaries
State Secretaries

Ministry of Economics and Technology (2005–2013)

Parliamentary State Secretaries
State Secretaries

Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (2013–2021)

Parliamentary State Secretaries
State Secretaries

Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (since 2021)

Parliamentary State Secretaries
State Secretaries

References

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  2. ↑ The Ministry's Agencies

External links

  • Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
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