# List of German economics ministers

This is a List of Economics Ministers of Germany from 1919 to the present.

## Weimar Republic, 1919–1933

Political Party:  SPD  DDP  DVP  Independent
| No. | Minister of Economics | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party |
| 1 | Wissell, RudolfRudolf Wissell (1869–1962) | 13 February 1919 | 15 July 1919 | 152 days | SPD |
| 2 | Schmidt, RobertRobert Schmidt (1864–1943) | 16 July 1919 | 24 June 1920 | 344 days | SPD |
| 3 | Scholz, ErnstErnst Scholz (1874–1932) | 25 June 1920 | 9 May 1921 | 318 days | DVP |
| (2) | Schmidt, RobertRobert Schmidt (1864–1943) | 10 May 1921 | 21 November 1922 | 1 year, 195 days | SPD |
| 4 | Becker, JohannJohann Becker (1869–1951) | 22 November 1922 | 12 August 1923 | 263 days | DVP |
| 5 | Raumer, HansHans von Raumer (1870–1965) | 13 August 1923 | 5 October 1923 | 53 days | DVP |
| 6 | Koeth, JosephJoseph Koeth (1870–1936) | 5 October 1923 | 30 November 1923 | 55 days | Independent |
| 7 | Koeth, JosephEduard Hamm (1879–1944) | 30 November 1923 | 15 December 1924 | 1 year, 15 days | DDP |
| 8 | Neuhaus, AlbertAlbert Neuhaus (1873–1948) | 15 January 1925 | 26 October 1925 | 284 days | DVP |
| - | Krohne, RudolfRudolf Krohne (1876–1953) Acting | 27 October 1925 | 5 December 1925 | 39 days | DVP |
| 9 | Curtius, JuliusJulius Curtius (1877–1948) | 19 January 1926 | 11 November 1929 | 3 years, 296 days | DVP |
| 10 | Moldenhauer, PaulPaul Moldenhauer (1876–1947) | 15 November 1929 | 23 December 1929 | 38 days | DVP |
| (2) | Schmidt, RobertRobert Schmidt (1864–1943) | 24 December 1929 | 29 March 1930 | 95 days | SPD |
| 11 | Dietrich, HermannHermann Dietrich (1879–1954) | 30 March 1930 | 26 June 1930 | 88 days | DStP |
| 12 | Trendelenburg, ErnstErnst Trendelenburg (1882–1945) | 27 June 1930 | 8 October 1931 | 1 year, 103 days | DStP |
| 13 | Warmbold, HermannHermann Warmbold (1876–1976) | 9 October 1931 | 28 April 1932 | 202 days | Independent |
| - | Trendelenburg, ErnstErnst Trendelenburg (1882–1945) Acting | 28 April 1932 | 30 May 1932 | 32 days | DStP |
| (13) | Warmbold, HermannHermann Warmbold (1876–1976) | 1 June 1932 | 28 January 1933 | 241 days | Independent |

## Nazi Germany, 1933–1945

Political Party:  DNVP  Independent  NSDAP
| No. | Minister of Economics | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party |
| 14 | Hugenberg, AlfredAlfred Hugenberg (1865–1951) | 30 January 1933 | 29 June 1933 | 150 days | DNVP |
| 15 | Schmitt, KurtKurt Schmitt (1886–1950) | 29 June 1933 | 3 August 1934 | 1 year, 35 days | NSDAP |
| 16 | Schacht, HjalmarHjalmar Schacht (1877–1970) | 3 August 1934 | 26 November 1937 | 3 years, 115 days | Independent |
| 17 | Göring, HermannHermann Göring (1893–1945) | 26 November 1937 | 15 January 1938 | 50 days | NSDAP |
| 18 | Funk, WaltherWalther Funk (1890–1960) | 5 February 1938 | 2 May 1945 | 7 years, 86 days | NSDAP |

## Federal Republic of Germany, 1949-present (until 1990 West Germany)

Political Party:  CDU  SPD  FDP  Independent  CSU  Green
| Name (Born–died) | Name (Born–died) | Party | Term of Office | Term of Office | Chancellor (Cabinet) |
| Federal Minister for Economics |||||||
| 1 | Ludwig Erhard (1897–1977) | CDU | 20 September 1949 | 16 October 1963 | Adenauer (I • II • III • IV • V) |
| 2 | Kurt Schmücker (1919–1996) | CDU | 17 October 1963 | 30 November 1966 | Erhard (I • II) |
| 3 | Karl Schiller (1911–1994) | SPD | 1 December 1966 | 7 July 1972 | Kiesinger Brandt (I) |
| 4 | Helmut Schmidt (1918–2015) | SPD | 7 July 1972 | 15 December 1972 | Brandt (I) |
| 5 | Hans Friderichs (born 1931) | FDP | 15 December 1972 | 7 October 1977 | Brandt (II) Schmidt (I • II) |
| 6 | Otto Graf Lambsdorff (1926–2009) | FDP | 7 October 1977 | 17 September 1982 | Schmidt (II • III) |
| 7 | Manfred Lahnstein (born 1937) | SPD | 17 September 1982 | 1 October 1982 | Schmidt (III) |
| 8 (6) | Otto Graf Lambsdorff (1926–2009) | FDP | 4 October 1982 | 27 June 1984 | Kohl (I • II) |
| 9 | Martin Bangemann (1934–2022) | FDP | 27 June 1984 | 9 December 1988 | Kohl (II • III) |
| 10 | Helmut Haussmann (born 1943) | FDP | 9 December 1988 | 18 January 1991 | Kohl (III) |
| 11 | Jürgen Möllemann (1945–2003) | 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) | IND (for the SPD) | 27 October 1998 | 22 October 2002 | Schröder (I) |
| Federal Minister for Economics and Labour |||||||
| 14 | Wolfgang Clement (1940–2020) | SPD | 22 October 2002 | 22 November 2005 | Schröder (II) |
| Federal Minister for Economics and Technology |||||||
| 15 | Michael Glos (born 1944) | CSU | 22 November 2005 | 10 February 2009 | Merkel (I) |
| 16 | Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg (born 1971) | CSU | 10 February 2009 | 28 October 2009 | Merkel (I) |
| 17 | Rainer Brüderle (born 1945) | FDP | 28 October 2009 | 12 May 2011 | Merkel (II) |
| 18 | Philipp Rösler (born 1973) | FDP | 12 May 2011 | 17 December 2013 | Merkel (II) |
| Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy |||||||
| 19 | Sigmar Gabriel (born 1958) | SPD | 17 December 2013 | 27 January 2017 | Merkel (III) |
| 20 | Brigitte Zypries (born 1953) | SPD | 27 January 2017 | 14 March 2018 | Merkel (III) |
| 21 | Peter Altmaier (born 1958) | CDU | 14 March 2018 | 8 December 2021 | Merkel (IV) |
| Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action |||||||
| 22 | Robert Habeck (born 1969) | Green | 8 December 2021 | Incumbent | Scholz (Scholz) |

## East Germany (1949-1990)

Note: Until 1989 East Germany had no Ministry of Economic Affairs but several ministries governing different part of the economy. Only in 1989, the Ministry of Economic Affairs was founded.
| No. | Portrait | Minister of Economics | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Party |
| 1 | | Luft, ChristaChrista Luft (born 1938) | 18 November 1989 | 18 March 1990 | 120 days | SED |
| 2 | | Pohl, GerhardGerhard Pohl (1937–2012) | 12 April 1990 | 16 August 1990 | 126 days | CDU |