Federal Ministry of Health (Germany)

The Federal **Ministry of Health** (BMG) is a Ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany. The ministry's headquarters are still in Bonn and the second office is in Berlin.

## History

The _Federal Ministry of Health Services_ () was formed in 1961. Between 1969 and 1991 it was part of the Federal Ministry of Youth, Family, and Health or Youth, Family, Women and Health

It became independent again as the Federal Ministry of Health in 1991. In 2002 it took over control of Social Security, but the in Federal Ministry of Health and Social Security () only lasted for three years. In 2005 it was reduced to just health, and the Social security part of its work went to the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs ()

## Ministers

|colspan=2|Federal Ministry of Health Services||1961||1969|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Elisabeth Schwarzhaupt|CDU|1961|1966|||
|Käte Strobel|SPD|1966-1969||||
|Käte Strobel|SPD|1969|1972|||
|Katharina Focke|SPD|1972|1976|||
|Antje Huber|SPD|1976|1982|||
|Anke Fuchs|SPD|1982|1982|||
|Heiner Geißler|CDU|1982|1985|||
|Rita Süssmuth|CDU|1985|1986|||
|Rita Süssmuth|CDU|1986|1988|||
|Ursula von Lehr|CDU|1988|1991|||
|Gerda Hasselfeldt|CSU|1991|1992|||
|Horst Seehofer|CSU|1992|1998|||
|Andrea Fischer|Bündnis 90/Die Grünen|1998|2001|||
|Ulla Schmidt|SPD|2001|2002|||
|Ulla Schmidt|SPD|2002|2005|||
|Ulla Schmidt|SPD|2005|2009|||
|Philipp Rösler|FDP|2009|2011|||
|Daniel Bahr|FDP|2011|2013|||
|Hermann Gröhe|CDU|2013|2018|||
|Jens Spahn|CDU|2018|2021|||
|Karl Lauterbach|SPD|2021||||

## Jobs of the BMG

Some of the jobs of the federal Ministry of Health are:
- Keeping efficient the
    - legal health insurance system
    - nursing insurance system
- Protecting and improving the quality of the health service
- Protecting the interests of the patients
- Keeping membership rates
- Promote good health and prevention, including
- :Infection protection law

## Other agencies

The BMG oversees:
- Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Products ()(BfArM) in Bonn
- Federal Centre for Health Education ()(BZgA) in Cologne
- German institute for medical documentation and information () (DIMDI) in Cologne
- Paul-Ehrlich-Institut (Pei), (Federal Office of Serums and vaccines) ()in Langen (Hesse.)
- Robert Koch-Institut (RKI) in Berlin

## Other health ministries

- The European commission deals with health matters through either the health and consumer protection office or the office for occupation, social matters and equal opportunities
- The state health ministries in Germany are often part of the state Department of Social Security. *In Austrian health is part of the Federal Ministry of Health and Women
- In Switzerland the health department is part of the Ministry of the Interior in Bern.

## Other websites

Official website

## Infobox (government agency)

- **agency name**: Federal Ministry of Health
- **nativename**: Bundesministerium für Gesundheit
- **logo**: Bundesadler Bundesorgane.svg
- **jurisdiction**: Government of Germany
- **formed**: 1961
- **headquarters**: Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen
- **minister1 name**: Karl Lauterbach , Bundesminister für Gesundheit
- **website**: [http://www.bmg.bund.de/ www.bmg.bund.de/]