Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport

The Federal **Ministry for Digital and Transport** is a ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany. Its headquarters are in Berlin, but the second office, in Bonn, has more staff.

The Minister is also "Beauftragter der Bundesregierung für die neuen Bundesländer" That is, he is the government's special representative for the old states of East Germany. His job is to help those states to rebuilld industry, improve roads and jobs and become as rich as the other states of Germany.

## History

The Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Housings (BMVBW) was formed in 1998 when the _Federal Ministry of Transport_ and the _Federal Ministry of Environmental Planning, Building and Construction and Urban Development_ were joined. The ministry was renamed in 2005 to the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development.

Both of these earlier ministries were founded in 1949.

|colspan="4"|Federal Minister for Environmental Planning, Building and Construction and Urban Development|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Eberhard Wildermuth|FDP/DVP|1949|1952|
|Fritz Neumayer|FDP|1952|1953|
|Victor-Emanuel Preusker|FDP after 1956 FVP|1953|1957|
|Paul Lücke|CDU|1957|1965|
|Ewald Bucher|FDP/DVP|1965|1966|
|Bruno Heck|CDU|1966|1966|
|Lauritz Lauritzen|SPD|1966|1972|
|Hans-Jochen Vogel|SPD|1972|1974|
|Karl Ravens|SPD|1974|1978|
|Dieter Haack|SPD|1978|1982|
|Oscar Schneider|CSU|1982|1989|
|Gerda Hasselfeldt|CSU|1989|1991|
|Irmgard Schwaetzer|FDP|1991|1994|
|Klaus Töpfer|CDU|1994|1998|
|Eduard Oswald|CSU|1998|1998|

|Federal Minister for Transport|1949|1998||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Hans Christoph Seebohm|DP, as of 1960 CDU|1949|1966|
|Georg Leber|SPD|1966|1972|
|Lauritz Lauritzen|SPD|1972|1974|
|Kurt Gscheidle|SPD|1974|1980|
|Volker Hauff|SPD|1980|1982|
|Werner Dollinger|CSU|1982|1987|
|Jürgen Warnke|CSU|1987|1989|
|Friedrich Zimmermann|CSU|1989|1991|
|Günther Krause|CDU|1991|1993|
|Matthias Wissmann|CDU|1993|1998|

|colspan="6"|Federal Minister for Transport, Building and Housing (1998-2005)|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Franz Müntefering|1940–|27 October 1998|29 September 1999|SPD|
|2|Reinhard Klimmt|1942–|29 September 1999|16 November 2000|SPD|
|3|Kurt Bodewig|1955–|16 November 2000|22 October 2002|SPD|
|4|Manfred Stolpe|1936–|22 October 2002|22 November 2005|SPD|

|colspan="6"|Federal Minister for Transport, Building and Urban Development (2005-2013)|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Wolfgang Tiefensee|1955–|22 November 2005|27 October 2009|SPD|
|2|Peter Ramsauer|1954–|28 October 2009|17 December 2013|CSU|

|colspan="6"|Federal Minister for Transport and Digital Infrastructure (2013-2025)|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Alexander Dobrindt|1970–|17 December 2013|14 March 2018|CSU|
|2|Andreas Scheuer|1974–|14 March 2018|8 December 2021|CSU|
|3|Volker Wissing|1970–|8 December 2021|6 May 2025|FDP|

|colspan="6"|Federal Minister for Transport (2025-present)|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Patrick Schnieder|1968–|6 May 2025|Incumbent|CDU|

## Infobox (government agency)

- **agency name**: Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport
- **logo**: Bundesministerium für Verkehr Logo.svg
- **jurisdiction**: Government of Germany
- **formed**: 27 October 1998
- **headquarters**: Berlin
- **minister1 name**: Patrick Schnieder,
<small>Bundesminister für Verkehr, Bau und Stadtentwicklung</small>
- **website**: [http://www.bmvbs.de/ www.bmvbs.de]