Federal Minister for Special Affairs of Germany

A **Federal Minister for Special Affairs** (, ) is a member of the German government without portfolio.

## List of Federal Ministers for Special Affairs

**Political Party:**

|width=80px rowspan=2 colspan=2|Portrait|width=30% rowspan=2|Name|width=35% colspan=3|Term of Office|width=28% rowspan=2|Political Party|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="background:; color:white;"|||**Franz Josef Strauß**|6 October 1953|12 October 1955||Christian Social Union|
|style="background:; color:white;"|||**Robert Tillmanns**|20 October 1953|12 November 1955 <small>(died in office)</small>||Christian Democratic Union|
|style="background:; color:white;"|||**Waldemar Kraft**|20 October 1953|12 October 1955||All-German Bloc/ League of Expellees and Deprived of Rights|
|style="background:;"|||**Hermann Schäfer**|20 October 1953|16 October 1956||Free Democratic Party|
|style="background:; color:white;"|||**Heinrich Krone**|14 November 1961|30 November 1966||Christian Democratic Union|
|style="background:; color:white;"|||**Ludger Westrick**|16 June 1964|30 November 1966||Christian Democratic Union|
|style="background:; color:white;"|||**Horst Ehmke**|22 October 1969|15 December 1972||Social Democratic Party|
|style="background:;"|||**Werner Maihofer**|15 December 1972|16 May 1974||Free Democratic Party|
|style="background:; color:white;"|||**Egon Bahr**|15 December 1972|16 May 1974||Social Democratic Party|
|style="background:; color:white;"|||**Wolfgang Schäuble**|15 November 1984|21 April 1989||Christian Democratic Union|
|style="background:; color:white;"|||**Rudolf Seiters**|21 April 1989|26 November 1991||Christian Democratic Union|
|style="background:; color:white;"|||**Hans Klein**|26 November 1989|20 December 1990||Christian Social Union|
|style="background:; color:white;"|||**Lothar de Maizière**|3 October 1990|19 December 1990||Christian Democratic Union|
|style="background:; color:white;"|||**Sabine Bergmann-Pohl**|3 October 1990|17 January 1991||Christian Democratic Union|
|style="background:; color:white;"|||**Günther Krause**|3 October 1990|17 January 1991||Christian Democratic Union|
|style="background:;"|||**Rainer Ortleb**|3 October 1990|17 January 1991||Free Democratic Party|
|style="background:; color:white;"|||**Hansjoachim Walther**|3 October 1990|17 January 1991||German Social Union|
|style="background:; color:white;"|||**Friedrich Bohl**|26 November 1991|27 October 1998||Christian Democratic Union|
|style="background:; color:white;"|||**Bodo Hombach**|27 October 1998|7 July 1999||Social Democratic Party|
|style="background:; color:white;"|||**Thomas de Maizière**|22 November 2005|27 October 2009||Christian Democratic Union|
|style="background:; color:white;"|||**Ronald Pofalla**|28 October 2009|17 December 2013||Christian Democratic Union|
|style="background:; color:white;"|||**Peter Altmaier**|17 December 2013|14 March 2018||Christian Democratic Union|
|style="background:; color:white;"|||**Helge Braun**|14 March 2018|8 December 2021||Christian Democratic Union|
|style="background:; color:white;"|||**Wolfgang Schmidt**|8 December 2021|_Incumbent_||Social Democratic Party|

## Infobox (political post)

- **post**:
Federal Minister for Special Affairs
- **insignia**: Bundesadler Bundesorgane.svg
- **insigniasize**: 80px
- **department**: German Chancellery
- **image**: Wolfgang Schmidt, Kimberly Emerson, and John B. Emerson, 4th of July 2014 (cropped).jpg
- **incumbent**: Wolfgang Schmidt (politician), Wolfgang Schmidt
- **incumbentsince**: 8 December 2021
- **formation**: 6 October 1953
- **first**: Franz Josef Strauß