Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany)

The Federal Ministry of Education and Research () (BMBF) is a Federal Ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany. The headquarters of the Ministry are in the so-called "cross buildings" (Kreuzbauten) in Bonn, a second office is in Berlin.

 History 
The Federal Ministry of Education and Science was founded as the Federal Ministry for Nuclear Affairs on October 20, 1955. It was renamed the Federal Ministry of Nuclear Affairs and Water-supply and Distribution in 1957, and again in 1962 to Federal Ministry of Scientific Research.

It became the Federal Ministry for Education and Science in 1969 which it kept 1994 up to the reunification with the Federal Ministry of Research and Technology.
The Federal Ministry of Research and Technology had been founded only 1972.

The Ministry got its present name in 1998.

 Federal Ministers 
NoName (life data)Term startTerm endPartyNuclear Affairs195519621Franz Josef Strauß (1915-1988)October 21, 1955October 16, 1956CSU2Siegfried Balke (1902-1984)October 16, 1956December 11, 1962CSUNuclear Energy and Water-Supply and Distribution195719611Siegfried Balke (1902-1984)October 16, 1956December 11, 1962CSUNuclear Energy19621Siegfried Balke (1902-1984)October 16, 1956December 11, 1962CSUScientific Research196219691Hans Lenz (1907-1968)December 14, 1962October 26, 1965FDP2Gerhard Stoltenberg (1928-2001)October 26, 1965October 21, 1969CDUEducation and Science196919941Hans Leussink (1912-2008)October 20, 1969March 15, 1972independent2Klaus von Dohnanyi (1928-)March 15, 1972May 16, 1974SPD3Helmut Rohde (1925-2016)May 16, 1974February 16, 1978SPD4Jürgen Schmude (1936-)February 16, 1978January 28, 1981SPD5Björn Engholm (1939-)January 28, 1981October 4, 1982SPD6Dorothee Wilms (1929-)October 4, 1982 February 18, 1987 CDU7Jürgen Möllemann ( 1945-2003)February 18, 1987December 20, 1990FDP8Rainer Ortleb (1944-)December 20, 1990October 4, 1994FDP9Karl Hans Laermann (1929-)October 4, 1994November 10, 1994FDPResearch and Technology and for Posts and Telecommunications197219741Horst Ehmke (1927-2017)December 13, 1972May 16, 1974SPDResearch and Technology197419941Hans Matthöfer (1925-2009)May 16, 1974February 16, 1978SPD2Volker Hauff (1940-)February 16, 1978November 4, 1980SPD3Andreas von Bülow (1937-)November 4, 1980October 4, 1982SPD4Heinz Riesenhuber (1935-)October 4, 1982January 21, 1993CDU5Matthias Wissmann (1949-)January 21, 1993May 13, 1993CDU6Paul Krüger (1950-)May 13, 1993November 10, 1994CDUEducation, Science, Research and Technology199419981Jürgen Rüttgers (1951-)November 10, 1994October 26, 1998CDUEducation and Research19981Edelgard Bulmahn (1951-)October 26, 1998October 18, 2005SPD2Annette Schavan (1955-)October 18, 2005February 14, 2013CDU3Johanna Wanka (1951-)February 14, 2013 14 March 2018CDU4Anja Karliczek (1971-) 14 March 20188 December 2021CDU5Bettina Stark-Watzinger (1968-)8 December 2021FDP

 References 
Peter Weingart: Das Wissensministerium : ein halbes Jahrhundert Forschungs- und Bildungspolitik in Deutschland VelbruÌck Wiss., Weilerswist 2006, 

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