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.

Federal Minister for Environmental Planning,Building and Construction and Urban DevelopmentNamePartyTerm startTerm endEberhard WildermuthFDP/DVP19491952Fritz NeumayerFDP19521953Victor-Emanuel PreuskerFDP after 1956 FVP 19531957Paul LückeCDU 19571965Ewald BucherFDP/DVP 19651966Bruno HeckCDU 19661966Lauritz LauritzenSPD19661972Hans-Jochen VogelSPD 19721974Karl RavensSPD 19741978Dieter HaackSPD 19781982Oscar SchneiderCSU 19821989Gerda HasselfeldtCSU 19891991Irmgard SchwaetzerFDP 19911994Klaus TöpferCDU 19941998Eduard OswaldCSU 19981998

Federal Minister for Transport19491998NamePartyTerm startTerm endHans Christoph SeebohmDP, as of 1960 CDU19491966Georg Leberalso Federal Minister for the post and telecommunications 1969-72SPD 19661972Lauritz Lauritzentill December 1972 also Federal Minister for the post and telecommunicationsSPD 19721974Kurt Gscheidlealso Federal Minister for the post and telecommunicationsSPD19741980Volker HauffSPD19801982Werner DollingerCSU19821987Jürgen WarnkeCSU19871989Friedrich ZimmermannCSU19891991Günther KrauseCDU19911993Matthias WissmannCDU19931998

Federal Minister for Transport, Building and Housing (1998-2005)NoNameLlife dataTerm startTerm endParty1Franz Müntefering1940–27 October 199829 September 1999SPD2Reinhard Klimmt1942–29 September 199916 November 2000SPD3Kurt Bodewig1955–16 November 200022 October 2002SPD4Manfred Stolpe1936–22 October 200222 November 2005SPD

Federal Minister for Transport, Building and Urban Development (2005-2013)NoNameLife dataTerm startTerm endParty1Wolfgang Tiefensee1955–22 November 200527 October 2009SPD2Peter Ramsauer1954–28 October 200917 December 2013CSU

Federal Minister for Transport and Digital Infrastructure (2013-2025)NoNameLife dataTerm startTerm endParty1Alexander Dobrindt1970–17 December 201314 March 2018CSU2Andreas Scheuer1974–14 March 20188 December 2021CSU3Volker Wissing1970–8 December 20216 May 2025FDP 

Federal Minister for Transport (2025-present)NoNameLife dataTerm startTerm endParty1Patrick Schnieder1968–6 May 2025IncumbentCDU

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