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:

PortraitNameTerm of OfficePolitical PartyTook officeLeft officeTime in office 80pxFranz Josef Strauß6 October 195312 October 1955Christian Social Union   Robert Tillmanns 20 October 1953 12 November 1955(died in office)  Christian Democratic Union   Waldemar Kraft 20 October 1953 12 October 1955  All-German Bloc/ League of Expellees and Deprived of Rights  80px Hermann Schäfer 20 October 1953 16 October 1956  Free Democratic Party  80px Heinrich Krone 14 November 1961 30 November 1966  Christian Democratic Union  80px Ludger Westrick 16 June 1964 30 November 1966  Christian Democratic Union  80px Horst Ehmke 22 October 1969 15 December 1972  Social Democratic Party  80px Werner Maihofer 15 December 1972 16 May 1974  Free Democratic Party  80px Egon Bahr 15 December 1972 16 May 1974  Social Democratic Party  80px Wolfgang Schäuble 15 November 1984 21 April 1989  Christian Democratic Union  80px Rudolf Seiters 21 April 1989 26 November 1991  Christian Democratic Union  80px Hans Klein 26 November 1989 20 December 1990  Christian Social Union  80px Lothar de Maizière 3 October 1990 19 December 1990  Christian Democratic Union  80px Sabine Bergmann-Pohl 3 October 1990 17 January 1991  Christian Democratic Union  80px Günther Krause 3 October 1990 17 January 1991  Christian Democratic Union  80px Rainer Ortleb 3 October 1990 17 January 1991  Free Democratic Party  80px Hansjoachim Walther 3 October 1990 17 January 1991  German Social Union  80px Friedrich Bohl 26 November 1991 27 October 1998  Christian Democratic Union   80px Bodo Hombach 27 October 1998 7 July 1999  Social Democratic Party  80px Thomas de Maizière 22 November 2005 27 October 2009  Christian Democratic Union  80px Ronald Pofalla 28 October 2009 17 December 2013  Christian Democratic Union  80px Peter Altmaier 17 December 2013 14 March 2018  Christian Democratic Union  80px Helge Braun 14 March 2018 8 December 2021  Christian Democratic Union  80px Wolfgang Schmidt 8 December 2021 Incumbent  Social Democratic Party

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