List of German labour ministers

This page lists German Labour Ministers.

Reich Ministers

Political Party:   Centre   SPD   NSDAP   Independent

№		Minister of Labour	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party	Cabinet
1		Bauer, GustavGustav Bauer (1870–1944)	13 February 1919	20 June 1919	127 days	SPD	Scheidemann
2		Schlicke, AlexanderAlexander Schlicke (1863–1940)	21 June 1919	21 June 1920	1 year, 0 days	SPD	Bauer Müller
3		Brauns, HeinrichHeinrich Brauns (1868–1939)	25 June 1920	12 June 1928	7 years, 353 days	Centre	Fehrenbach Wirth I–II Cuno Stresemann I–II Marx I–II Luther I–II Marx III–IV
4		Wissell, RudolfRudolf Wissell (1869–1962)	28 June 1928	27 March 1930	1 year, 272 days	SPD	Müller II
5		Stegerwald, AdamAdam Stegerwald (1874–1945)	30 March 1930	30 May 1932	2 years, 61 days	Centre	Brüning I–II
–		Warmbold, HermannHermann Warmbold (1876–1976) Acting	1 June 1932	6 June 1932	5 days	Independent	Papen
6		Schäffer, HugoHugo Schäffer (1875–1945)	7 June 1932	17 November 1932	163 days	Independent	Papen
7		Syrup, FriedrichFriedrich Syrup (1881–1945)	3 December 1932	28 January 1933	56 days	Independent	Schleicher
8		Seldte, FranzFranz Seldte (1882–1947)	30 January 1933	30 April 1945	12 years, 90 days	NSDAP	Hitler
9		Hupfauer, TheoTheo Hupfauer (1906–1993)	30 April 1945	2 May 1945	2 days	NSDAP	Goebbels
(8)		Seldte, FranzFranz Seldte (1882–1947)	2 May 1945	23 May 1945	21 days	NSDAP	Flensburg

Federal Ministers

Political Party:   CDU   SPD

Name (Born-Died)		Portrait	Party	Term of Office		Chancellor (Cabinet)
Federal Minister for Labour
	Anton Storch (1892–1975)		CDU	20 September 1949	29 October 1957	Adenauer (I • II)
Federal Minister for Labour and Social Affairs
	Theodor Blank (1905–1972)		CDU	29 October 1957	26 October 1965	Adenauer (III • IV • V) Erhard (I)
	Hans Katzer (1919–1996)		CDU	26 October 1965	21 October 1969	Erhard (II) Kiesinger (I)
	Walter Arendt (1925–2005)		SPD	22 October 1969	16 December 1976	Brandt (I • II) Schmidt (I)
	Herbert Ehrenberg (1926–2018)		SPD	16 December 1976	28 April 1982	Schmidt (II • III)
	Heinz Westphal (1924–1998)		SPD	28 April 1982	1 October 1982	Schmidt (III)
	Norbert Blüm (1935–2020)		CDU	1 October 1982	27 October 1998	Kohl (I • II • III • IV • V)
	Walter Riester (b. 1943)		SPD	27 October 1998	22 October 2002	Schröder (I)
Federal Minister for Economics and Labour				22 October 2002	22 November 2005	Schröder (II)
	Wolfgang Clement (b. 1940)		SPD
Federal Minister for Health and Social Security
	Ulla Schmidt (b. 1949)		SPD
Federal Minister for Labour and Social Affairs
	Franz Müntefering (b. 1940)	File:Franz muentefering crop.jpg	SPD	22 November 2005	21 November 2007	Merkel (I)
	Olaf Scholz (b. 1958)	File:Olaf Scholz – Bürgerschaftswahl in Hamburg 2015 02.jpg	SPD	21 November 2007	28 October 2009
	Franz Josef Jung (b. 1949)	File:MK19946 Franz Josef Jung (cropped).jpg	CDU	28 October 2009	27 November 2009	Merkel (II)
	Ursula von der Leyen (b. 1958)	File:Von der Leyen 2010.jpg	CDU	30 November 2009	17 December 2013
	Andrea Nahles (b. 1970)	File:2017-05-09 Andrea Nahles (re-publica 17) by Sandro Halank–17 (cropped).jpg	SPD	17 December 2013	28 September 2017	Merkel (III)
	Katarina Barley (acting) (b. 1968)	File:Katarina Barley-4934.jpg	SPD	28 September 2017	14 March 2018	Merkel (III)
	Hubertus Heil (b. 1972)	File:2018-05-02 re-publica 18 by Sandro Halank–053.jpg	SPD	14 March 2018	Incumbent	Merkel (IV)

German Democratic Republic 1950–1990

See Council of Ministers of the GDR

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