List of German transportation ministers
This page lists German transportation ministers. See also lists of incumbents.
List
German Reich (1918–1945)
Political Party: Centre SPD DDP DVP DNVP BVP KVP NSDAP
No. | Portrait | Name (Born-Died) | Term | Political party | Government | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
Weimar Republic (1918–1933) | |||||||
1 | ![]() | Johannes Bell (1868–1949) | 13 February 1919 | 1 May 1920 | 1 year, 78 days | Centre | Scheidemann Bauer Müller I |
2 | ![]() | Gustav Bauer (1870–1944) | 2 May 1920 | 21 June 1920 | 50 days | SPD | Müller I |
3 | ![]() | Wilhelm Groener (1867–1939) | 25 June 1920 | 12 August 1923 | 3 years, 48 days | Independent | Fehrenbach Wirth I Wirth II Cuno |
4 | ![]() | Rudolf Oeser (1858–1926) | 12 August 1923 | 11 October 1924 | 1 year, 59 days | DDP | Stresemann I Stresemann II[1] Marx I Marx II |
5 | ![]() | Rudolf Krohne (1876–1953) | 12 October 1924 | 17 December 1926 | 2 years, 66 days | DVP | Luther I Luther II[2] Marx III |
6 | ![]() | Wilhelm Koch (1877–1950) | 28 January 1927 | 12 June 1928 | 1 year, 136 days | DNVP | Marx IV |
7 | ![]() | Theodor von Guérard (1863–1943) | 27 June 1928 | 6 February 1929 | 224 days | Centre | Müller II |
8 | ![]() | Georg Schätzel (1874–1934) | 7 February 1929 | 12 April 1929 | 64 days | BVP | Müller II |
9 | ![]() | Adam Stegerwald (1874–1945) | 12 April 1929 | 27 March 1930 | 348 days | Centre | Müller II |
(7) | ![]() | Theodor von Guérard (1863–1943) | 30 March 1930 | 7 October 1931 | 1 year, 191 days | Centre | Brüning I |
10 | ![]() | Gottfried Treviranus (1891–1971) | 9 October 1931 | 30 May 1932 | 234 days | KVP | Brüning II |
11 | ![]() | Paul Freiherr von Eltz-Rübenach (1875–1943) | 1 June 1932 | 30 January 1933 | 243 days | Independent | Papen Schleicher |
Nazi Germany (1933–1945) | |||||||
(11) | ![]() | Paul Freiherr von Eltz-Rübenach (1875–1943) | 30 January 1933 | 2 February 1937 | 4 years, 3 days | Independent | Hitler |
12 | ![]() | Julius Dorpmüller (1869–1945) Independent until January 1941 | 2 February 1937 | 23 May 1945 | 8 years, 110 days | NSDAP | Hitler Goebbels von Krosigk |
1 The SPD withdrew from the Stresemann II Cabinet on 3 November 1923.
2 The DNVP withdrew from the Luther I Cabinet on 26 October 1925.
Federal Republic of Germany (1949–present)
Political Party: DP SPD CSU CDU FDP
Name (Born-Died) | Image | Party | Term of office | Chancellor (Cabinet) | ||
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Federal Minister for Transport | ||||||
1 | Hans-Christoph Seebohm (1903–1967) | ![]() | DP (1947–1960) CDU (1960–1967) | 20 September 1949 | 30 November 1966 | Adenauer (I • II • III • IV • V) Erhard (I • II) |
2 | Georg Leber (1920–2012) | ![]() | SPD | 1 December 1966 | 7 July 1972 | Kiesinger (I) Brandt (I) |
3 | Lauritz Lauritzen (1910–1980) | ![]() | SPD | 7 July 1972 | 16 May 1974 | Brandt (I • II) |
4 | Kurt Gscheidle (1924–2003) | ![]() | SPD | 16 May 1974 | 4 November 1980 | Schmidt (I • II) |
5 | Volker Hauff (born 1940) | ![]() | SPD | 6 November 1980 | 1 October 1982 | Schmidt (III) |
6 | Werner Dollinger (1918–2008) | ![]() | CSU | 4 October 1982 | 12 March 1987 | Kohl (I • II) |
7 | Jürgen Warnke (1932–2013) | ![]() | CSU | 12 March 1987 | 21 April 1989 | Kohl (III) |
8 | Friedrich Zimmermann (1925–2012) | ![]() | CSU | 21 April 1989 | 18 January 1991 | |
9 | Günther Krause (born 1953) | ![]() | CDU | 18 January 1991 | 13 May 1993 | Kohl (IV) |
10 | Matthias Wissmann (born 1949) | CDU | 13 May 1993 | 26 October 1998 | Kohl (IV • V) | |
Federal Minister for Transport, Building and Housing | ||||||
11 | Franz Müntefering (born 1940) | ![]() | SPD | 27 October 1998 | 29 September 1999 | Schröder (I) |
12 | Reinhard Klimmt (born 1942) | ![]() | SPD | 29 September 1999 | 16 November 2000 | |
13 | Kurt Bodewig (born 1955) | ![]() | SPD | 20 November 2000 | 22 October 2002 | |
14 | Manfred Stolpe (1936–2019) | SPD | 22 October 2002 | 22 November 2005 | Schröder (II) | |
Federal Minister for Transport, Building and Urban Development | ||||||
15 | Wolfgang Tiefensee (born 1955) | ![]() | SPD | 22 November 2005 | 28 October 2009 | Merkel (I) |
16 | Peter Ramsauer (born 1954) | ![]() | CSU | 28 October 2009 | 17 December 2013 | Merkel (II) |
Federal Minister for Transport and Digital Infrastructure | ||||||
17 | Alexander Dobrindt (born 1970) | ![]() | CSU | 17 December 2013 | 24 October 2017 | Merkel (III) |
– | Christian Schmidt (born 1957) Acting | ![]() | CSU | 24 October 2017 | 14 March 2018 | Merkel (III) |
18 | Andreas Scheuer (born 1974) | ![]() | CSU | 14 March 2018 | 8 December 2021 | Merkel (IV) |
19 | Volker Wissing (born 1970) | ![]() | FDP | 8 December 2021 | Incumbent | Scholz (I) |