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.
| Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport | |
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| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 27 October 1998 |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Germany |
| Headquarters | Berlin |
| Minister responsible | Volker Wissing, Bundesminister für Verkehr, Bau und Stadtentwicklung |
| Website | |
| www.bmvbs.de | |
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 Development | |||
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| Name | Party | Term start | Term end |
| Eberhard Wildermuth | FDP/DVP | 1949 | 1952 |
| Fritz Neumayer | FDP | 1952 | 1953 |
| Victor-Emanuel Preusker | FDP after 1956 FVP | 1953 | 1957 |
| Paul Lücke | CDU | 1957 | 1965 |
| Ewald Bucher | FDP/DVP | 1965 | 1966 |
| Bruno Heck | CDU | 1966 | 1966 |
| Lauritz Lauritzen | SPD | 1966 | 1972 |
| Hans-Jochen Vogel | SPD | 1972 | 1974 |
| Karl Ravens | SPD | 1974 | 1978 |
| Dieter Haack | SPD | 1978 | 1982 |
| Oscar Schneider | CSU | 1982 | 1989 |
| Gerda Hasselfeldt | CSU | 1989 | 1991 |
| Irmgard Schwaetzer | FDP | 1991 | 1994 |
| Klaus Töpfer | CDU | 1994 | 1998 |
| Eduard Oswald | CSU | 1998 | 1998 |
| Federal Minister for Transport | 1949 | 1998 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Party | Term start | Term end |
| Hans Christoph Seebohm | DP, as of 1960 CDU | 1949 | 1966 |
| Georg Leber[1] | SPD | 1966 | 1972 |
| Lauritz Lauritzen[2] | SPD | 1972 | 1974 |
| Kurt Gscheidle[3] | SPD | 1974 | 1980 |
| Volker Hauff | SPD | 1980 | 1982 |
| Werner Dollinger | CSU | 1982 | 1987 |
| Jürgen Warnke | CSU | 1987 | 1989 |
| Friedrich Zimmermann | CSU | 1989 | 1991 |
| Günther Krause | CDU | 1991 | 1993 |
| Matthias Wissmann | CDU | 1993 | 1998 |
| Federal Minister for Transport, Building and Housing (1998-2005) | |||||
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| No | Name | Llife data | Term start | Term end | Party |
| 1 | Franz Müntefering | 1940– | 27 October 1998 | 29 September 1999 | SPD |
| 2 | Reinhard Klimmt | 1942– | 29 September 1999 | 16 November 2000 | SPD |
| 3 | Kurt Bodewig | 1955– | 16 November 2000 | 22 October 2002 | SPD |
| 4 | Manfred Stolpe | 1936– | 22 October 2002 | 22 November 2005 | SPD |
| Federal Minister for Transport, Building and Urban Development (2005-2013) | |||||
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| No | Name | Life data | Term start | Term end | Party |
| 1 | Wolfgang Tiefensee | 1955– | 22 November 2005 | 27 October 2009 | SPD |
| 2 | Peter Ramsauer | 1954– | 28 October 2009 | 17 December 2013 | CSU |
| Federal Minister for Transport and Digital Infrastructure (since 2013) | |||||
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| No | Name | Life data | Term start | Term end | Party |
| 1 | Alexander Dobrindt | 1970– | 17 December 2013 | 14 March 2018 | CSU |
| 2 | Andreas Scheuer | 1974– | 14 March 2018 | 8 December 2021 | CSU |
| 3 | Volker Wissing | 1970– | 8 December 2021 | In office | FDP |
Federal Ministry For Digital And Transport Media
Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs office building in Bonn. View from Robert Schuman Square. Headquarters of the Eisenbahn-Unfalluntersuchungsstelle des Bundes
