Ministry of Education and Research of Germany facts for kids
| Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung | |
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| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 20 October 1955 (Federal Ministry for Nuclear Energy Affairs) |
| Jurisdiction | top tier |
| Headquarters | Bonn |
| Minister responsible |
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| Website | www.bmbf.de/ |
The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (German: Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung) (BMBF) is a Federal Ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany. The headquarters of the Ministry are in the so-called "cross buildings" (Kreuzbauten) in Bonn, a second office is in Berlin.
History
The Federal Ministry of Education and Science was founded as the Federal Ministry for Nuclear Affairs on October 20, 1955. It was renamed the Federal Ministry of Nuclear Affairs and Water-supply and Distribution in 1957, and again in 1962 to Federal Ministry of Scientific Research.
It became the Federal Ministry for Education and Science in 1969 which it kept 1994 up to the reunification with the Federal Ministry of Research and Technology. The Federal Ministry of Research and Technology had been founded only 1972.
The Ministry got its present name in 1998.
Federal Ministers
| No | Name (life data) | Term start | Term end | Party |
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| Nuclear Affairs | 1955 | 1962 | ||
| 1 | Franz Josef Strauß (1915-1988) | October 21, 1955 | October 16, 1956 | CSU |
| 2 | Siegfried Balke (1902-1984) | October 16, 1956 | December 11, 1962 | CSU |
| Nuclear Energy and Water-Supply and Distribution | 1957 | 1961 | ||
| 1 | Siegfried Balke (1902-1984) | October 16, 1956 | December 11, 1962 | CSU |
| Nuclear Energy | 1962 | |||
| 1 | Siegfried Balke (1902-1984) | October 16, 1956 | December 11, 1962 | CSU |
| Scientific Research | 1962 | 1969 | ||
| 1 | Hans Lenz (1907-1968) | December 14, 1962 | October 26, 1965 | FDP |
| 2 | Gerhard Stoltenberg (1928-2001) | October 26, 1965 | October 21, 1969 | CDU |
| Education and Science | 1969 | 1994 | ||
| 1 | Hans Leussink (1912-2008) | October 20, 1969 | March 15, 1972 | independent |
| 2 | Klaus von Dohnanyi (1928-) | March 15, 1972 | May 16, 1974 | SPD |
| 3 | Helmut Rohde (1925-2016) | May 16, 1974 | February 16, 1978 | SPD |
| 4 | Jürgen Schmude (1936-) | February 16, 1978 | January 28, 1981 | SPD |
| 5 | Björn Engholm (1939-) | January 28, 1981 | October 4, 1982 | SPD |
| 6 | Dorothee Wilms (1929-) | October 4, 1982 | February 18, 1987 | CDU |
| 7 | Jürgen Möllemann ( 1945-2003) | February 18, 1987 | December 20, 1990 | FDP |
| 8 | Rainer Ortleb (1944-) | December 20, 1990 | October 4, 1994 | FDP |
| 9 | Karl Hans Laermann (1929-) | October 4, 1994 | November 10, 1994 | FDP |
| Research and Technology and for Posts and Telecommunications | 1972 | 1974 | ||
| 1 | Horst Ehmke (1927-2017) | December 13, 1972 | May 16, 1974 | SPD |
| Research and Technology | 1974 | 1994 | ||
| 1 | Hans Matthöfer (1925-2009) | May 16, 1974 | February 16, 1978 | SPD |
| 2 | Volker Hauff (1940-) | February 16, 1978 | November 4, 1980 | SPD |
| 3 | Andreas von Bülow (1937-) | November 4, 1980 | October 4, 1982 | SPD |
| 4 | Heinz Riesenhuber (1935-) | October 4, 1982 | January 21, 1993 | CDU |
| 5 | Matthias Wissmann (1949-) | January 21, 1993 | May 13, 1993 | CDU |
| 6 | Paul Krüger (1950-) | May 13, 1993 | November 10, 1994 | CDU |
| Education, Science, Research and Technology | 1994 | 1998 | ||
| 1 | Jürgen Rüttgers (1951-) | November 10, 1994 | October 26, 1998 | CDU |
| Education and Research | 1998 | |||
| 1 | Edelgard Bulmahn (1951-) | October 26, 1998 | October 18, 2005 | SPD |
| 2 | Annette Schavan (1955-) | October 18, 2005 | February 14, 2013 | CDU |
| 3 | Johanna Wanka (1951-) | February 14, 2013 | CDU | |
- Peter Weingart: Das Wissensministerium : ein halbes Jahrhundert Forschungs- und Bildungspolitik in Deutschland VelbruÌck Wiss., Weilerswist 2006, ISBN: 978-3-938808-18-4
