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Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales
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Agency overview
Formed 1919 (Weimar Republic),
1949 (West Germany)
Jurisdiction Government of Germany
Headquarters Wilhelmstraße 49
10117 Berlin
52°30′45″N 13°23′01″E / 52.51250°N 13.38361°E / 52.51250; 13.38361
Annual budget 164.920 billion (2021)
Minister responsible
  • Hubertus Heil, Federal Minister for Labour and Social Affairs
Website http://www.bmas.de
Bundessozialministerium, Haupteingang
Main Entrance on Wilhelmstrasse

The Federal Ministry for Labour and Social Affairs (German: Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales, pronounced [ˈbʊndəsminɪsˌteːʁiʊm fyːɐ̯ ˈaʁbaɪ̯t ʊnt zoˈt͡si̯aːləs]), abbreviated BMAS) is a federal ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany headed by the Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs as a member of the Cabinet of Germany (Bundesregierung). Its first location is on Wilhelmstrasse in Berlin, the second in Bonn.

History

The Reich Ministry of Labour of the Weimar Republic was established on 13 February 1919 as the successor of the Labour Office (Reichsarbeitsamt) of the German Empire. The Social Democratic politician Gustav Bauer became the first Minister for Labour under Chancellor Philipp Scheidemann, whom he succeeded on 21 June that year. On the day of the Machtergreifung in January 1933, the German National politician and Der Stahlhelm leader Franz Seldte was appointed Minister for Labour in the Cabinet Hitler, a position he officially held until 1945, though the day-to-day affairs of the Ministry were managed largely by the State Secretaries Johannes Krohn (1933–1939) and Friedrich Syrup (1939–1945).

The West German Ministry for Labour was re-established in Bonn on 20 September 1949 with the Cabinet Adenauer I. According to the 1991 Berlin/Bonn Act it moved to its present seat in Berlin-Mitte in 2000, on premises formerly used by Goebbels' Propaganda Ministry and the East German National Front organisation.

During the Cabinet Schröder II from 2002 to 2005, the ministry had been dissolved and its responsibilities allocated to the Federal Ministry for Economics and Labour and the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Security. Responsibilities were re-allocated once again when a new government was formed under Chancellor Angela Merkel following the Bundestag elections of 2005. The German name was changed from Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Sozialordnung to Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales.

Ministers

German Reich (until 1945)

2017-06-25 Hubertus Heil by Olaf Kosinsky-4
Hubertus Heil.
Reich Ministers

Political Party:       Centre       SPD       NSDAP       Independent

No. Minister of Labour Took office Left office Time in office Party Cabinet
Weimar Republic (1919–1933)
1
Gustav Bauer
Bauer, GustavGustav Bauer
(1870–1944)
13 February 1919 20 June 1919 127 days SPD Scheidemann
2
Alexander Schlicke
Schlicke, AlexanderAlexander Schlicke
(1863–1940)
21 June 1919 21 June 1920 1 year, 0 days SPD Bauer
Müller
3
Heinrich Brauns
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
Rudolf Wissell
Wissell, RudolfRudolf Wissell
(1869–1962)
28 June 1928 27 March 1930 1 year, 272 days SPD Müller II
5
Adam Stegerwald
Stegerwald, AdamAdam Stegerwald
(1874–1945)
30 March 1930 30 May 1932 2 years, 61 days Centre Brüning I–II
Hermann Warmbold [de]
Warmbold, HermannHermann Warmbold [de]
(1876–1976)
Acting
1 June 1932 6 June 1932 5 days Independent Papen
6
Hugo Schäffer [de]
Schäffer, HugoHugo Schäffer [de]
(1875–1945)
7 June 1932 17 November 1932 163 days Independent Papen
7
Friedrich Syrup
Syrup, FriedrichFriedrich Syrup
(1881–1945)
3 December 1932 28 January 1933 56 days Independent Schleicher
Nazi Germany (1933–1945)
8
Franz Seldte
Seldte, FranzFranz Seldte
(1882–1947)
30 January 1933 30 April 1945 12 years, 90 days NSDAP Hitler
9
Theo Hupfauer [de]
Hupfauer, TheoTheo Hupfauer [de]
(1906–1993)
30 April 1945 2 May 1945 2 days NSDAP Goebbels
(8)
Franz Seldte
Seldte, FranzFranz Seldte
(1882–1947)
2 May 1945 23 May 1945 21 days NSDAP Flensburg

Federal Republic of Germany (1949–present)

Federal Ministers

Political Party:       CDU       SPD

Name
(Born-Died)
Portrait Party Term of Office Chancellor
(Cabinet)
Federal Minister for Labour (1949–1957)
Federal Minister for Labour and Social Affairs (1957–2002)
1 Anton Storch
(1892–1975)
Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-P003647, Anton Storch (cropped).jpg CDU 20 September 1949 29 October 1957 Adenauer
(I • II)
2 Theodor Blank
(1905–1972)
Bundeswehr-Foto BVM001 Theodor Blank.jpg CDU 29 October 1957 26 October 1965 Adenauer (III • IV • V)
Erhard (I)
3 Hans Katzer
(1919–1996)
Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F061786-0010, Hamburg, CDU-Bundesparteitag, Katzer (cropped).jpg CDU 26 October 1965 21 October 1969 Erhard (II)
Kiesinger (I)
4 Walter Arendt
(1925–2005)
Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F042673-0001, Bonn, Sitzung des SPD Präsidiums, Arendt (cropped).jpg SPD 22 October 1969 16 December 1976 Brandt (I • II)
Schmidt (I)
5 Herbert Ehrenberg
(1926–2018)
Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F060860-0034, Bonn, Sitzung Bundesrat, Ehrenberg (cropped).jpg SPD 16 December 1976 28 April 1982 Schmidt
(II • III)
6 Heinz Westphal
(1924–1998)
Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F064991-0007, Bonn, SPD-Pressekonferenz, Heinz Westphal.jpg SPD 28 April 1982 1 October 1982 Schmidt
(III)
7 Norbert Blüm
(1935–2020)
Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F073617-0027, Mainz, CDU-Bundesparteitag, Kiep, Blüm (cropped).jpg CDU 1 October 1982 27 October 1998 Kohl
(I • II • III • IV • V)
8 Walter Riester
(b. 1943)
Walter Riester (cropped).jpg SPD 27 October 1998 22 October 2002 Schröder
(I)
Federal Minister for Economics and Labour 22 October 2002 22 November 2005 Schröder
(II)
9a Wolfgang Clement
(1940–2020)
Wolfgang Clement.jpg SPD
Federal Minister for Health and Social Security
9b Ulla Schmidt
(b. 1949)
SPD Bundesparteitag Leipzig 2013 by Moritz Kosinsky 003.jpg SPD
Federal Minister for Labour and Social Affairs
10 Franz Müntefering
(b. 1940)
Franz muentefering crop.jpg SPD 22 November 2005 21 November 2007 Merkel
(I)
11 Olaf Scholz
(b. 1958)
Olaf Scholz – Bürgerschaftswahl in Hamburg 2015 02.jpg SPD 21 November 2007 28 October 2009
12 Franz Josef Jung
(b. 1949)
MK19946 Franz Josef Jung (cropped).jpg CDU 28 October 2009 27 November 2009 Merkel
(II)
13 Ursula von der Leyen
(b. 1958)
Von der Leyen 2010.jpg CDU 30 November 2009 17 December 2013
14 Andrea Nahles
(b. 1970)
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 was acting Federal Minister from 28 September 2017 to 14 March 2018.
15 Hubertus Heil
(b. 1972)
2018-05-02 re-publica 18 by Sandro Halank–053.jpg SPD 14 March 2018 Incumbent Merkel (IV)
Scholz (I)

State secretaries

The Parliamentary Secretary of States are Anette Kramme and Kerstin Griese.

The Secretaries of State are Leonie Gebers, Björn Böhning and Rolf Schmachtenberg.

See also

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