1907-1909
Bernhard von Bülow
Interior
no party
1909-1916
Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg
Interior
no party, later German National People's Party
1916-1917
Hollweg, Michaelis, Hertling
Interior
no party, later German National People's Party
1919, 1919-1920
Scheidemann, Bauer
Finance, Justice
German Democratic Party
1919
Philipp Scheidemann
Finance
German Democratic Party
1919
Gustav Bauer
Finance
Catholic Centre Party (Christian People's Party)
1920
Hermann Müller
Interior
German Democratic Party
1920-1921
Constantin Fehrenbach
Justice
German People's Party
1921-1922
Joseph Wirth
Treasury
Social Democratic Party of Germany
1923
Gustav Stresemann
Reconstruction
Social Democratic Party of Germany
1923-1925
Wilhelm Marx
Interior
German People's Party
1927-1928
Wilhelm Marx
Justice
German National People's Party
1933-1934
Adolf Hitler
no ministry
no party, later NSDAP
1949-1957
Konrad Adenauer
Matters of the Marshall Plan, Economic Cooperation
Christian Democratic Union of Germany
1957-1963
Konrad Adenauer
Economy
Christian Democratic Union of Germany
1963-1966
Ludwig Erhard
All-German Affairs
Free Democratic Party
1966
Ludwig Erhard
Traffic
Christian Democratic Union of Germany
1966-1969
Kurt Georg Kiesinger
Foreign Affairs
Social Democratic Party of Germany
1969-1974
Brandt, Scheel
Foreign Affairs
Free Democratic Party
1974-1982, 1982-1992
Schmidt, Kohl
Foreign Affairs
Free Democratic Party
1982
Helmut Schmidt
Intra-German Relations
Social Democratic Party of Germany
1992-1993
Helmut Kohl
Economy
Free Democratic Party
1993-1998
Helmut Kohl
Foreign Affairs
Free Democratic Party
1998-2005
Gerhard Schröder
Foreign Affairs
Alliance 90/The Greens
2005-2007
Angela Merkel
Labour and Social Affairs
Social Democratic Party of Germany
2007-2009
Angela Merkel
Foreign Affairs
Social Democratic Party of Germany
2009-2011
Angela Merkel
Foreign Affairs
Free Democratic Party
2011-2013
Angela Merkel
Economy and Technology
Free Democratic Party
2013-2018
Angela Merkel
Economy and Energy, Foreign Affairs
Social Democratic Party of Germany
2018-2021
Angela Merkel
Finance
Social Democratic Party of Germany
since 2021
Olaf Scholz
Economy and Climate
Alliance 90/The Greens