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List of German transportation ministers

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This page lists German transportation ministers. See also lists of incumbents.

List

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German Reich (1918–1945)

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Political Party:   Centre   SPD   DDP   DVP   DNVP   BVP   KVP   NSDAP

No. Portrait Name
(Born-Died)
Term Political party Government
Took office Left office Time in office
Weimar Republic (1918–1933)
1
Johannes Bell
Johannes Bell
(1868–1949)
13 February 19191 May 19201 year, 78 daysCentreScheidemann
Bauer
Müller I
2
Gustav Bauer
Gustav Bauer
(1870–1944)
2 May 192021 June 192050 daysSPDMüller I
3
Wilhelm Groener
Wilhelm Groener
(1867–1939)
25 June 192012 August 19233 years, 48 daysIndependentFehrenbach
Wirth I
Wirth II
Cuno
4
Rudolf Oeser
Rudolf Oeser
(1858–1926)
12 August 192311 October 19241 year, 59 daysDDPStresemann I
Stresemann II[1]
Marx I
Marx II
5
Rudolf Krohne
Rudolf Krohne
(1876–1953)
12 October 192417 December 19262 years, 66 daysDVPLuther I
Luther II[2]
Marx III
6
Wilhelm Koch
Wilhelm Koch
(1877–1950)
28 January 192712 June 19281 year, 136 daysDNVPMarx IV
7
Theodor von Guérard
Theodor von Guérard
(1863–1943)
27 June 19286 February 1929224 daysCentreMüller II
8
Georg Schätzel
Georg Schätzel
(1874–1934)
7 February 192912 April 192964 daysBVPMüller II
9
Adam Stegerwald
Adam Stegerwald
(1874–1945)
12 April 192927 March 1930348 daysCentreMüller II
(7)
Theodor von Guérard
Theodor von Guérard
(1863–1943)
30 March 19307 October 19311 year, 191 daysCentreBrüning I
10
Gottfried Treviranus
Gottfried Treviranus
(1891–1971)
9 October 193130 May 1932234 daysKVPBrüning II
11
Paul Freiherr von Eltz-Rübenach
Paul Freiherr von Eltz-Rübenach
(1875–1943)
1 June 193230 January 1933243 daysIndependentPapen
Schleicher
Nazi Germany (1933–1945)
(11)
Paul Freiherr von Eltz-Rübenach
Paul Freiherr von Eltz-Rübenach
(1875–1943)
30 January 19332 February 19374 years, 3 daysIndependentHitler
12
Julius Dorpmüller
Julius Dorpmüller
(1869–1945)
Independent until January 1941
2 February 193723 May 19458 years, 110 daysNSDAPHitler
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)

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Political Party:   DP   SPD   CSU   CDU   FDP

Name
(Born-Died)
Image Party Term of office Chancellor
(Cabinet)
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 (III)
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
(III)
4 Kurt Gscheidle
(1924–2003)
SPD 16 May 1974 4 November 1980 Schmidt
(III)
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
(III)
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
(IVV)
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)