The Federal Ministry for Economics and Labour (German

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: Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit) was a Ministry of German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 Federal Government between 2002 and 2005. It was created through the merger of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology

Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (Germany)

The Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology is a ministry of the German Federal Government since 1998...

 and one part of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs

Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (Germany)

The Federal Ministry for Labour and Social Affairs is a top-level federal agency of the Federal Republic of Germany headed by the Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs as a member of the Cabinet of Germany...

 - the other part being merged with the old Federal Ministry for Health, then the Ministry of Health and Social Security. This transformations aimed to consolidate the policy-fields of economics and labour market, on which the second term

Cabinet Schröder II

The second cabinet led by Gerhard Schröder was sworn in on October 22, 2002 and laid down its function on October 18, 2005. The cabinet was formed after the 2002 elections. It laid down its function after the formation of the first Cabinet of Angela Merkel, which was formed following the 2005...

 of chancellor Gerhard Schröder wanted to focus, into one hand. Because the new Ministry was very large and important, it was often referred to as a super-ministry (Superministerium) and its minister as a super-minister (Superminister). The creation of the new Ministry was widely seen as failed, basically because of the poor performance of the only office-holder Wolfgang Clement

Wolfgang Clement

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Under the following grand coalition

Grand coalition

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 headed by Angela Merkel

Angela Merkel

Angela Dorothea Merkel is the current Chancellor of Germany . Merkel, elected to the Bundestag from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, has been the chairwoman of the Christian Democratic Union since 2000, and chairwoman of the CDU-CSU parliamentary coalition from 2002 to 2005.From 2005 to 2009 she led a...

, the portfolio reshuffle was reversed, and the old Federal Ministries of Economics and Technology

Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (Germany)

The Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology is a ministry of the German Federal Government since 1998...

, of Labour and Social Affairs

Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (Germany)

The Federal Ministry for Labour and Social Affairs is a top-level federal agency of the Federal Republic of Germany headed by the Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs as a member of the Cabinet of Germany...

 and of Health

Federal Ministry of Health (Germany)

The Federal Ministry of Health, is a ministry of the German federal government...

were created once again.