List of German labour ministers
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Ministers of Labour, 1918-1945
- Gustav BauerGustav Bauer' was a German Social Democratic Party leader and Chancellor of Germany from 1919 to 1920.Born in Darkehmen near Königsberg in East Prussia, Bauer, who rose to notice through his leadership of a white-collar trade union, served from 1908 to 1918 as chairman of the General Commission of Trade...
(SPDSocial Democratic Party of GermanyThe Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social-democratic political party in Germany...
) 1918-1919 - Alexander Schlicke (SPD) 1919-1920
- Heinrich Brauns (Centre) 1920-1928
- Rudolf WissellRudolf WissellRudolf Wissell was a German politician in the Social Democratic Party of Germany . During the Weimar Republic, he held office as the Minister for Economics and the Minister for Labour.Wissell was a member of the SPD from 1888, and belonged to the right wing of the party...
(SPD) 1928-1930 - Adam StegerwaldAdam StegerwaldAdam Stegerwald was a German Catholic politician and a leader of the left wing of the Centre Party. He served as Prime Minister of Prussia in 1921, and later as a minister in the national governments of Hermann Müller and Heinrich Brüning...
(Centre) 1930-1932 - Hermann Warmbold (acting) 1932
- Hugo Schäffer 1932
- Friedrich SyrupFriedrich SyrupFriedrich Heinrich Karl Syrup was a German jurist and politician.- Life :Syrup was born in Lüchow in Lüchow-Dannenberg district, Province of Hanover. The postal official's son studied engineering science as well as law and political science...
1932-1933 - Franz SeldteFranz SeldteFranz Seldte was cofounder of the German Stahlhelm paramilitary organization, a Nazi politician, and Minister for Labour of the German Reich from 1933 to 1945.-Life:...
(NSDAP) 1933-1945
Ministers of Labour and Social Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany, 1949-2002
- Anton Storch (CDUChristian Democratic Union (Germany)The Christian Democratic Union of Germany is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Germany. It is regarded as on the centre-right of the German political spectrum...
) 1949-1957 - Theodor BlankTheodor BlankTheodor Anton Blank was a German politician of the CDU. He was one of the founders of the CDU in 1945....
(CDU) 1957-1965 - Hans Katzer (CDU) 1965-1969
- Walter Arendt (SPD) 1969-1976
- Herbert EhrenbergHerbert EhrenbergHerbert Ehrenberg is a retired German politician.Ehrenberg was born in Kollnischken, East Prussia and visited school in Goldap until 1943, when he was conscripted to the German Army and became a prisoner of war...
(SPD) 1976-1982 - Heinz Westphal (SPD) 1982
- Norbert BlümNorbert BlümNorbert Blüm is a German federal legislator from North Rhine-Westphalia, Chairman of the CDU there , and former minister for labor and social affairs ....
(CDU) 1982-1998 - Walter RiesterWalter RiesterWalter Riester is a German politician of the SPD and former Minister of Labour and Social Affairs.Walter Riester joined the SPD in 1966 and since 1998 he has been a member of the party's federal executive board. From 1993 to 1998 he was deputy chairman of the IG Metall...
(SPD) 1998-2002
In 2002, the ministry was divided between the ministries of Economics and Labour and Health and Social Security.