This page lists German Economics Ministers.
- Minister of Economics and Labour (Germany)
Weimar Republic, 1919–1933
| No. | Minister of Economics | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | |
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| 1 | Rudolf Wissell (1869–1962) | 13 February 1919 | 15 July 1919 | 152 days | SPD | |
| 2 | Robert Schmidt (1864–1943) | 16 July 1919 | 24 June 1920 | 344 days | SPD | |
| 3 | Ernst Scholz (1874–1932) | 25 June 1920 | 9 May 1921 | 318 days | DVP | |
| (2) | Robert Schmidt (1864–1943) | 10 May 1921 | 21 November 1922 | 1 year, 195 days | SPD | |
| 4 | Johann Becker (1869–1951) | 22 November 1922 | 12 August 1923 | 263 days | DVP | |
| 5 | Hans von Raumer (1870–1965) | 13 August 1923 | 5 October 1923 | 53 days | DVP | |
| 6 | Joseph Koeth (1870–1936) | 5 October 1923 | 30 November 1923 | 55 days | Independent | |
| 7 | Eduard Hamm (1879–1944) | 30 November 1923 | 15 December 1924 | 1 year, 15 days | DDP | |
| 8 | Albert Neuhaus (1873–1948) | 15 January 1925 | 26 October 1925 | 284 days | DVP | |
| - | Rudolf Krohne (1876–1953) Acting | 27 October 1925 | 5 December 1925 | 39 days | DVP | |
| 9 | Julius Curtius (1877–1948) | 19 January 1926 | 11 November 1929 | 3 years, 296 days | DVP | |
| 10 | Paul Moldenhauer (1876–1947) | 15 November 1929 | 23 December 1929 | 38 days | DVP | |
| (2) | Robert Schmidt (1864–1943) | 24 December 1929 | 29 March 1930 | 95 days | SPD | |
| 11 | Hermann Dietrich (1879–1954) | 30 March 1930 | 26 June 1930 | 88 days | DDP | |
| 12 | Ernst Trendelenburg (1882–1945) | 27 June 1930 | 8 October 1931 | 1 year, 103 days | Independent | |
| 13 | Hermann Warmbold (1876–1976) | 9 October 1931 | 28 April 1932 | 202 days | Independent | |
| - | Ernst Trendelenburg (1882–1945) Acting | 28 April 1932 | 30 May 1932 | 32 days | Independent | |
| (13) | Hermann Warmbold (1876–1976) | 1 June 1932 | 28 January 1933 | 241 days | Independent |
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Nazi Germany, 1933–1945
| No. | Reich Minister of Economics | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | |
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| 1 | Alfred Hugenberg (1865–1951) | 30 January 1933 | 29 June 1933 | 150 days | DNVP | |
| 2 | Kurt Schmitt (1886–1950) | 29 June 1933 | 3 August 1934 | 1 year, 35 days | NSDAP | |
| 3 | Hjalmar Schacht (1877–1970) | 3 August 1934 | 26 November 1937 | 3 years, 115 days | Independent | |
| 4 | Hermann Göring (1893–1945) | 26 November 1937 | 15 January 1938 | 50 days | NSDAP | |
| 5 | Walther Funk (1890–1960) | 5 February 1938 | 30 April 1945 | 7 years, 84 days | NSDAP |
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West and East Germany, 1949–1991
West German Ministers of Economics, 1949–1991
| East German Ministers of Economics, 1949-1991Note: Until 1989 there was no classic Ministry of Economic Affairs in the GDR, only "Ministries of Economic Activities." Only in 1989, were the Ministry of Economic Affairs (which can be compared with today's ideas of a comprehensive Ministry of Economic Affairs) founded.
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Federal Republic, 1991-Present
Ministers of Economics, 1991-2002
| No. | Minister of Economics | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | ||
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| 1 | Jürgen Möllemann (1945–2003) | 18 January 1991 | 21 January 1993 | 2 years, 3 days | FDP | ||
| 2 | Günter Rexrodt (1941–2004) | 21 January 1993 | 26 October 1998 | 5 years, 278 days | FDP | ||
| 3 | Werner Müller (1946–2019) | 27 October 1998 | 22 October 2002 | 4 years, 360 days | Independent | ||
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Ministers of Economics and Labour, 2002–2005
| No. | Minister of Economics and Labour | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | ||
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| 1 | Wolfgang Clement (1940–2020) | 22 October 2002 | 22 November 2005 | 3 years, 31 days | SPD | ||
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Ministers of Economics and Technology, 2005–2013
| No. | Minister of Economics and Technology | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | ||
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| 1 | Michael Glos (born 1944) | 22 November 2005 | 10 February 2009 | 3 years, 80 days | CSU | ||
| 2 | Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg (born 1971) | 10 February 2009 | 28 October 2009 | 260 days | CSU | ||
| 3 | Rainer Brüderle (born 1945) | 28 October 2009 | 12 May 2011 | 1 year, 196 days | FDP | ||
| 4 | Philipp Rösler (born 1973) | 12 May 2011 | 17 December 2013 | 2 years, 219 days | FDP | ||
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Ministers of Economic Affairs and Energy, 2013–present
| No. | Minister of Economics Affairs and Energy | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | ||
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| 1 | Sigmar Gabriel (born 1959) | 17 December 2013 | 27 January 2017 | 3 years, 41 days | SPD | ||
| 2 | Brigitte Zypries (born 1953) | 27 January 2017 | 14 March 2018 | 1 year, 46 days | SPD | ||
| 3 | Peter Altmaier (born 1958) | 14 March 2018 | Incumbent | 2 years, 331 days | CDU | ||
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