Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth explained

Agency Name:Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth
Nativename:Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend (BMFSFJ)
Headquarters:Glinkastraße 24
10178 Berlin
Formed:1953 as the Bundesministerium für Familienfragen
Preceding:Federal Ministry of Women and Youth
Jurisdiction:Government of Germany
Budget:13.128 billion (2021)[1]
Minister1 Name:Lisa Paus
Chief1 Name:Ekin Deligöz
Chief1 Position:Parliamentary State Secretary
Chief2 Name:Sven Lehmann
Chief2 Position:Parliamentary State Secretary
Chief3 Name:Margit Gottstein
Chief3 Position:Permanent State Secretary
Website:http://www.bmfsfj.de

The Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (German: Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend, pronounced as /de/), abbreviated BMFSFJ, is a cabinet-level ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany. It is headquartered in Berlin with a secondary seat in Bonn. The ministry was represented by Anne Spiegel, the first woman minister of the Greens, who announced her resignment from office on 11 April 2022. On 14 April 2022, the Greens announced Lisa Paus to be her successor in office. Both Spiegel and Paus have to be officially dismissed respectively appointed by the Federal President.

History

The original organization was first founded in 1953 as the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs (Bundesministerium für Familienfragen). In 1957, this was changed to the Ministry for Family and Youth Affairs (Bundesministerium für Familien- und Jugendfragen) and in 1963 to the Federal Ministry for Family and Youth (Bundesministerium für Familie und Jugend. In 1969 after the incorporation of the Federal Ministry for Health (Bundesministerium für Gesundheit, created in 1961), it was changed to the Federal Ministry for Youth, Family and Health (Bundesministerium für Jugend, Familie und Gesundheit). In 1986, it was renamed to the Federal Ministry for Youth, Family, Women, and Health (Bundesministerium für Jugend, Familie, Frauen und Gesundheit). The area of health was removed in 1991 and transferred to the Federal Ministry for Health. The remaining Ministry was divided into the Federal Ministry for Women and Youth (Bundesministerium für Frauen und Jugend), and the Federal Ministry for Family and Senior Citizens (Bundesministerium für Familie und Senioren). In 1994, these divided areas were recombined into the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend).

The activities of the Ministry were highlighted in media coverage in 2007 when the contents of one of the leaflets it distributed was claimed to encourage sexual massage between parents and their children.[2] The leaflets were removed from circulation when the matter became national news.

Federal Ministers

Political Party:

Name
(Born-Died)
PortraitPartyTerm of OfficeChancellor
(Cabinet)
Federal Minister for Family Affairs
Federal Minister for Family and Youth Affairs
Federal Minister for Family and Youth
1Franz-Josef Wuermeling
(1900–1986)
CDU20 October 1953 13 December 1962Adenauer
(II • III • IV)
2Bruno Heck
(1917–1989)
CDU14 December 19622 October 1968Adenauer (V)
Erhard (I • II)
Kiesinger (I)
3Aenne Brauksiepe
(1912–1997)
CDU16 October 1968 21 October 1969Kiesinger
(I)
Federal Minister for Youth, Family and Health
Federal Minister for Youth, Family, Women and Health
4Käte Strobel
(1907–1996)
SPD22 October 196915 December 1972Brandt
(I)
5Katharina Focke
(1922–2016)
SPD15 December 197214 December 1976Brandt (II)
Schmidt (I)
6Antje Huber
(1924–2015)
SPD16 December 197628 April 1982Schmidt
(II • III)
7Anke Fuchs
(1937–2019)
SPD28 April 19821 October 1982Schmidt
(III)
8Heiner Geißler
(1930–2017)
CDU4 October 198226 September 1985Kohl
(III)
9Rita Süssmuth
(b. 1937)
CDU26 September 19859 December 1988Kohl
(IIIII)
10Ursula Lehr
(1930–2022)
CDU9 December 198818 January 1991Kohl
(III)
Federal Minister for Family and Senior Citizens18 January 199117 November 1994Kohl
(IV)
11aHannelore Rönsch
(b. 1942)
75pxCDU
Federal Minister for Women and Youth
11bAngela Merkel
(b. 1954)
CDU
Federal Minister for Family, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth
12Claudia Nolte
(b. 1966)
CDU17 November 199426 October 1998Kohl
(V)
13Christine Bergmann
(b. 1939)
SPD27 October 199822 October 2002Schröder
(I)
14Renate Schmidt
(b. 1943)
SPD22 October 200222 November 2005Schröder
(II)
15Ursula von der Leyen
(b. 1958)
75pxCDU22 November 200530 November 2009Merkel
(I)
16Kristina Schröder
(b. 1977)
CDU30 November 200917 December 2013Merkel
(II)
17Manuela Schwesig
(b. 1974)
SPD17 December 20132 June 2017Merkel
(III)
18Katarina Barley
(b. 1968)
SPD2 June 201714 March 2018Merkel
(III)
19Franziska Giffey
(b. 1978)
SPD14 March 201820 May 2021Merkel
(IV)
20Christine Lambrecht
(b. 1965)
SPD20 May 20218 December 2021Merkel
(IV)
21Anne Spiegel
(b. 1980)
Green8 December 202125 April 2022Scholz
(I)
22Lisa Paus
(b. 1968)
Green25 April 2022Incumbent

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bundeshaushalt. www.bundeshaushalt.de. 10 May 2021.
  2. Franziska Badenschier, Der Spiegel, 2007-07-31. "Körper, Liebe, Doktorspiele": Von der Leyen stoppt umstrittene Aufklärungsbroschüre. Retrieved 2010-11-20.