List of German transportation ministers explained

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

List

German Reich (1918–1945)

Political Party:

The SPD withdrew from the Stresemann II Cabinet on 3 November 1923.
The DNVP withdrew from the Luther I Cabinet on 26 October 1925.

Federal Republic of Germany (1949–present)

Political Party:

Name
(Born-Died)
ImagePartyTerm of officeChancellor
(Cabinet)
Federal Minister for Transport
1Hans-Christoph Seebohm
(1903–1967)
DP
(1947–1960)
CDU
(1960–1967)
20 September 194930 November 1966Adenauer
(I • II • III • IV • V)
Erhard (III)
2Georg Leber
(1920–2012)
SPD1 December 19667 July 1972Kiesinger (I)
Brandt (I)
3Lauritz Lauritzen
(1910–1980)
SPD7 July 197216 May 1974Brandt
(III)
4Kurt Gscheidle
(1924–2003)
SPD16 May 19744 November 1980Schmidt
(III)
5Volker Hauff
(born 1940)
SPD6 November 19801 October 1982Schmidt
(III)
6Werner Dollinger
(1918–2008)
CSU4 October 198212 March 1987Kohl
(III)
7Jürgen Warnke
(1932–2013)
CSU12 March 198721 April 1989Kohl
(III)
8Friedrich Zimmermann
(1925–2012)
CSU21 April 198918 January 1991
9Günther Krause
(born 1953)
CDU18 January 199113 May 1993Kohl
(IV)
10Matthias Wissmann
(born 1949)
CDU13 May 199326 October 1998Kohl
(IVV)
Federal Minister for Transport, Building and Housing
11Franz Müntefering
(born 1940)
SPD27 October 199829 September 1999Schröder
(I)
12Reinhard Klimmt
(born 1942)
SPD29 September 199916 November 2000
13Kurt Bodewig
(born 1955)
SPD20 November 200022 October 2002
14Manfred Stolpe
(1936–2019)
SPD22 October 200222 November 2005Schröder
(II)
Federal Minister for Transport, Building and Urban Development
15Wolfgang Tiefensee
(born 1955)
SPD22 November 200528 October 2009Merkel
(I)
16Peter Ramsauer
(born 1954)
CSU28 October 200917 December 2013Merkel
(II)
Federal Minister for Transport and Digital Infrastructure
17Alexander Dobrindt
(born 1970)
75pxCSU17 December 201324 October 2017Merkel
(III)
Christian Schmidt
(born 1957)
CSU24 October 201714 March 2018Merkel
(III)
18Andreas Scheuer
(born 1974)
CSU14 March 20188 December 2021Merkel
(IV)
19Volker Wissing
(born 1970)
FDP8 December 2021IncumbentScholz
(I)