List of German finance ministers
Minister of Finance | |
---|---|
Finanzminister | |
Federal Ministry of Finance | |
Member of | Federal Cabinet |
Appointer | The Chancellor |
Formation | 1880 |
First holder | Adolf von Scholz |
The Minister of Finance of Germany (German: Finanzminister) is the head of the Federal Ministry of Finance and a member of the Federal Cabinet.
State Secretaries for Finance of the German Empire (1880–1918)
- Adolf Heinrich Wilhelm Scholz 1880–1882
- Franz Emil Emanuel von Burchard 1882–1886
- Karl Rudolf Jacobi 1886–1888
- Baron Helmuth von Maltzahn 1888–1893
- Count Arthur von Posadowsky-Wehner 1893–1897
- Baron Max Franz Guido von Thielmann 1897–1903
- Baron Hermann von Stengel 1903–1908
- Reinhold Sydow 1908–1909
- Adolf Wermuth 1909–1912
- Hermann Kühn 1912–1915
- Karl Helfferich 1915–1916
- Count Siegfried von Roedern 1916–1918
Ministers of Finance (1918–1945)
No. | Portrait | Name (born and died) |
Term | Political party | Government | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
1 |
Eugen Schiffer (1860–1954) |
13 February 1919 | 19 April 1919 | 65 days | DDP | Scheidemann | |
2 |
Bernhard Dernburg (1865–1937) |
19 April 1919 | 20 June 1919 | 62 days | DDP | Scheidemann | |
3 |
Matthias Erzberger (1875–1921) |
21 June 1919 | 12 March 1920 | 265 days | Centre | Bauer | |
4 |
Joseph Wirth (1879–1956) |
27 March 1920 | 22 October 1921 | 1 year, 209 days | Centre |
Müller I Fehrenbach Wirth I |
|
5 |
Andreas Hermes (1878–1964) |
26 October 1921 | 13 August 1923 | 1 year, 291 days | Centre |
Wirth II Cuno |
|
6 |
Rudolf Hilferding (1877–1941) |
13 August 1923 | 1 October 1923 | 49 days | SPD | Stresemann I | |
7 |
Hans Luther (1879–1962) |
6 October 1923 | 15 December 1924 | 1 year, 70 days | Independent |
Stresemann II Marx I–II |
|
8 |
Otto von Schlieben (1875–1932) |
19 January 1925 | 26 October 1925 | 280 days | DNVP | Luther I | |
– |
Hans Luther (1879–1962) Acting |
26 October 1925 | 20 January 1926 | 86 days | Independent | Luther I | |
9 |
Peter Reinhold (1887–1955) |
20 January 1926 | 29 January 1927 | 1 year, 9 days | DDP |
Luther II Marx III |
|
10 |
Heinrich Köhler (1878–1949) |
29 January 1927 | 29 June 1928 | 1 year, 152 days | Centre | Marx IV | |
(6) |
Rudolf Hilferding (1877–1941) |
29 June 1928 | 21 December 1929 | 1 year, 175 days | SPD | Müller II | |
11 |
Paul Moldenhauer (1876–1947) |
23 December 1929 | 20 June 1930 | 179 days | DVP |
Müller II Brüning I |
|
– |
Heinrich Brüning (1885–1970) Acting |
20 June 1930 | 26 June 1930 | 6 days | Centre | Brüning I | |
12 |
Hermann Dietrich (1879–1954) |
26 June 1930 | 1 June 1932 | 1 year, 341 days | DStP | Brüning I–II | |
13 |
Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk (1887–1977) (Independent until 1937) |
1 June 1932 | 23 May 1945 | 12 years, 356 days | NSDAP |
Papen Schleicher Hitler Goebbels von Krosigk |
Minister of Finance of the German Democratic Republic (1949–1990)
No. | Portrait | Name (born and died) |
Term | Political party | Government | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
1 |
Hans Loch (1898–1960) |
11 October 1949 | 26 November 1955 | 6 years, 46 days | LDPD |
Provisional government Council of Ministers (1950–1954) (1954–1958) |
|
2 |
Willy Rumpf (1903–1982) |
26 November 1955 | 12 December 1966 | 11 years, 16 days | SED | Council of Ministers (1954–1958) (1958–1963) (1963–1967) |
|
3 |
Siegfried Böhm (1928–1980) |
12 December 1966 | 5 May 1980 | 13 years, 145 days | SED | Council of Ministers (1963–1967) (1967–1971) (1971–1976) (1976–1981) |
|
4 |
Werner Schmieder (born 1926) |
5 May 1980 | 26 June 1981 | 1 year, 52 days | SED | Council of Ministers (1976–1981) |
|
5 |
Ernst Höfner (1929–2009) |
26 June 1981 | 7 November 1989 | 8 years, 134 days | SED | Council of Ministers (1981–1986) (1986-1989) |
|
6 |
Uta Nickel (born 1941) |
18 November 1989 | 12 April 1990 | 145 days | SED | Modrow | |
7 |
Walter Romberg (1928–2014) |
12 April 1990 | 16 August 1990 | 126 days | SPD | de Maizière | |
– |
Werner Skowron (1943–2016) Acting |
16 August 1990 | 2 October 1990 | 47 days | CDU | de Maizière |
Ministers of Finance of the Federal Republic of Germany (1949–present)
Political party: CSU CDU FDP SPD
Name (born and died) |
Party | Term of office |
Chancellor (Cabinet) |
||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Fritz Schäffer (1888–1967) |
CSU | 20 September 1949 | 29 October 1957 |
Adenauer (I • II) |
2 |
Franz Etzel (1902–1970) |
CDU | 29 October 1957 | 14 November 1961 |
Adenauer (III) |
3 |
Heinz Starke (1911–2001) |
FDP | 14 November 1961 | 19 November 1962 |
Adenauer (IV) |
4 |
Rolf Dahlgrün (1908–1969) |
FDP | 14 December 1962 | 28 October 1966 |
Adenauer (V) Erhard (I • II) |
5 |
Kurt Schmücker (1919–1996) |
CDU | 8 November 1966 | 30 November 1966 |
Erhard (II) |
6 |
Franz Josef Strauß (1915–1988) |
CSU | 1 December 1966 | 21 October 1969 |
Kiesinger (I) |
7 |
Alex Möller (1903–1985) |
SPD | 22 October 1969 | 13 May 1971 |
Brandt (I) |
8 |
Karl Schiller (1911–1994) |
SPD | 13 May 1971 | 7 July 1972 | |
9 |
Helmut Schmidt (1918–2015) |
SPD | 7 July 1972 | 1 May 1974 |
Brandt (I • II) |
10 |
Hans Apel (1932–2011) |
SPD | 16 May 1974 | 15 February 1978 |
Schmidt (I • II) |
11 |
Hans Matthöfer (1925–2009) |
SPD | 16 February 1978 | 28 April 1982 |
Schmidt (II • III) |
12 |
Manfred Lahnstein (b. 1937) |
SPD | 28 April 1982 | 1 October 1982 |
Schmidt (III) |
13 |
Gerhard Stoltenberg (1928–2001) |
CDU | 4 October 1982 | 21 April 1989 |
Kohl (I • II • III) |
14 |
Theodor Waigel (b. 1939) |
CSU | 21 April 1989 | 27 October 1998 |
Kohl (III • IV • V) |
15 |
Oskar Lafontaine (b. 1943) |
SPD | 27 October 1998 | 18 March 1999 |
Schröder (I) |
16 |
Hans Eichel (b. 1941) |
SPD | 12 April 1999 | 22 November 2005 |
Schröder (I • II) |
17 |
Peer Steinbrück (b. 1947) |
SPD | 22 November 2005 | 28 October 2009 |
Merkel (I) |
18 |
Wolfgang Schäuble (b. 1942) |
CDU | 28 October 2009 | 24 October 2017 |
Merkel (II • III) |
– |
Peter Altmaier (acting) (b. 1958) |
CDU | 24 October 2017 | 14 March 2018 |
Merkel (III) |
19 |
Olaf Scholz (b. 1958) |
SPD | 14 March 2018 | 8 December 2021 |
Merkel (IV) |
20 |
Christian Lindner (b. 1979) |
FDP | 8 December 2021 | Incumbent |
Scholz (Scholz) |