Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy
The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, abbreviated BMWi, is a cabinet-level ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany. It was previously known as the "Ministry of Economy". It was recreated in 2005 as "Ministry of Economics and Technology" after it had previously been merged with other ministries to form the Federal Ministry for Economics and Labour between 2002 and 2005. The Ministry is advised by the Council of Advisors on Digital Economy.
History
The historical predecessor of the current Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy was the Reichswirtschaftsamt, founded in 1917. In 1919, this became the Reichswirtschaftsministerium, which existed until 1945.In postwar occupied Germany, its functions were exercised by the Administrative Office of Economy between 1946 and 1949. After the founding of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Federal Ministry of Economics existed from 1949 to 1998. From May 1971 to December 1972, it was temporarily merged with the Federal Ministry of Finance, in the Federal Ministry of Economics and Finance. In 1998 the technology section of the Ministry of Research was added, making it the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology. Between 2002 and 2005, it was merged with parts of the former Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, in Federal Ministry for Economics and Labour. In the cabinet under Angela Merkel, the two parts were once again split up in 2005, so that there was, once again, a Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology.
Structure
The Ministry is organised into 9 departments and one central department.- Central Administration – Z
- Political Staff and Policy Planning - L
- European Policy – E
- Economic Policy – I
- Energy Policy: Heating and Efficiency – II
- Energy Policy: Electricity and Grid – III
- Industrial Policy – IV
- External Economic Policy – V
- Digital und Innovation Policy – VI
- SME Policy - VII
Agencies
In addition to its own operations, the Ministry also oversees the following agencies:- Federal Cartel Office
- Federal Network Agency
- Federal Office of Economics and Export Control
- Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing
- Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources
- German National Metrology Institute
Ministers and Secretaries of State
Ministers
Political Party:Secretaries
Ministry for Economy (1949–1998)
;Parliamentary State Secretaries- 1967–1970: Klaus Dieter Arndt, SPD
- 1970–1971: Philip Rosenthal, SPD
- 1972: Rainer Offergeld, SPD
- 1972–1987: Martin Grüner, FDP/DVP
- 1983–1987: Rudolf Sprung, CDU
- 1987–1989: Ludolf-Georg von Wartenberg, CDU
- 1987–1993: Erich Riedl, CSU
- 1989–1992: Klaus Beckmann, FDP
- 1992–1998: Heinrich Leonhard Kolb, FDP
- 1993–1994: Reinhard Göhner, CDU
- 1994–1997: Norbert Lammert, CDU
- 1949–1951: Eduard Schalfejew
- 1951–1963: Ludger Westrick, no party
- 1958–1963: Alfred Müller-Armack, CDU
- 1963–1966: Wolfram Langer
- 1963–1968: Fritz Neef
- 1967–1972: Johann Baptist Schöllhorn
- 1968–1969: Klaus von Dohnanyi, SPD
- 1969–1978: Detlev Karsten Rohwedder, SPD
- 1972: Ernst Wolf Mommsen
- 1973–1991: Otto Schlecht
- 1979–1995: Dieter von Würzen
- 1991–1994: Johann Eekhoff
- 1994–1997: Johannes Ludewig
- 1995–1998: Lorenz Schomerus
- 1997–1998: Rudi Geil, CDU
- 1997–1998: Klaus Bünger
Ministry for Economics and Technology (1998–2002)
- 1998–2002: Siegmar Mosdorf, SPD
- 1998–2002: Alfred Tacke, SPD
- 1999–2002: Axel Gerlach
Ministry for Economics and Labour (2002–2005)
- 2002–2005: Gerd Andres, SPD
- 2002–2005: Rezzo Schlauch, Greens
- 2002–2005: Ditmar Staffelt, SPD
- 1999–2003: Axel Gerlach
- 2002–2004: Alfred Tacke, SPD
- 2002–2005: Rudolf Anzinger
- 2002–2005: Georg-Wilhelm Adamowitsch
- 2004–2005: Bernd Pfaffenbach
Ministry of Economics and Technology (2005–2013)
- 2005–2013: Peter Hintze, CDU
- 2005–2009: Dagmar Wöhrl, CSU
- 2005–2009: Hartmut Schauerte, CDU
- 2009–2013: Ernst Burgbacher, FDP
- 2009–2013: Hans-Joachim Otto, FDP
- 2005–2006: Georg-Wilhelm Adamowitsch
- 2005–2008: Joachim Wuermeling, CSU
- 2006–2009: Walther Otremba
- 2005–2011: Bernd Pfaffenbach
- 2008–2012: Jochen Homann
- 2009–2013: Bernhard Heitzer, FDP
- 2011–2013: Stefan Kapferer, FDP
- 2012–2013: Anne Herkes
Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (since 2013)
- 2013–2017: Brigitte Zypries, SPD
- since 2013: Uwe Beckmeyer, SPD
- since 2013: Iris Gleicke, SPD
- since 2017: Dirk Wiese, SPD
- since 2013: Rainer Baake, Greens
- since 2014: Matthias Machnig, SPD
- since 2013: Dr. Rainer Sontowski, SPD