This article lists federal ministers of food, agriculture and consumer protection of Germany and the equivalents of this office which preceded it.
Federal Ministers of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection of Germany | |
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Bundesminister für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft | |
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Federal Ministers of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection | |
Reports to | Chancellor of Germany |
Precursor | Reich Ministry of Food and Agriculture |
Formation | 1949 |
German Reich (1919–1945)
No. | Portrait | Reichsminister for Food and Agriculture | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Cabinet |
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Weimarer Republik (1919–1933) | |||||||
1 | Robert Schmidt (1864–1943) | 13 February 1919 | 26 March 1920 | 1 year, 42 days | SPD | Scheidemann Bauer | |
2 | Andreas Hermes (1878–1964) | 27 March 1920 | 10 March 1922 | 1 year, 348 days | Centre | Müller I Fehrenbach Wirth I Wirth II | |
3 | Anton Fehr (1881–1954) | 31 March 1922 | 21 November 1922 | 256 days | BB | Wirth II | |
4 | Karl Müller (1884–1964) | 22 November 1922 | 25 November 1922 | 4 days | Centre | Cuno | |
5 | Hans Luther (1879–1962) | 1 December 1922 | 4 October 1923 | 317 days | Independent | Cuno Stresemann I | |
6 | Gerhard von Kanitz (1885–1949) | 6 October 1923 | 5 December 1925 | 2 years, 62 days | Independent | Stresemann I Marx I Stresemann II Marx II Luther I | |
7 | Heinrich Haslinde (1881–1958) | 20 January 1926 | 17 December 1926 | 331 days | Centre | Luther II Marx III | |
8 | Martin Schiele (1870–1939) | 28 January 1927 | 12 June 1928 | 1 year, 136 days | DNVP | Luther II Marx IV | |
9 | Hermann Dietrich (1879–1954) | 28 June 1928 | 27 March 1930 | 1 year, 272 days | DDP | Luther II Müller II | |
(8) | Martin Schiele (1870–1939) | 30 March 1930 | 30 May 1932 | 2 years, 61 days | DNVP CNBL | Brüning I Brüning II | |
10 | Magnus Freiherr von Braun (1878–1972) | 1 June 1932 | 28 January 1933 | 241 days | DNVP | Papen Schleicher | |
Nazi Germany (1933–1945) | |||||||
11 | Alfred Hugenberg (1865–1951) | 30 January 1933 | 29 June 1933 | 150 days | DNVP | Hitler | |
12 | Richard Walther Darré (1895–1953) | 30 June 1933 | 23 May 1942 | 8 years, 327 days | NSDAP | Hitler | |
13 | Herbert Backe (1896–1947) | 23 May 1942 | 23 May 1945 | 3 years, 0 days | NSDAP | Hitler Schwerin von Krosigk |
Federal Republic of Germany (1949–present)
Political Party: CSU CDU FDP SPD Green
No. | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Cabinet |
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Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Forests | |||||||
1 | Wilhelm Niklas (1887–1957) | 20 September 1949 | 20 October 1953 | 4 years, 30 days | CSU | Adenauer (I) | |
2 | Heinrich Lübke (1894–1972) | 20 October 1953 | 15 September 1959 | 5 years, 330 days | CDU | Adenauer (II • III) | |
3 | Werner Schwarz (politician, 1900) (1900–1982) | 30 September 1959 | 26 October 1965 | 6 years, 26 days | CDU | Adenauer (III • IV • V) Erhard (I) | |
4 | Hermann Höcherl (1912–1989) | 26 October 1965 | 21 October 1969 | 3 years, 360 days | CSU | Erhard (II) Kiesinger (I) | |
5 | Josef Ertl (1925–2000) | 22 October 1969 | 17 September 1982 | 12 years, 330 days | FDP | Brandt (I • II) Schmidt (I • II • III) | |
6 | Björn Engholm (born 1939) | 17 September 1982 | 1 October 1982 | 14 days | SPD | Schmidt (III) | |
(5) | Josef Ertl (1925–2000) | 4 October 1982 | 29 March 1983 | 176 days | FDP | Kohl (I) | |
7 | Ignaz Kiechle (1930–2003) | 30 March 1983 | 21 January 1993 | 9 years, 297 days | CSU | Kohl (II • III • IV) | |
8 | Jochen Borchert (born 1940) | 21 January 1993 | 26 October 1998 | 5 years, 278 days | CSU | Kohl (IV • V) | |
9 | Karl-Heinz Funke (born 1940) | 27 October 1998 | 12 January 2001 | 2 years, 77 days | SPD | Schröder (I) | |
Federal Minister for Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture | |||||||
10 | Renate Künast (born 1955) | 12 January 2001 | 4 October 2005 | 4 years, 265 days | Greens | Schröder (I • II) | |
Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection | |||||||
11 | Horst Seehofer (born 1949) | 22 November 2005 | 27 October 2008 | 3 years, 23 days | CSU | Merkel (I) | |
12 | Ilse Aigner (born 1964) | 31 October 2008 | 30 September 2013 | 4 years, 303 days | CSU | Merkel (I • II) | |
Federal Minister for Food and Agriculture | |||||||
13 | Hans-Peter Friedrich (born 1957) | 17 December 2013 | 17 February 2014 | 62 days | CSU | Merkel (III) | |
14 | Christian Schmidt (born 1957) | 17 February 2014 | 14 March 2018 | 4 years, 25 days | CSU | Merkel (III) | |
15 | Julia Klöckner (born 1972) | 14 March 2018 | 8 December 2021 | 3 years, 269 days | CDU | Merkel (IV) | |
16 | Cem Özdemir (born 1965) | 8 December 2021 | Incumbent | 2 years, 257 days | Greens | Scholz (I) |