List of German transportation ministers

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

German Reich (1918–1945)

Political Party: Centre SPD DDP DVP DNVP BVP KVP NSDAP

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No.	Portrait	Name (Born-Died)	Term			Political party	Government
No.	Portrait	Name (Born-Died)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party	Government
Weimar Republic (1918–1933)
1		Johannes Bell (1868–1949)	13 February 1919	1 May 1920	1 year, 78 days	Centre	Scheidemann Bauer Müller I
2		Gustav Bauer (1870–1944)	2 May 1920	21 June 1920	50 days	SPD	Müller I
3		Wilhelm Groener (1867–1939)	25 June 1920	12 August 1923	3 years, 48 days	Independent	Fehrenbach Wirth I Wirth II Cuno
4		Rudolf Oeser (1858–1926)	12 August 1923	11 October 1924	1 year, 59 days	DDP	Stresemann I Stresemann II^[1] Marx I Marx II
5		Rudolf Krohne (1876–1953)	12 October 1924	17 December 1926	2 years, 66 days	DVP	Luther I Luther II^[2] Marx III
6		Wilhelm Koch (1877–1950)	28 January 1927	12 June 1928	1 year, 136 days	DNVP	Marx IV
7		Theodor von Guérard (1863–1943)	27 June 1928	6 February 1929	224 days	Centre	Müller II
8		Georg Schätzel (1874–1934)	7 February 1929	12 April 1929	64 days	BVP	Müller II
9		Adam Stegerwald (1874–1945)	12 April 1929	27 March 1930	348 days	Centre	Müller II
(7)		Theodor von Guérard (1863–1943)	30 March 1930	7 October 1931	1 year, 191 days	Centre	Brüning I
10		Gottfried Treviranus (1891–1971)	9 October 1931	30 May 1932	234 days	KVP	Brüning II
11		Paul Freiherr von Eltz-Rübenach (1875–1943)	1 June 1932	30 January 1933	243 days	Independent	Papen Schleicher
Nazi Germany (1933–1945)
(11)		Paul Freiherr von Eltz-Rübenach (1875–1943)	30 January 1933	2 February 1937	4 years, 3 days	Independent	Hitler
12		Julius Dorpmüller (1869–1945) Independent until January 1941	2 February 1937	23 May 1945	8 years, 110 days	NSDAP	Hitler Goebbels von Krosigk

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¹ The SPD withdrew from the Stresemann II Cabinet on 3 November 1923.
² The DNVP withdrew from the Luther I Cabinet on 26 October 1925.

Federal Republic of Germany (1949–present)

Political Party: DP SPD CSU CDU FDP

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Name (Born-Died)		Party	Term of office		Chancellor (Cabinet)
Federal Minister for Transport
1	Hans-Christoph Seebohm (1903–1967)	DP (1947–1960) CDU (1960–1967)	20 September 1949	30 November 1966	Adenauer (I • II • III • IV • V) Erhard (I • II)
2	Georg Leber (1920–2012)	SPD	1 December 1966	7 July 1972	Kiesinger (I) Brandt (I)
3	Lauritz Lauritzen (1910–1980)	SPD	7 July 1972	16 May 1974	Brandt (I • II)
4	Kurt Gscheidle (1924–2003)	SPD	16 May 1974	4 November 1980	Schmidt (I • II)
5	Volker Hauff (born 1940)	SPD	6 November 1980	1 October 1982	Schmidt (III)
6	Werner Dollinger (1918–2008)	CSU	4 October 1982	12 March 1987	Kohl (I • II)
7	Jürgen Warnke (1932–2013)	CSU	12 March 1987	21 April 1989	Kohl (III)
8	Friedrich Zimmermann (1925–2012)	CSU	21 April 1989	18 January 1991	Kohl (III)
9	Günther Krause (born 1953)	CDU	18 January 1991	13 May 1993	Kohl (IV)
10	Matthias Wissmann (born 1949)	CDU	13 May 1993	26 October 1998	Kohl (IV • V)
Federal Minister for Transport, Building and Housing
11	Franz Müntefering (born 1940)	SPD	27 October 1998	29 September 1999	Schröder (I)
12	Reinhard Klimmt (born 1942)	SPD	29 September 1999	16 November 2000
13	Kurt Bodewig (born 1955)	SPD	20 November 2000	22 October 2002
14	Manfred Stolpe (1936–2019)	SPD	22 October 2002	22 November 2005	Schröder (II)
Federal Minister for Transport, Building and Urban Development
15	Wolfgang Tiefensee (born 1955)	SPD	22 November 2005	28 October 2009	Merkel (I)
16	Peter Ramsauer (born 1954)	CSU	28 October 2009	17 December 2013	Merkel (II)
Federal Minister for Transport and Digital Infrastructure
17	Alexander Dobrindt (born 1970)	CSU	17 December 2013	24 October 2017	Merkel (III)
–	Christian Schmidt (born 1957) Acting	CSU	24 October 2017	14 March 2018	Merkel (III)
18	Andreas Scheuer (born 1974)	CSU	14 March 2018	8 December 2021	Merkel (IV)
19	Volker Wissing (born 1970)	Independent	8 December 2021	Incumbent	Scholz (I)