| Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales | |
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| Formed | 1919 (Weimar Republic), 1949 (West Germany) |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Germany |
| Headquarters | Wilhelmstraße 49 10117 Berlin 52°30′45″N13°23′01″E / 52.51250°N 13.38361°E /52.51250; 13.38361 |
| Annual budget | €164.920 billion (2021)[1] |
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| Website | www |
TheFederal Ministry for Labour and Social Affairs (German:Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales,[a]pronounced[ˈbʊndəsminɪsˌteːʁiʊmfyːɐ̯ˈʔaʁbaɪtʔʊntzoˈtsi̯aːləs]ⓘ; abbreviatedBMAS) is afederal ministry of theFederal Republic of Germany headed by the Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs as a member of theCabinet of Germany (Bundesregierung). Its first location is onWilhelmstrasse inBerlin, the second inBonn.
TheReich Ministry of Labour of theWeimar Republic was established on 13 February 1919 as the successor of the Labour Office (Reichsarbeitsamt) of theGerman Empire. TheSocial Democratic politicianGustav Bauer became the first Minister for Labour under ChancellorPhilipp Scheidemann, whom he succeeded on 21 June that year. On the day of theMachtergreifung in January 1933, theGerman National politician andDer Stahlhelm leaderFranz Seldte was appointed Minister for Labour in theCabinet Hitler, a position he officially held until 1945, though the day-to-day affairs of the Ministry were managed largely by theState SecretariesJohannes Krohn (1933–1939) andFriedrich Syrup (1939–1945).
TheWest German Ministry for Labour was re-established inBonn on 20 September 1949 with theCabinet Adenauer I. According to the 1991Berlin/Bonn Act it moved to its present seat in Berlin-Mitte in 2000, on premises formerly used by Goebbels'Propaganda Ministry and the East GermanNational Front organisation.
During theCabinet Schröder II from 2002 to 2005, the ministry had been dissolved and its responsibilities allocated to theFederal Ministry for Economics and Labour[2] and theFederal Ministry of Health and Social Security. Responsibilities were re-allocated once again when a new government was formed under ChancellorAngela Merkel following theBundestag elections of 2005. The German name was changed fromBundesministerium für Arbeit und Sozialordnung toBundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales.
Political Party: Centre SPD NSDAP Independent
| No. | Portrait | Minister of Labour | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Cabinet |
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| Weimar Republic (1919–1933) | |||||||
| 1 | .jpg) | Bauer, GustavGustav Bauer (1870–1944) | 13 February 1919 | 20 June 1919 | 127 days | SPD | Scheidemann |
| 2 |  | Schlicke, AlexanderAlexander Schlicke (1863–1940) | 21 June 1919 | 21 June 1920 | 1 year, 0 days | SPD | Bauer Müller |
| 3 | .jpg) | Brauns, HeinrichHeinrich Brauns (1868–1939) | 25 June 1920 | 12 June 1928 | 7 years, 353 days | Centre | Fehrenbach Wirth I–II Cuno Stresemann I–II Marx I–II Luther I–II Marx III–IV |
| 4 | .jpg) | Wissell, RudolfRudolf Wissell (1869–1962) | 28 June 1928 | 27 March 1930 | 1 year, 272 days | SPD | Müller II |
| 5 |  | Stegerwald, AdamAdam Stegerwald (1874–1945) | 30 March 1930 | 30 May 1932 | 2 years, 61 days | Centre | Brüning I–II |
| – | .jpg) | Warmbold, HermannHermann Warmbold (1876–1976) Acting | 1 June 1932 | 6 June 1932 | 5 days | Independent | Papen |
| 6 |  | Schäffer, HugoHugo Schäffer (1875–1945) | 7 June 1932 | 17 November 1932 | 163 days | Independent | Papen |
| 7 |  | Syrup, FriedrichFriedrich Syrup (1881–1945) | 3 December 1932 | 28 January 1933 | 56 days | Independent | Schleicher |
| Nazi Germany (1933–1945) | |||||||
| 8 |  | Seldte, FranzFranz Seldte (1882–1947) | 30 January 1933 | 30 April 1945 | 12 years, 90 days | NSDAP | Hitler |
| 9 | | Hupfauer, TheoTheo Hupfauer (1906–1993) | 30 April 1945 | 5 May 1945 | 5 days | NSDAP | Goebbels |
| (8) | | Seldte, FranzFranz Seldte (1882–1947) | 5 May 1945 | 23 May 1945 | 18 days | NSDAP | Flensburg |
| Name (Born-Died) | Portrait | Party | Term of Office | Chancellor (Cabinet) | |||||
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| Federal Minister for Labour(1949–1957) Federal Minister for Labour and Social Affairs(1957–2002) | |||||||||
| 1 | Anton Storch (1892–1975) | .jpg) | CDU | 20 September 1949 | 29 October 1957 | Adenauer (I • II) | |||
| 2 | Theodor Blank (1905–1972) |  | CDU | 29 October 1957 | 26 October 1965 | Adenauer(III • IV • V) Erhard(I) | |||
| 3 | Hans Katzer (1919–1996) | .jpg) | CDU | 26 October 1965 | 21 October 1969 | Erhard(II) Kiesinger(I) | |||
| 4 | Walter Arendt (1925–2005) | .jpg) | SPD | 22 October 1969 | 16 December 1976 | Brandt(I •II) Schmidt(I) | |||
| 5 | Herbert Ehrenberg (1926–2018) | .jpg) | SPD | 16 December 1976 | 28 April 1982 | Schmidt (II • III) | |||
| 6 | Heinz Westphal (1924–1998) |  | SPD | 28 April 1982 | 1 October 1982 | Schmidt (III) | |||
| 7 | Norbert Blüm (1935–2020) | .jpg) | CDU | 1 October 1982 | 27 October 1998 | Kohl (I •II •III •IV •V) | |||
| 8 | Walter Riester (b. 1943) | .jpg) | SPD | 27 October 1998 | 22 October 2002 | Schröder (I) | |||
| Federal Minister for Economics and Labour | 22 October 2002 | 22 November 2005 | Schröder (II) | ||||||
| 9a | Wolfgang Clement (1940–2020) |  | SPD | ||||||
| Federal Minister for Health and Social Security | |||||||||
| 9b | Ulla Schmidt (b. 1949) |  | SPD | ||||||
| Federal Minister for Labour and Social Affairs | |||||||||
| 10 | Franz Müntefering (b. 1940) |  | SPD | 22 November 2005 | 21 November 2007 | Merkel (I) | |||
| 11 | Olaf Scholz (b. 1958) |  | SPD | 21 November 2007 | 28 October 2009 | ||||
| 12 | Franz Josef Jung (b. 1949) | .jpg) | CDU | 28 October 2009 | 27 November 2009 | Merkel (II) | |||
| 13 | Ursula von der Leyen (b. 1958) |  | CDU | 30 November 2009 | 17 December 2013 | ||||
| 14 | Andrea Nahles (b. 1970) | _by_Sandro_Halank%25E2%2580%259317_(cropped).jpg) | SPD | 17 December 2013 | 28 September 2017 | Merkel (III) | |||
| Katarina Barley was acting Federal Minister from 28 September 2017 to 14 March 2018. | |||||||||
| 15 | Hubertus Heil (b. 1972) |  | SPD | 14 March 2018 | 6 May 2025 | Merkel(IV) Scholz(I) | |||
| 16 | Bärbel Bas (b. 1972) |  | SPD | 6 May 2025 | Incumbent | Merz(I) | |||
As of December 2021,[update] TheSecretaries of State areLeonie Gebers,Björn Böhning andRolf Schmachtenberg.
The ministry is located within the formerReich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda. For the building's interior courtyard, artistDaniel Buren was commissioned with his large-scale installationLa Grande Fenêtre (2001).[3]
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