Ministry of Education and Research of Germany
| Federal Ministry of Education and Research | |
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| Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung | |
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| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 20 October 1955 (Federal Ministry for Nuclear Energy Affairs) |
| Jurisdiction | top tier |
| Headquarters | Bonn |
| Minister responsible | Annette Schavan CDU Bundesministerin für Bildung und Forschung |
| Website | |
| www.bmbf.de/ | |
The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (German: Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung) (BMBF) is a Federal Ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany. The headquarters of the Ministry are in the so-called "cross buildings" (Kreuzbauten) in Bonn, a second office is in Berlin.
History[change]
The Federal Ministry of Education and Science was founded as the Federal Ministry for Nuclear Affairs on October 20 1955. It was renamed the Federal Ministry of Nuclear Affairs and Water-supply and Distribution in 1957, and again in 1962 to Federal Ministry of Scientific Research.
It became the Federal Ministry for Education and Science in 1969 which it kept 1994 up to the reunification with the Federal Ministry of Research and Technology. The Federal Ministry of Research and Technology had been founded only 1972.
The Ministry got its present name in 1998.
Federal Ministers[change]
| No | Name (life data) | Term start | Term end | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nuclear Affairs | 1955 | 1962 | ||
| 1 | Franz Josef Strauß (1915-1988) | October 21 1955 | October 16 1956 | CSU |
| 2 | Siegfried Balke (1902 – 1984) | October 16 1956 | December 11 1962 | CSU |
| Nuclear Energy and Water-Supply and Distribution | 1957 | 1961 | ||
| 1 | Siegfried Balke (1902 – 1984) | October 16 1956 | December 11 1962 | CSU |
| Nuclear Energy | 1962 | |||
| 1 | Siegfried Balke (1902 – 1984) | October 16 1956 | December 11 1962 | CSU |
| Scientific Research | 1962 | 1969 | ||
| 1 | Hans Lenz (1907-1968) | December 14 1962 | October 17 | FDP |
| 2 | Gerhard Stoltenberg (1928-2001) | October 19 1965 | October 19 1969 | CDU |
| Education and Science | 1969 | 1994 | ||
| 1 | Hans Leussink (* 1912) | October 20 1969 | March 15 1972 | independent |
| 2 | Klaus von Dohnanyi (* 1928) | March 15 1972 | May 16 1974 | SPD |
| 3 | Helmut Rohde (* 1925) | May 16 1974 | February 16 1978 | SPD |
| 4 | Jürgen Schmude (* 1936) | February 16 1978 | January 28 1981 | SPD |
| 5 | Björn Engholm (* 1939) | January 28 1981 | October 4 1982 | SPD |
| 6 | Dorothee Wilms (* 1929) October 4 1982 | February 18 1987 | CDU | |
| 7 | Jürgen W. Möllemann ( 1945-2003) | February 18 1987 | December 20 1990 | FDP |
| 8 | Rainer Ortleb (* 1944) | December 20 1990 | October 4 1994 | FDP |
| 9 | Karl Hans Laermann (* 1929) | October 4 1994 | November 10 1994 | FDP |
| Research and Technology and for Posts and Telecommunications | 1972 | 1974 | ||
| 1 | Horst Ehmke (* 1927) | December 13 1972 | May 16 1974 | SPD |
| Research and Technology | 1974 | 1994 | ||
| 1 | Hans Matthöfer (* 1925) | May 16 1974 | February 16 1978 | SPD |
| 2 | Volker Hauff (* 1940) | February 16 1978 | November 4 1980 | SPD |
| 3 | Andreas von Bülow (* 1937) | November 4 1980 | October 4 1982 | SPD |
| 4 | Heinz Riesenhuber (* 1935) | October 4 1982 | January 21 1993 | CDU |
| 5 | Matthias Wissmann (* 1949) | January 21 1993 | May 13 1993 | CDU |
| 6 | Paul Krüger (* 1950) | May 13 1993 | November 10 1994 | CDU |
| Education, Science, Research and Technology | 1994 | 1998 | ||
| 1 | Jürgen Rüttgers (* 1951) | November 10 1994 | October 26 1998 | CDU |
| Education and Research | 1998 | |||
| 1 | Edelgard Bulmahn (* 1951) | October 26 1998 | October 18 2005 | SPD |
| 2 | Annette Schavan (* 1955) | October 18 2005 | CDU | |
References[change]
Peter Weingart: Das Wissensministerium : ein halbes Jahrhundert Forschungs- und Bildungspolitik in Deutschland VelbruÌck Wiss., Weilerswist 2006, ISBN 978-3-938808-18-4
