Federal Ministry for Housing, Urban Development and Building
| Bundesministerium für Wohnen, Stadtentwicklung und Bauwesen (BMWSB) | |
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| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 20 September 1949 (as the Federal Ministry for Reconstruction) 8 December 2021 (re-established; as the Federal Ministry for Housing, Urban Development, and Building) |
| Dissolved | 27 Oktober 1998 (then as the Federal Ministry for Spatial Planning, Building and Urban Development) |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Germany |
| Headquarters | Berlin |
| Minister responsible |
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| Agency executives | |
| Website | https://www.bmwsb.bund.de/Webs/BMWSB/DE/startseite/startseite-node.html |
The Federal Ministry for Housing, Urban Development and Building (German: Bundesministerium für Wohnen, Stadtentwicklung und Bauwesen, pronounced [ˈbʊndəsminɪsˌteːʁiʊm fyːɐ̯ ˈvoːnən ˈʃtatʔɛntˌvɪklʊŋ ʊnt ˈbaʊ̯ˌveːzn̩] (
listen)), abbreviated BMWSB, is a cabinet-level ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany. It is headquartered in Berlin. The current minister is Klara Geywitz,[1] of the Social Democratic Party. The Federal Ministry existed between 1949 and 1998 and was re-established in December 2021.
Federal Ministers
[change | change source]| Portrait | Name (Born-Died) |
Party | Term of Office | Chancellor (Cabinet) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federal Minister for Reconstruction (1949) Federal Minister for Housing (1950–1961) Federal Minister for Housing, Urban Development and Regional Planning (1961–1965) | ||||||
| 1 | Eberhard Wildermuth (1890–1952) |
FDP | 20 September 1949 | 9 March 1952 | Adenauer (I) | |
| 2 | Fritz Neumayer (1917–1989) |
FDP | 19 July 1952 | 20 October 1953 | Adenauer (I) | |
| 3 | Victor-Emanuel Preusker (1913–1991) |
FDP | 20 October 1953 | 29 October 1957 | Adenauer (II) | |
| 4 | 
|
Paul Lücke (1914–1976) |
CDU | 29 October 1957 | 26 October 1965 | Adenauer (III • IV) Erhard (I) |
| Federal Minister for Housing and Urban Development (1965–1969) Federal Minister for Urban Development and Housing (1969–1972) | ||||||
| 5 | 
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Ewald Bucher (1914–1991) |
FDP | 26 October 1965 | 28 October 1966 | Erhard (II) |
| 6 | 
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Bruno Heck (1917–1989) |
CDU | 8 November 1966 | 30 November 1966 | Erhard (II) |
| 7 | 
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Lauritz Lauritzen (1910–1980) |
SPD | 1 Dezember 1966 | 15 December 1972 | Kiesinger Brandt (I) |
| Federal Minister for Regional Planning, Building and Urban Development | ||||||
| 8 | 
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Hans-Jochen Vogel (1926–2020) |
SPD | 15 December 1972 | 16 May 1974 | Brandt (II) |
| 9 | 
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Karl Ravens (1927–2017) |
SPD | 16 May 1974 | 16 February 1978 | Schmidt (I • II) |
| 10 | 
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Dieter Haack (born 1934) |
SPD | 16 February 1978 | 1 October 1982 | Schmidt (II • III) |
| 11 | 
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Oscar Schneider (born 1927) |
CSU | 1 October 1982 | 21 April 1989 | Kohl (I • II • III) |
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Gerda Hasselfeldt (born 1950) |
CSU | 21 April 1989 | 18 January 1991 | Kohl (III) |
| 13 | 
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Irmgard Schwaetzer (born 1942) |
FDP | 18 January 1991 | 17 November 1994 | Kohl (IV) |
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Klaus Töpfer (1938–2024) |
CDU | 17 November 1994 | 14 January 1998 | Kohl (V) |
| 15 | 
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Eduard Oswald (born 1947) |
CSU | 14 January 1998 | 26 October 1998 | Kohl (V) |
| The Federal Ministry was dissolved from 26 October 1998 to 8 December 2021. | ||||||
| Federal Minister for Housing, Urban Development and Building | ||||||
| 16 | 
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Klara Geywitz (born 1976) |
SPD | 8 December 2021 | incumbent | Scholz (I) |
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Bundesbauministerin Geywitz" (in German). Tageschau. ARD. 18 December 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
