Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (Germany)

Infobox Government agency
agency_name = Federal Ministry for Labour and Social Affairs
nativename = Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales
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headquarters = Berlin
formed = 1949
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jurisdiction = Government of Germany
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minister1_name = Olaf Scholz
minister1_pfo = Federal Minister for Labour and Social Affairs
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website = http://wwww.bmas.de
footnotes =The Federal Ministry for Labour and Social Affairs [German name: "Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales". Former German name: "Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Sozialordnung". The English translation used by the ministry is the same] is a ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany (see also Bundesregierung) and is located in Berlin. From 2002 to 2005, the ministry was part of the Federal Ministry for Economics and Labour [German name: "Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit"] . Responsibilities were re-allocated once again when a new government was formed following the Bundestag elections of 2005.

Federal Minister for Labour 1949 to 1957

*1949 - 1957: Anton Storch (CDU)

Federal Ministry for Labour and Social Affairs 1957 to 2002

*1957 - 1965: Theodor Blank (CDU)
*1965 - 1969: Hans Katzer (CDU)
*1969 - 1976: Walter Arendt (SPD)
*1976 - 1982: Dr. Herbert Ehrenberg (SPD)
*1982 - 1982: Heinz Westphal (SPD)
*1982 - 1998: Dr. Norbert Blüm (CDU)
*1998 - 2002: Walter Riester (SPD)

= Federal Ministry for Economics and Labour 2002 to 2005=

*2002 - 2005: Wolfgang Clement (SPD)

Federal Minister for Labour and Social Affairs from 2005

*2005-2007: Franz Müntefering (SPD)
*from 2007: Olaf Scholz (SPD)

State secretaries

The Parliamentary State Secretary are Klaus Brandner and Franz Thönnes. The State Secretaries are Detlef Scheele, Franz-Josef Lersch-Mense and Kajo Wasserhövel. [as of April 2008]

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External links

* [http://www.bmas.bund.de/Englisch/Navigation/root.html Official Web site of the ministry] De icon