The Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development ( German : Bundesministerium für Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung wirtschaftliche ), abbreviated BMZ , is a cabinet-level ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany . Its main office is at the German Chancellery in Bonn with a second major office at the Europahaus in Berlin .
Founded in 1961, the Ministry works to encourage economic development in Germany and other countries through international cooperation and partnerships. It cooperates with international organizations involved in the development of the International Monetary Fund , World Bank , and the United Nations .
Ministers for Economic Cooperation
Political Party: FDP CSU SPD
| Name (Born-Died) |
Party | Term of Office | Chancellor (Cabinet) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation | |||||
| Walter Scheel (1919-2016) |
FDP | November 14, 1961 | 28 October 1966 | Adenauer (IV • V) Erhard (I • II) |
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| Werner Dollinger (1918-2008) |
CSU | 28 October 1966 | November 30, 1966 | Kiesinger ( I ) | |
| Hans-Jürgen Wischnewski (1922-2005) |
SPD | 1 December 1966 | 2 October 1968 | ||
| Erhard Eppler (born 1926) |
SPD | 16 October 1968 | July 8, 1974 | Kiesinger ( I ) Brandt ( I • II ) |
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| Egon Bahr (born 1922) |
SPD | July 8, 1974 | December 14, 1976 | Schmidt ( I ) | |
| Marie Schlei (1919-1983) |
SPD | December 16, 1976 | February 16, 1978 | Schmidt (II) | |
| Rainer Offergeld (born 1937) |
SPD | February 16, 1978 | 1 October 1982 | Schmidt (II • III) | |
| Jürgen Warnke (1932-2013) |
CSU | 4 October 1982 | March 11, 1987 | Kohl ( I • II ) | |
| Hans Klein (1931-1996) |
CSU | March 12, 1987 | April 21, 1989 | Kohl ( III ) | |
| Jürgen Warnke (1932-2013) |
CSU | April 21, 1989 | 18 January 1991 | ||
| Carl-Dieter Spranger (born 1939) |
CSU | 18 January 1991 | 22 January 1993 | Kohl ( IV ) | |
| Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development | |||||
| Carl-Dieter Spranger (born 1939) |
CSU | 23 January 1993 | October 26, 1998 | Kohl ( IV • V ) | |
| Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul (born 1942) |
SPD | 27 October 1998 | 27 October 2009 | Schröder ( I • II ) Merkel ( I ) |
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| Dirk Niebel (born 1963) |
FDP | October 28, 2009 | 17 December 2013 | Merkel ( II ) | |
| Gerd Müller (born 1955) |
CSU | 17 December 2013 | incumbent | Merkel ( III ) | |
References
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