This is a List of Economics Ministers of Germany from 1919 to the present.
Political Party:
| Name (Born–died) | Portrait | Party | Term of Office | Chancellor (Cabinet) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federal Minister for Economics | ||||||
| 1 | Ludwig Erhard (1897–1977) | CDU | 20 September 1949 | 16 October 1963 | Adenauer (I • II • III • IV • V) | |
| 2 | Kurt Schmücker (1919–1996) | CDU | 17 October 1963 | 30 November 1966 | Erhard (I • II) | |
| 3 | Karl Schiller (1911–1994) | SPD | 1 December 1966 | 7 July 1972 | Kiesinger Brandt (I) | |
| 4 | Helmut Schmidt (1918–2015) | SPD | 7 July 1972 | 15 December 1972 | Brandt (I) | |
| 5 | Hans Friderichs (born 1931) | FDP | 15 December 1972 | 7 October 1977 | Brandt (II) Schmidt (I • II) | |
| 6 | Otto Graf Lambsdorff (1926–2009) | FDP | 7 October 1977 | 17 September 1982 | Schmidt (II • III) | |
| 7 | Manfred Lahnstein (born 1937) | SPD | 17 September 1982 | 1 October 1982 | Schmidt (III) | |
| 8 | Otto Graf Lambsdorff (1926–2009) | 75px | FDP | 4 October 1982 | 27 June 1984 | Kohl (I • II) |
| 9 | Martin Bangemann (1934–2022) | FDP | 27 June 1984 | 9 December 1988 | Kohl (II • III) | |
| 10 | Helmut Haussmann (born 1943) | FDP | 9 December 1988 | 18 January 1991 | Kohl (III) | |
| 11 | Jürgen Möllemann (1945–2003) | FDP | 18 January 1991 | 21 January 1993 | Kohl (IV) | |
| 12 | Günter Rexrodt (1941–2004) | FDP | 21 January 1993 | 26 October 1998 | Kohl (IV • V) | |
| Federal Minister for Economics and Technology | ||||||
| 13 | Werner Müller (1946–2019) | IND (for the SPD) | 27 October 1998 | 22 October 2002 | Schröder (I) | |
| Federal Minister for Economics and Labour | ||||||
| 14 | Wolfgang Clement (1940–2020) | SPD | 22 October 2002 | 22 November 2005 | Schröder (II) | |
| Federal Minister for Economics and Technology | ||||||
| 15 | Michael Glos (born 1944) | CSU | 22 November 2005 | 10 February 2009 | Merkel (I) | |
| 16 | Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg (born 1971) | CSU | 10 February 2009 | 28 October 2009 | ||
| 17 | Rainer Brüderle (born 1945) | FDP | 28 October 2009 | 12 May 2011 | Merkel (II) | |
| 18 | Philipp Rösler (born 1973) | FDP | 12 May 2011 | 17 December 2013 | ||
| Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy | ||||||
| 19 | Sigmar Gabriel (born 1958) | SPD | 17 December 2013 | 27 January 2017 | Merkel (III) | |
| 20 | Brigitte Zypries (born 1953) | SPD | 27 January 2017 | 14 March 2018 | Merkel (III) | |
| 21 | Peter Altmaier (born 1958) | CDU | 14 March 2018 | 8 December 2021 | Merkel (IV) | |
| Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action | ||||||
| 22 | Robert Habeck (born 1969) | Green | 8 December 2021 | Incumbent | Scholz (Scholz) | |