Federal Ministry for Housing, Urban Development and Building
{{short description|Ministry in the government of the Federal Republic of Germany}}
{{Infobox government agency
| agency_name = Federal Ministry for Housing, Urban Development and Building
| nativename = Bundesministerium für Wohnen, Stadtentwicklung und Bauwesen
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| headquarters = Berlin
| 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 October 1998 (then as the Federal Ministry for Spatial Planning, Building and Urban Development)
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| jurisdiction = Government of Germany
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| minister1_name = Verena Hubertz
| minister1_pfo = Federal Minister for Housing, Urban Development and Building
| chief1_name = Sören Bartol
| chief1_position = Parliamentary State Secretary
| chief2_name = Sabine Poschmann
| chief2_position = Parliamentary State Secretary
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| website = {{website|https://www.bmwsb.bund.de}}
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The Federal Ministry for Housing, Urban Development and Building ({{langx|de|Bundesministerium für Wohnen, Stadtentwicklung und Bauwesen}}, {{IPA|de|ˈbʊndəsminɪsˌteːʁiʊm fyːɐ̯ ˈvoːnən ˈʃtatʔɛntˌvɪklʊŋ ʔʊnt ˈbaʊˌveːzn̩|pron|De-Bundesministerium für Wohnen, Stadtentwicklung und Bauwesen.ogg}}; abbreviated BMWSB) is a cabinet-level ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany. It is headquartered in Berlin. The current minister is Klara Geywitz,{{cite news|title=Bundesbauministerin Geywitz|url=https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/innenpolitik/geywitz-107.html |access-date=25 January 2022 |agency=ARD |publisher=Tageschau|date=18 December 2021|language=de}} of the Social Democratic Party. The Federal Ministry existed between 1949 and 1998 and was re-established in December 2021.
History
In 1949 the ministry was founded under the name Federal Ministry for Reconstruction. In 1950 the ministry renamed in Federal Ministry for Housing and in 1961 was it renamed in Federal Ministry for Housing, Urban Development and Regional Planning. From 1965 the name of the ministry was the Federal Ministry for Housing and Urban Development (or 1969–72 with the reverse order of the two terms), until it finally received the name Federal Ministry for Regional Planning, Building and Urban Development in 1972, which it bore until its dissolution in 1998.[https://www.wissen.de/lexikon/bundesministerium-fuer-raumordnung-bauwesen-und-staedtebau / Bundesministerium für Raumordnung, Bauwesen und Städtebau]
In 1998, the ministry was merged with the Federal Ministry of Transport in to the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Housing by an organizational decree from Chancellor Gerhard Schröder.[https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bkorgerl1998bek/BJNR328800998.html / Bekanntmachung des Organisationserlasses des Bundeskanzlers], October 1998 Its first Minister was Franz Müntefering (SPD).
From 2013 to 2018 the construction area was affiliated to the Federal Ministry for the Environment, from 2018 to 2021 it belonged to the Federal Ministry of the Interior.
With the organizational decree of December 8, 2021, Chancellor Olaf Scholz ordered on the day of his appointment and with immediate effect that a Federal Ministry for Housing, Urban Development and Building be re-established.{{cite news |last1=Fabricius |first1=Michael |title=Ein eigenes Bauministerium – wird der Ruf der Branche jetzt erhört? |url=https://www.welt.de/finanzen/immobilien/article235217608/Bauministerium-Planen-die-Ampel-Koalitionaere-ein-eigenes-Ressort.html |access-date=23 January 2022 |agency=Axel Springer SE |publisher=Die Welt |date=22 November 2021 |language=de}}
Federal Ministers
Political Party:
{{legend2|{{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}|FDP|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|{{party color|CDU/CSU}}|CDU|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}|SPD|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
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! colspan=2| Portrait ! Name ! Party ! colspan=2| Term of Office ! Chancellor |
| colspan="7" style="background:#EEEEFF" | {{small|Federal Minister for Reconstruction {{small|(1949)}} Federal Minister for Housing {{small|(1950–1961)}} Federal Minister for Housing, Urban Development and Regional Planning {{small|(1961–1965)}}}} |
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| style="background:{{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}; color:blue;" | 1
| 85px | Eberhard Wildermuth | FDP | 20 September 1949 | 9 March 1952 |
| style="background:{{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}; color:blue;" | 2
| | Fritz Neumayer | FDP | 19 July 1952 | 20 October 1953 |
| style="background:{{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}; color:blue;" | 3
| | Victor-Emanuel Preusker | FDP | 20 October 1953 | 29 October 1957 |
| style="background:{{party color|CDU/CSU}}; color:white;" | 4
| 85px | Paul Lücke | CDU | 29 October 1957 | 26 October 1965 |
| colspan="7" style="background:#EEEEFF" | {{small|Federal Minister for Housing and Urban Development {{small|(1965–1969)}} Federal Minister for Urban Development and Housing {{small|(1969–1972)}}}} |
| style="background:{{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany) }}; color:blue;" | 5
| 85px | Ewald Bucher | FDP | 26 October 1965 | 28 October 1966 |
| style="background:{{party color|CDU/CSU}}; color:white;" | 6
| 85px | Bruno Heck | CDU | 8 November 1966 | 30 November 1966 |
| style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}; color:white;" | 7
| 85px | Lauritz Lauritzen | SPD | 1 Dezember 1966 | 15 December 1972 |
| colspan="7" style="background:#EEEEFF" | {{small|Federal Minister for Regional Planning, Building and Urban Development}} |
| style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}; color:white;" | 8
| 85px | Hans-Jochen Vogel | SPD | 15 December 1972 | 16 May 1974 |
| style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}; color:white;" | 9
| 85px | Karl Ravens | SPD | 16 May 1974 | 16 February 1978 |
| style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}; color:white;" | 10
| 85px | Dieter Haack | SPD | 16 February 1978 | 1 October 1982 |
| style="background:{{party color|Christian Social Union in Bavaria}}; color:white;" | 11
| 85px | Oscar Schneider | CSU | 1 October 1982 | 21 April 1989 |
| style="background:{{party color|Christian Social Union in Bavaria}}; color:white;" | 12
| 85px | Gerda Hasselfeldt | CSU | 21 April 1989 | 18 January 1991 |
| style="background:{{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany) }}; color:blue;" | 13
| 85px | Irmgard Schwaetzer | FDP | 18 January 1991 | 17 November 1994 |
| style="background:{{party color|CDU/CSU}}; color:white;" | 14
| 85px | Klaus Töpfer | CDU | 17 November 1994 | 14 January 1998 |
| style="background:{{party color|Christian Social Union in Bavaria}}; color:white;" | 15
| 85px | Eduard Oswald | CSU | 14 January 1998 | 26 October 1998 |
| bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan=7 | {{small|The Federal Ministry was dissolved from 26 October 1998 to 8 December 2021.}} |
| colspan="7" style="background:#EEEEFF" | {{small|Federal Minister for Housing, Urban Development and Building}} |
| style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}; color:white;" | 16
| 85px | Klara Geywitz | SPD | 8 December 2021 | 2025 |
| style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}; color:white;" | 17
| |SPD |2025 |incumbent |Merz (I) |
References
External links
- [https://www.bmi.bund.de/DE/bauen-wohnen/ministerium/ministerium-node.html/ Federal Ministry for Housing, Urban Development and Building official web site] {{in lang|de}}
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