List of German transportation ministers

This page lists German Transportation Ministers. See also lists of incumbents.

Weimar Republic & Third Reich (1919–1945)

No.	Portrait	Name (Born-Died)	Term			Political Party	Government
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Johannes Bell (1868–1949)	13 February 1919	1 May 1920	1 year, 78 days	Centre	Scheidemann Bauer Müller I
2		Johannes Bell (1870–1944)	2 May 1920	21 June 1920	50 days	SPD	Müller I
3		Wilhelm Groener (1867–1939)	25 June 1920	12 August 1923	3 years, 48 days	Independent	Fehrenbach Wirth I Wirth II Cuno
4		Rudolf Oeser (1858–1926)	12 August 1923	11 October 1924	1 year, 59 days	DDP	Stresemann I Stresemann II^[1] Marx I Marx II
5		Rudolf Krohne (1876–1953)	12 October 1924	17 December 1926	2 years, 66 days	DVP	Luther I Luther II^[2] Marx III
6		Wilhelm Koch (1877–1950)	28 January 1927	12 June 1928	1 year, 136 days	DNVP	Marx IV
7		Theodor von Guérard (1863–1943)	27 June 1928	6 February 1929	224 days	Centre	Müller II
8		Georg Schätzel (1874–1934)	7 February 1929	12 April 1929	64 days	BVP	Müller II
9		Adam Stegerwald (1874–1945)	12 April 1929	27 March 1930	348 days	Centre	Müller II
(7)		Theodor von Guérard (1863–1943)	30 March 1930	7 October 1931	1 year, 191 days	Centre	Brüning I
10		Gottfried Treviranus (1891–1971)	9 October 1931	30 May 1932	234 days	KVP	Brüning II
11		Paul Freiherr von Eltz-Rübenach (1875–1943)	1 June 1932	2 February 1937	4 years, 246 days	Independent	Papen Schleicher Hitler
12		Julius Dorpmüller (1869–1945) Independent until January 1941	2 February 1937	23 May 1945	8 years, 110 days	NSDAP	Hitler Goebbels von Krosigk

¹ The SPD withdrew from the Stresemann II Cabinet on 3 November 1923.
² The DNVP withdrew from the Luther I Cabinet on 26 October 1925.

Federal Republic of Germany (1949–present)

Political Party:   DP   SPD   CSU   CDU

Name (Born-Died)		Image	Party	Term of Office		Chancellor (Cabinet)
Federal Minister for Transport
	Hans-Christoph Seebohm (1903–1967)		DP (until 1960) CDU (from 1960)	20 September 1949	30 November 1966	Adenauer (I • II • III • IV • V) Erhard (I • II)
	Georg Leber (1920–2012)		SPD	1 December 1966	7 July 1972	Kiesinger (I) Brandt (I)
	Lauritz Lauritzen (1910–1980)		SPD	7 July 1972	16 May 1974	Brandt (I • II)
	Kurt Gscheidle (1924–2003)		SPD	16 May 1974	4 November 1980	Schmidt (I • II)
	Volker Hauff (b. 1940)		SPD	6 November 1980	1 October 1982	Schmidt (III)
	Werner Dollinger (1918–2008)		CSU	4 October 1982	12 March 1987	Kohl (I • II)
	Jürgen Warnke (1932–2013)		CSU	12 March 1987	21 April 1989	Kohl (III)
	Friedrich Zimmermann (1925–2012)		CSU	21 April 1989	18 January 1991
	Günther Krause (b. 1953)		CDU	18 January 1991	13 May 1993	Kohl (IV)
	Matthias Wissmann (b. 1949)		CDU	13 May 1993	26 October 1998	Kohl (IV • V)
Federal Minister for Transport, Building and Housing
	Franz Müntefering (b. 1940)		SPD	27 October 1998	29 September 1999	Schröder (I)
	Reinhard Klimmt (b. 1942)		SPD	29 September 1999	16 November 2000
	Kurt Bodewig (b. 1955)		SPD	20 November 2000	22 October 2002
	Manfred Stolpe (1936–2019)		SPD	22 October 2002	22 November 2005	Schröder (II)
Federal Minister for Transport, Building and Urban Development
	Wolfgang Tiefensee (b. 1955)		SPD	22 November 2005	28 October 2009	Merkel (I)
	Peter Ramsauer (b. 1954)		CSU	28 October 2009	17 December 2013	Merkel (II)
Federal Minister for Transport and Digital Infrastructure
	Alexander Dobrindt (b. 1970)		CSU	17 December 2013	14 March 2018	Merkel (III)
	Andreas Scheuer (b. 1974)		CSU	14 March 2018	Incumbent	Merkel (IV)