List of German finance ministers
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This page lists the ministerss overseeing the German Federal Ministry of Finance and the corresponding East German Ministry of Finance. See also lists of incumbents.
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State Secretaries for Finance of the German Empire, 1880-1918
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- Adolf Heinrich Wilhelm Scholz 1880-1882
- Franz Emil Emanuel von Burchard 1882-1886
- Karl Rudolf Jacobi 1886-1888
- Baron Helmuth von Maltzahn 1888-1893
- Count Arthur von Posadowsky-Wehner 1893-1897
- Baron Max Franz Guido von Thielmann 1897-1903
- Baron Hermann von Stengel 1903-1908
- Reinhold Sydow 1908-1909
- Adolf Wermuth 1909-1912
- Hermann Kühn 1912-1915
- Karl Helfferich 1915-1916
- Count Siegfried von Roedern 1916-1918
Ministers of Finance, 1918-1945
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- Eugen Schiffer (DDP) 1919
- Bernhard Dernburg (DDP) 1919
- Matthias Erzberger (Z) 1919-1920
- Joseph Wirth (Z) 1920-1921
- Andreas Hermes (Z) 1921-1923
- Rudolf Hilferding (SPD) 1923
- Hans Luther 1923-1925
- Otto von Schlieben (DNVP) 1925
- Hans Luther (acting) 1925-1926
- Peter Reinhold (DDP) 1926-1927
- Heinrich Köhler (Z) 1927-1928
- Rudolf Hilferding (SPD) 1928-1929
- Paul Moldenhauer (DVP) 1929-1930
- Heinrich Brüning (Z, acting) 1930
- Hermann R. Dietrich (DStP) 1930-1932
- Count Lutz Schwerin von Krosigk 1932-1945
Minister of Finance of the German Democratic Republic, 1949-1990
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- Hans Loch 1949-1955
- Willy Rumpf 1955-1966
- Siegfried Böhm 1966-1980
- Werner Schmieder 1980-1981
- Ernst Höfner 1981-1989
- Uta Nickel 1989-1990
- Walter Romberg 1990
- Werner Skowron 1990
Ministers of Finance of the Federal Republic of Germany, 1949-present
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- Fritz Schäffer 1949-1957
- Franz Etzel 1957-1961
- Heinz Starke 1961-1962
- Rolf Dahlgrün 1962-1966
- Kurt Schmücker 1966
- Franz Josef Strauß 1966-1969
- Alex Möller 1969-1971
- Karl Schiller 1971-1972
- Helmut Schmidt 1972-1974
- Hans Apel 1974-1978
- Hans Matthöfer 1978-1982
- Manfred Lahnstein 1982
- Gerhard Stoltenberg 1982-1989
- Theodor Waigel 1989-1998
- Oskar Lafontaine 1998-1999
- Hans Eichel 1999-2005
- Peer Steinbrück 2005-2009
- Wolfgang Schäuble 2009-
