Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (Germany)

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The Federal Ministry for Labour and Social Affairs[1] is a ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany (see also Bundesregierung) and is located in Berlin. From 2002 to 2005, the ministry was part of the Federal Ministry for Economics and Labour[2]. Responsibilities were re-allocated once again when a new government was formed following the Bundestag elections of 2005.

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[edit] Federal Minister for Labour 1949 to 1957

[edit] Federal Ministry for Labour and Social Affairs 1957 to 2002

[edit] Federal Ministry for Economics and Labour 2002 to 2005

[edit] Federal Minister for Labour and Social Affairs from 2005

[edit] State secretaries

The state secretaries[3] (as of January 2007) are

  • Karl-Josef Wasserhövel (SPD)
  • Heinrich Tiemann
  • Gerd Andres (SPD)
  • Franz Thönnes (SPD)
  • Rudolf Anzinger
  • Zlatko Stepanovic (CDU)

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ German name: Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales. Former German name: Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Sozialordnung. The English translation used by the ministry is the same
  2. ^ German name: Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit
  3. ^ A German "state secretary" (German:Staatssekretär) is a high-ranking civil servant roughly equivalent to a permanent under-secretary of state in the United Kingdom

[edit] External links

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