This page lists Federal Ministers of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection of Germany and the equivalents of this office which preceded it.
| Ministers for Food | ||||
| # | Name (Lifespan) | Assumption of Office | End of Service | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert Schmidt
(1864–1943) |
13 February 1919 | 26 March 1920 | SPD |
| 2 | Andreas Hermes
(1878–1964) |
27 March 1920 | 10 March 1922 | Zentrum |
| 3 | Anton Fehr
(1881–1954) |
31 March 1922 | 21 November 1922 | BBB |
| 4 | Karl Müller
(1884–1964) |
22 November 1922 | 25 November 1922 | Zentrum |
| 5 | Hans Luther
(1879–1962) |
1 December 1922 | 4 October 1923 | — |
| 6 | Gerhard Graf von Kanitz
(1885–1949) |
6 October 1923 | 5 December 1925 | — |
| 7 | Heinrich Haslinde
(1881–1958) |
19 January 1926 | 17 December 1926 | Zentrum |
| 8 | Martin Schiele
(1870–1939) |
28 January 1927 | 12 June 1928 | DNVP |
| 9 | Hermann Dietrich
(1879–1954) |
28 June 1928 | 27 March 1930 | DDP |
| 10 | Martin Schiele
(1870–1939) |
30 March 1930 | 30 May 1932 | CNBL |
| 11 | Magnus Freiherr von Braun
(1878–1972) |
1 June 1932 | 28 January 1933 | |
| 12 | Alfred Hugenberg
(1865–1951) |
1933 | 1933 | DNVP |
| 13 | Richard Walther Darré
(1895–1953) |
1933 | 1944 | NSDAP |
| 14 | Herbert Backe
(1896–1947) |
1944 | 1945 | NSDAP |
| Federal Ministers for Food, Agriculture and Forests | ||||
| # | Name (Lifespan) | Assumption of Office | End of Service | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wilhelm Niklas
(1887–1957) |
20 September 1949 | 20 October 1953 | CSU |
| 2 | Heinrich Lübke
(1894–1972) |
20 October 1953 | 15 September 1959 | CDU |
| 3 | Werner Schwarz
(1900–1982) |
14 October 1959 | 26 October 1965 | CDU |
| 4 | Hermann Höcherl
(1912–1989) |
26 October 1965 | 21 October 1969 | CSU |
| 5 | Josef Ertl
(1925–2000) |
22 October 1969 | 17 September 1982 | FDP |
| Björn Engholm acting
(b. 1939) |
17 September 1982 | 1 October 1982 | SPD | |
| 6 | Josef Ertl
(1925–2000) |
4 October 1982 | 29 March 1983 | FDP |
| 7 | Ignaz Kiechle
(1930–2003) |
30 March 1983 | 21 January 1993 | CSU |
| 8 | Jochen Borchert
(b. 1940) |
21 January 1993 | 26 October 1998 | CDU |
| 9 | Karl-Heinz Funke
(b. 1946) |
27 October 1998 | 12 January 2001 | SPD |
| Federal Ministers for Food, Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture | ||||
| # | Name (Lifespan) | Assumption of Office | End of Service | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Renate Künast
(b. 1955) |
12 January 2001 | 4 October 2005 | Alliance '90/The Greens |
| Jürgen Trittin acting
(b. 1954) |
4 October 2005 | 18 October 2005 | Alliance '90/The Greens | |
| 2 | Horst Seehofer
(b. 1945) |
22 November 2005 | 4 November 2008 | CSU |
| 3 | Ilse Aigner
(b. 1964) |
4 November 2008 | CSU | |