Federal Ministry of Health (Germany)

Federal Ministry of Health
Bundesministerium für Gesundheit (BMG)
Agency overview
Formed 1961
Jurisdiction Government of Germany
Headquarters
  • Rochusstraße 1
    53123 Bonn
  • Friedrichstraße 108
    10117 Berlin
Employees 700
Minister responsible
Agency executives
  • Annette Widmann-Mauz, Parliamentary State Secretary
  • Ingrid Fischbach, Parliamentary State Secretary
  • Annette Widmann-Mauz, Permanent State Secretary
Website www.bmg.bund.de

The Federal Ministry of Health (German: Bundesministerium für Gesundheit), abbreviated BMG, is a cabinet-level ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany. Its headquarters are located in Bonn with a second major office in Berlin. It is the highest German federal government department responsible for health. The ministry is officially located in Bonn and with a second office, which houses the ministry's management, location in Berlin.[1]

History

The Federal Ministry of Health was founded in 1961; in 1969 it was merged with the Federal Ministry for Family and Youth to create the new Federal Ministry for Youth, Family and Health.

In 1991, the Federal Ministry of Health was restored. In 2002, it was expanded to include social affairs and renamed "Federal Ministry of Health and Social Security" (Bundesministerium für Gesundheit und Soziale Sicherung). It was headed by the Federal Minister for Health and Social Security. Its portfolio was a included one part of the former Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. The other part of the latter was added to the portfolio of the newly created Federal Ministry for Economics and Labour. Under the grand coalition headed by Angela Merkel in 2005, the portfolio reshuffle was reversed and responsibility for social affairs was moved back to the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social affairs (Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales).

Hermann Gröhe
The Ministerial building in Bonn
Second office on Friedrichstraße in Berlin

Ministers

Political Party:   CDU   CSU   SPD   Green   FDP

Name
(Born–Died)		 Party Term of Office Chancellor
(Cabinet)
Federal Minister for Health Affairs
Elisabeth Schwarzhaupt
(1901–1986)		 CDU 14 November 1961 30 November 1966 Adenauer (IV • V)
Erhard (I • II)
Käte Strobel
(1907–1996)		 SPD 1 December 1966 21 October 1969 Kiesinger
(I)
Federal Minister for Youth, Family and Health
Käte Strobel
(1907–96)		 SPD 22 October 1969 15 December 1972 Brandt
(I)
Dr. Katharina Focke
(b. 1922)		 SPD 15 December 1972 14 December 1976 Brandt (II)
Schmidt (I)
Antje Huber
(b. 1924)		 SPD 16 December 1976 28 April 1982 Schmidt
(II • III)
Anke Fuchs
(b. 1937)		 SPD 28 April 1982 1 October 1982 Schmidt
(III)
Dr. Heiner Geißler
(b. 1930)		 CDU 4 October 1982 26 September 1985 Kohl
(I • II)
Prof. Rita Süssmuth
(b. 1937)		 CDU 26 September 1985 5 June 1986 Kohl
(II)
Federal Minister for Youth, Family, Women and Health
Prof. Rita Süssmuth
(b. 1937)		 CDU 6 June 1986 9 December 1988 Kohl
(II • III)
Prof. Ursula Lehr
(b. 1930)		 CDU 9 December 1988 18 January 1991 Kohl
(III)
Federal Minister for Health
Gerda Hasselfeldt
(b. 1950)		 CSU 18 January 1991 6 May 1992 Kohl
(IV)
Horst Seehofer
(b. 1949)		 CSU 6 May 1992 26 October 1998 Kohl
(IV • V)
Andrea Fischer
(b. 1960)		 Green 27 October 1998 12 January 2001 Schröder
(I)
Ulla Schmidt
(b. 1949)		 SPD 12 January 2001 22 October 2002
Federal Minister for Health and Social Security
Ulla Schmidt
(b. 1949)		 SPD 22 October 2002 22 November 2005 Schröder
(II)
Federal Minister for Health
Ulla Schmidt
(b. 1949)		 SPD 22 November 2005 27 October 2009 Merkel
(I)
Philipp Rösler
(b. 1973)		 FDP 28 October 2009 12 May 2011 Merkel
(II)
Daniel Bahr
(b. 1976)		 FDP 12 May 2011 17 December 2013
Hermann Gröhe
(b. 1961)		 CDU 17 December 2013 Incumbent Merkel
(III)

Responsibilities of the Federal Ministry of Health

The Federal Ministry of Health is responsible for:

Supervisory role

The Federal Ministry of Health is responsible for the comprehensive[2] (disciplinary) supervision of the following governmental institutions:

The Federal Ministry of Health is also responsible for the non-disciplinary supervision[3] of

and the legal supervision[4] of the umbrella organizations of the statutory health insurance schemes.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Federal Ministry of Health Official website (in English) retrieved 1-Jun-2012
  2. ↑ Fach- und Dienstaufsicht, includes review of decisions and behavior of staff of those institutions
  3. ↑ Fachaufsicht, includes review of decisions of staff of those institutions (not merely their legality)
  4. ↑ Rechtsaufsicht, includes review of legality of actions of those institutions
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