List of past ministers of the Federal Republic of Germany (1945–present)
- Konrad Adenauer, CDU (Chancellor)
- Hans Apel, SPD (1974–1978 Finance, 1978–1982 Defense)
- Walter Arendt, SPD
- Egon Bahr, SPD
- Rainer Barzel, CDU (1962–1963 and 1982–1983 Inner-German affairs)
- Norbert Blüm, CDU (1982–1998 Labour)
- Kurt Bodewig, SPD (2000–2002 Transportation)
- Wolfgang Bötsch, CSU
- Jochen Borchert, CDU (1993–1998 Agriculture)
- Willy Brandt, SPD (1966–1969 Foreign affairs, 1969–1974 Chancellor)
- Rainer Brüderle, FDP (2008–2011 Economy)
- Andreas von Bülow, SPD
- Herta Däubler-Gmelin, SPD (1998–2002 Justice)
- Horst Ehmke, SPD
- Björn Engholm, SPD
- Erhard Eppler, SPD
- Ludwig Erhard, CDU (Economy, 1963–1966 Chancellor)
- Josef Ertl, FDP (Agriculture 1969–1982;1982–1983)
- Andrea Fischer, Greens (1998–2001 Health)
- Egon Franke, SPD
- Hans Friedrichs, FDP (Economy)
- Anke Fuchs, SPD (Youth, family, and health)
- Hans-Dietrich Genscher, FDP (1969–1974 Interior, 1974–1992 Foreign affairs)
- Heiner Geißler, CDU (1982–1985 Youth, family and health)
- Kurt Gscheidle, SPD (Transportation, Postal services)
- Johann Baptist Gradl, CDU (1965–1966)
- Dieter Haack, SPD (Construction and housing)
- Volker Hauff, SPD (Transportation)
- Helmut Haussmann, FDP (1988–1991 Economy)
- Gustav Heinemann, 1945–1952 CDU; after 1957 SPD (1949–1950 Interior, 1966–1969 Justice, 1969–1974 Bundespräsident)
- Hermann Höcherl, CSU (Interior, later Agriculture)
- Gerhard Jahn, SPD (1969–1974 Justice)
- Manfred Kanther, CDU (1993–1998 Interior)
- Ignaz Kiechle, CSU (1983–1993 Agriculture)
- Kurt Georg Kiesinger, CDU (1966–1969 Chancellor)
- Klaus Kinkel, FDP(1991–1992 Justice, 1992–1998 Foreign affairs)
- Helmut Kohl, CDU (1982–1998 Chancellor)
- Günther Krause, CDU
- Oskar Lafontaine, SPD (1998–1999 Finance)
- Manfred Lahnstein, SPD (Finance)
- Otto Graf Lambsdorff, FDP (1977–1984 Economy)
- Lauritz Lauritzen, SPD (Transportation)
- Georg Leber, SPD (1966–1974 Transportation and additionally from 1969 to 1974 Postal Services, 1974–1978 Defense)
- Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, FDP
- Heinrich Lübke, CDU (1953-59 Food and Agriculture, 1959–1969 Bundespräsident)
- Werner Maihofer, FDP
- Lothar de Maizière, CDU
- Hans Matthöfer, SPD (Finance)
- Angela Merkel, CDU (1991–1994 Women and Youth; 1994–1998 Environment, Conservation and Nuclear Safety)
- Jürgen Möllemann, FDP (1987–1991 education and science, 1991–1993 Economy)
- Claudia Nolte, CDU
- Rainer Ortleb, FDP
- Günter Rexrodt, FDP
- Heinz Riesenhuber, CDU
- Hannelore Rönsch, CDU
- Volker Rühe, CDU (Defense)
- Jürgen Rüttgers, CDU(1994–1998 education, science, research and technology)
- Fritz Schäffer, CSU (Finance, later Justice)
- Wolfgang Schäuble, CDU (1984–1989 Kanzleramt (Chief of Staff); 1989–1991 Interior)
- Rudolf Scharping, SPD (1998–2002 Defense)
- Walter Scheel, FDP
- Karl Schiller, SPD (1966–1972 Economy and additionally 1972–1972 Finance)
- Marie Schlei, SPD (Economic cooperation)
- Helmut Schmidt, SPD (1969–1972 Defense; 1972–1974 Finance; 1974–1982 Chancellor; September 1982 additionally Foreign Affairs)
- Jürgen Schmude, SPD (1981–1982 Justice; September 1982 additionally Interior)
- Rupert Scholz, CDU (1988–1989 Defense)
- Gerhard Schröder, CDU (1953–1961 Interior; 1961–1966 Foreign Affairs; 1966–1969 Defense)
- Gerhard Schröder, SPD (1998–2005 Chancellor)
- Irmgard Schwaetzer, FDP (1991–1994 Infrastructure and Building)
- Christian Schwarz-Schilling, CDU
- Horst Seehofer, CSU
- Rudolf Seiters, CDU (Interior)
- Carl-Dieter Spranger, CDU
- Gerhard Stoltenberg, CDU (1982–1989 Finance, 1989–1992 Defense)
- Franz Josef Strauß, CSU (1955–1956 Nuclear Energy; 1956–1962 Defense; 1966–1969 Finance)
- Rita Süssmuth, CDU
- Klaus Töpfer, CDU
- Hans-Jochen Vogel, SPD
- Theodor Waigel, CSU (Finance)
- Herbert Wehner, SPD (1966–1969 Minister for Inner-German affairs)
- Hans-Jürgen Wischnewski, SPD
- Matthias Wissmann, CDU
- Manfred Wörner, CDU (1982–1988 Defense)