This is a List of Economics Ministers of Germany from 1919 to the present.
Weimar Republic, 1919–1933
Political Party:
Nazi Germany, 1933–1945
Political Party:
Federal Republic of Germany, 1949–present (until 1990 West Germany)
Political Party:
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! colspan=2| Name<br />(Born–died)
! Portrait
! Party
! colspan=2| Term of Office
! Chancellor<br />(Cabinet)
|-
! style="background:#EEEEFF" align="center" colspan="7" | Federal Minister for Economics
|-
! style="background:; color:white;" | 1
| Ludwig Erhard<br /><small>(1897–1977)</small>
| 75px
| CDU
| 20 September 1949
| 16 October 1963
| Adenauer<br />(I • II • III • IV • V)
|-
! style="background:; color:white;" |2
| Kurt Schmücker<br /><small>(1919–1996)</small>
| 75px
| CDU
| 17 October 1963
| 30 November 1966
| Erhard<br />(I • II)
|-
! style="background:; color:white;" |3
| Karl Schiller<br /><small>(1911–1994)</small>
| 75px
| SPD
| 1 December 1966
| 7 July 1972
| Kiesinger<br />Brandt (I)
|-
! style="background:; color:white;" |4
| Helmut Schmidt<br /><small>(1918–2015)</small>
| 75px
| SPD
| 7 July 1972
| 15 December 1972
| Brandt (I)
|-
! style="background: ; color:blue;" | 5
| Hans Friderichs<br /><small>(1931–2025)</small>
| 75px
| FDP
| 15 December 1972
| 7 October 1977
| Brandt (II)<br />Schmidt (I • II)
|-
! style="background: ; color:blue;" | 6
| Otto Graf Lambsdorff<br /><small>(1926–2009)</small>
| 75px
| FDP
| 7 October 1977
| 17 September 1982
| Schmidt<br />(II • III)
|-
! style="background:; color:white;" |7
| Manfred Lahnstein<br /><small>(born 1937)</small>
| 75px
| SPD
| 17 September 1982
| 1 October 1982
| Schmidt<br />(III)
|-
! style="background: ; color:blue;" | 8<br>
| Otto Graf Lambsdorff<br /><small>(1926–2009)</small>
| 75px
| FDP
| 4 October 1982
| 27 June 1984
| Kohl<br />(I • II)
|-
! style="background: ; color:blue;" | 9
| Martin Bangemann<br /><small>(1934–2022)</small>
| 75px
| FDP
| 27 June 1984
| 9 December 1988
| Kohl<br />(II • III)
|-
! style="background: ; color:blue;" | 10
| Helmut Haussmann<br /><small>(born 1943)</small>
| 75px
| FDP
| 9 December 1988
| 18 January 1991
| Kohl<br />(III)
|-
! style="background:; color:blue;" | 11
| Jürgen Möllemann<br /><small>(1945–2003)</small>
| 75px
| FDP
| 18 January 1991
| 21 January 1993
| Kohl<br />(IV)
|-
! style="background:; color:blue;" | 12
| Günter Rexrodt<br /><small>(1941–2004)</small>
|
| FDP
| 21 January 1993
| 26 October 1998
| Kohl<br />(IV • V)
|-
! style="background:#EEEEFF" colspan="7" | Federal Minister for Economics and Technology
|-
! style="background:;" |13
| Werner Müller<br /><small>(1946–2019)</small>
| 75px
| IND <small>(for the SPD)</small>
| 27 October 1998
| 22 October 2002
| Schröder<br />(I)
|-
! style="background:#EEEEFF" colspan="7" | Federal Minister for Economics and Labour
|-
! style="background:; color:white;" |14
| Wolfgang Clement<br /><small>(1940–2020)</small>
| 75px
| SPD
| 22 October 2002
| 22 November 2005
| Schröder<br />(II)
|-
! style="background:#EEEEFF" colspan="7" | Federal Minister for Economics and Technology
|-
! style="background:; color:white;" |15
| Michael Glos<br /><small>(born 1944)</small>
| 75px
| CSU
| 22 November 2005
| 10 February 2009
| rowspan=2|Merkel<br />(I)
|-
! style="background:; color:white;" |16
| Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg<br /><small>(born 1971)</small>
| 75px
| CSU
| 10 February 2009
| 28 October 2009
|-
! style="background: ; color:blue;" | 17
| Rainer Brüderle<br /><small>(born 1945)</small>
| 75px
| FDP
| 28 October 2009
| 12 May 2011
| rowspan=2|Merkel<br />(II)
|-
! style="background: ; color:blue;" | 18
| Philipp Rösler<br /><small>(born 1973)</small>
| 75px
| FDP
| 12 May 2011
| 17 December 2013
|-
! style="background:#EEEEFF" colspan="7" | Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy
|-
! style="background:; color:white;" |19
| Sigmar Gabriel<br /><small>(born 1958)</small>
| 75px
| SPD
| 17 December 2013
| 27 January 2017
| Merkel<br />(III)
|-
! style="background:; color:white;" |20
| Brigitte Zypries<br /><small>(born 1953)</small>
| 75px
| SPD
| 27 January 2017
| 14 March 2018
| Merkel<br />(III)
|-
! style="background:; color:white;" |21
| Peter Altmaier<br /><small>(born 1958)</small>
| 75px
| CDU
| 14 March 2018
| 8 December 2021
| Merkel<br />(IV)
|-
! style="background:#EEEEFF" colspan="7" | Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
|-
! style="background: ; color:white;" | 22
| Robert Habeck<br><small>(born 1969)</small>
| 75px
| Green
| 8 December 2021
| 6 May 2025
| Scholz<br>(Scholz)
|-
! colspan="7" |Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy
|-
! style="background: ; color:white;" | 23
|Katherina Reiche<br /><small>(born 1973)</small>
|75px
|CDU
|6 May 2025
|Incumbent
|Merz<br />(Merz)
|}