The minister of finance of Germany () is the head of the Federal Ministry of Finance and a member of the Federal Cabinet.
State secretaries for finance of the German Empire (1880–1918)
- Adolf Heinrich Wilhelm Scholz 1880–1882
- Franz Emil Emanuel von Burchard 1882–1886
- Karl Rudolf Jacobi 1886–1888
- Baron Helmuth von Maltzahn 1888–1893
- Count Arthur von Posadowsky-Wehner 1893–1897
- Baron Max Franz Guido von Thielmann 1897–1903
- Baron Hermann von Stengel 1903–1908
- Reinhold Sydow 1908–1909
- Adolf Wermuth 1909–1912
- Hermann Kühn 1912–1915
- Karl Helfferich 1915–1916
- Count Siegfried von Roedern 1916–1918
Ministers of finance (1918–1945)
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Ministers of finance of the German Democratic Republic (1949–1990)
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Ministers of finance of the Federal Republic of Germany (1949–present)
Political party:
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! colspan=2| Name<br /><small>(born and died)</small>
! Party
! colspan=2| Term of office
! Chancellor<br /><small>(Cabinet)</small>
|-
! style="background:;" |1
| Fritz Schäffer<br><small>(1888–1967)</small>
| CSU
| 20 September 1949
| 29 October 1957
| Adenauer<br><small>(I • II)</small>
|-
! style="background:;color:white;" |2
| Franz Etzel<br><small>(1902–1970)</small>
| CDU
| 29 October 1957
| 14 November 1961
| Adenauer<br><small>(III)</small>
|-
! style="background:;" |3
| Heinz Starke<br><small>(1911–2001)</small>
| FDP
| 14 November 1961
| 19 November 1962
| Adenauer<br><small>(IV)</small>
|-
! style="background:;" |4
| Rolf Dahlgrün<br><small>(1908–1969)</small>
| FDP
| 14 December 1962
| 28 October 1966
| Adenauer <small>(V)</small><br> Erhard <small>(I • II)</small>
|-
! style="background:;color:white;" |5
| Kurt Schmücker<br><small>(1919–1996)</small>
| CDU
| 8 November 1966
| 30 November 1966
| Erhard<br><small>(II)</small>
|-
! style="background:;" |6
| Franz Josef Strauß<br><small>(1915–1988)</small>
| CSU
| 1 December 1966
| 21 October 1969
| Kiesinger<br><small>(I)</small>
|-
! style="background:;" |7
| Alex Möller<br><small>(1903–1985)</small>
| SPD
| 22 October 1969
| 13 May 1971
| rowspan=2|Brandt<br><small>(I)</small>
|-
! style="background:;" |8
| Karl Schiller<br><small>(1911–1994)</small>
| SPD
| 13 May 1971
| 7 July 1972
|-
! style="background:;" |9
| Helmut Schmidt<br><small>(1918–2015)</small>
| SPD
| 7 July 1972
| 1 May 1974
| Brandt<br><small>(I • II)</small>
|-
! style="background:;" |10
| Hans Apel<br><small>(1932–2011)</small>
| SPD
| 16 May 1974
| 15 February 1978
| Schmidt<br><small>(I • II)</small>
|-
! style="background:;" |11
| Hans Matthöfer<br><small>(1925–2009)</small>
| SPD
| 16 February 1978
| 28 April 1982
| Schmidt<br><small>(II • III)</small>
|-
! style="background:;" |12
| Manfred Lahnstein<br><small>(b. 1937)</small>
| SPD
| 28 April 1982
| 1 October 1982
| Schmidt<br><small>(III)</small>
|-
! style="background:;color:white;" |13
| Gerhard Stoltenberg<br><small>(1928–2001)</small>
| CDU
| 4 October 1982
| 21 April 1989
| Kohl<br><small>(I • II • III)</small>
|-
! style="background:;" |14
| Theodor Waigel<br><small>(b. 1939)</small>
| CSU
| 21 April 1989
| 27 October 1998
| Kohl<br><small>(III • IV • V)</small>
|-
! style="background:;" |15
| Oskar Lafontaine<br><small>(b. 1943)</small>
| SPD
| 27 October 1998
| 18 March 1999
| Schröder<br><small>(I)</small>
|-
! style="background:;" |16
| Hans Eichel<br><small>(b. 1941)</small>
| SPD
| 12 April 1999
| 22 November 2005
| Schröder<br><small>(I • II)</small>
|-
! style="background:;" |17
| Peer Steinbrück<br><small>(b. 1947)</small>
| SPD
| 22 November 2005
| 28 October 2009
| Merkel<br><small>(I)</small>
|-
! style="background:;color:white;" |18
| Wolfgang Schäuble<br><small>(1942–2023)</small>
| CDU
| 28 October 2009
| 24 October 2017
| Merkel<br><small>(II • III)</small>
|-
|-
! style="background:;color:white;" |–
| Peter Altmaier (acting)<br><small>(b. 1958)</small>
| CDU
| 24 October 2017
| 14 March 2018
| Merkel<br><small>(III)</small>
|-
! style="background:;" |19
| Olaf Scholz<br><small>(b. 1958)</small>
| SPD
| 14 March 2018
| 8 December 2021
| Merkel<br><small>(IV)</small>
|-
! style="background:;" |20
| Christian Lindner<br><small>(b. 1979)</small>
| FDP
| 8 December 2021
| 7 November 2024
| Scholz<br><small>(I)</small>
|-
! style="background:;" |21
|Jörg Kukies<br><small>(b. 1968)</small>
|SPD
|7 November 2024
|6 May 2025
|Scholz<br><small>(I)</small>
|-
! style="background:;" |22
|Lars Klingbeil<br><small>(b. 1978)</small>
|SPD
|6 May 2025
|incumbent
|Merz<br><small>(I)</small>
|}
See also
- List of deputy finance ministers of Germany
nds:Bunnsministerium för'd Finanzen
pl:Ministrowie finansów Niemiec