This page lists German transportation ministers. See also lists of incumbents.
List
German Reich (1918–1945)
Political Party:
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="2" |
! rowspan="2" | Portrait
! rowspan="2" | Name<br />
! colspan="3" | Term of office
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Political party
! rowspan="2" | Government
! rowspan="2" |
|-
! Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
|-
! colspan="10"| Weimar Republic (1918–1933)
|-
|-
! colspan="10"| Nazi Germany (1933–1945)
|-
|-
| rowspan=2| 12
| rowspan=2| 75px
| rowspan=2| Julius Dorpmüller<br />
| rowspan=2| 2 February 1937
| rowspan=2| 23 May 1945
| rowspan=2|
! style="background:; color:white;" |
| Independent
| rowspan=2| Hitler<br>von Krosigk
| rowspan=2|
|-
! style="background:;" |
| NSDAP
|}
The SPD withdrew from the Stresemann II Cabinet on 3 November 1923.<br> The DNVP withdrew from the Luther I Cabinet on 26 October 1925.
Federal Republic of Germany (1949–present)
Political Party:
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="2" |
! rowspan="2" | Portrait
! rowspan="2" | Name<br />
! colspan="3" | Term of office
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Political party
! rowspan="2" | Government
! rowspan="2" |
|-
! Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
|-
! style="background:#EEEEFF" align="center" colspan="10" | Federal Minister for Transport
|-
| rowspan=2| 1
| rowspan=2| 75px
| rowspan=2| Hans-Christoph Seebohm<br><small>(1903–1967)</small>
| rowspan=2| 20 September 1949
| rowspan=2| 30 November 1966
| rowspan=2|
! style="background:; color:white;" |
| DP<br /><small>(1947–1960)</small>
| rowspan=2| Adenauer<br><small>(I • II • III • IV • V)</small><br>Erhard <small>(I • II)</small>
| rowspan=2|
|-
! style="background:; color:white;" |
| CDU<br /><small>(1960–1967)</small>
|-
| 2
| 75px
| Georg Leber<br><small>(1920–2012)</small>
| 1 December 1966
| 7 July 1972
|
! style="background:; color:white;" |
| SPD
| Kiesinger <small>(I)</small><br> Brandt <small>(I)</small>
|
|-
| 3
| 75px
| Lauritz Lauritzen<br><small>(1910–1980)</small>
| 7 July 1972
| 16 May 1974
|
! style="background:; color:white;" |
| SPD
| Brandt<br><small>(I • II)</small>
|-
| 4
| 75px
| Kurt Gscheidle<br><small>(1924–2003)</small>
| 16 May 1974
| 4 November 1980
|
! style="background:; color:white;" |
| SPD
| Schmidt<br><small>(I • II)</small>
|
|-
| 5
| 75px
| Volker Hauff<br><small>(born 1940)</small>
| 6 November 1980
| 1 October 1982
|
! style="background:; color:white;" |
| SPD
| Schmidt<br><small>(III)</small>
|
|-
| 6
| 75px
| Werner Dollinger<br><small>(1918–2008)</small>
| 4 October 1982
| 12 March 1987
|
! style="background:; color:white;" |
| CSU
| Kohl<br><small>(I • II)</small>
|
|-
| 7
| 75px
| Jürgen Warnke<br><small>(1932–2013)</small>
| 12 March 1987
| 21 April 1989
|
! style="background:; color:white;" |
| CSU
| rowspan=2|Kohl<br><small>(III)</small>
|
|-
| 8
| 75px
| Friedrich Zimmermann<br><small>(1925–2012)</small>
| 21 April 1989
| 18 January 1991
|
! style="background:; color:white;" |
| CSU
|
|-
| 9
| 75px
| Günther Krause<br><small>(born 1953)</small>
| 18 January 1991
| 13 May 1993
|
! style="background:; color:white;" |
| CDU
| Kohl<br><small>(IV)</small>
|
|-
| 10
| 75px
| Matthias Wissmann<br><small>(born 1949)</small>
| 13 May 1993
| 26 October 1998
|
! style="background:; color:white;" |
| CDU
| Kohl<br><small>(IV • V)</small>
|
|-
! style="background:#EEEEFF" align="center" colspan="10" | Federal Minister for Transport, Building and Housing
|-
| 11
| 75px
| Franz Müntefering<br><small>(born 1940)</small>
| 27 October 1998
| 29 September 1999
|
! style="background:; color:white;" |
| SPD
| rowspan=3|Schröder<br><small>(I)</small>
|
|-
| 12
| 75px
| Reinhard Klimmt<br><small>(born 1942)</small>
| 29 September 1999
| 16 November 2000
|
! style="background:; color:white;" |
| SPD
|
|-
| 13
| 75px
| Kurt Bodewig<br><small>(born 1955)</small>
| 20 November 2000
| 22 October 2002
|
! style="background:; color:white;" |
| SPD
|
|-
| 14
| 75px
| Manfred Stolpe<br><small>(1936–2019)</small>
| 22 October 2002
| 22 November 2005
|
! style="background:; color:white;" |
| SPD
| Schröder<br><small>(II)</small>
|
|-
! style="background:#EEEEFF" align="center" colspan="10" | Federal Minister for Transport, Building and Urban Development
|-
| 15
| 75px
| Wolfgang Tiefensee<br><small>(born 1955)</small>
| 22 November 2005
| 28 October 2009
|
! style="background:; color:white;" |
| SPD
| Merkel<br><small>(I)</small>
|
|-
| 16
| 75px
| Peter Ramsauer<br><small>(born 1954)</small>
| 28 October 2009
| 17 December 2013
|
! style="background:; color:white;" |
| CSU
| Merkel<br><small>(II)</small>
|
|-
! style="background:#EEEEFF" align="center" colspan="10" | Federal Minister for Transport and Digital Infrastructure
|-
| 17
| 75px
| Alexander Dobrindt<br><small>(born 1970)</small>
| 17 December 2013
| 24 October 2017
|
! style="background:; color:white;" |
| CSU
| Merkel<br><small>(III)</small>
|
|- style="background-color: #E6E6AA"
| –
| 75px
| Christian Schmidt<br>
| 24 October 2017
| 14 March 2018
|
! style="background:; color:white;" |
| CSU
| Merkel<br><small>(III)</small>
|
|-
| 18
| 75px
| Andreas Scheuer<br><small>(born 1974)</small>
| 14 March 2018
| 8 December 2021
|
! style="background:; color:white;" |
| CSU
| Merkel<br><small>(IV)</small>
|
|-
| 19
| 75px
| Volker Wissing<br><small>(born 1970)</small>
| 8 December 2021
| 6 May 2025
|
! style="background:; color: black;" |
| Independent (FDP until November 2024)
| Scholz<br><small>(I)</small>
|
|-
! style="background:#EEEEFF" align="center" colspan="10" | Federal Minister for Transport
|-
| 20
| 75px
| Patrick Schnieder<br><small>(born 1968)</small>
| 6 May 2025
| Incumbent
|
! style="background:; color:black;" |
| CDU
| Merz<br><small>(I)</small>
|
|}