Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (Germany)
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| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 1949, (Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Forests) 13 February 1919 („Reichsministerium für Ernährung“) |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Germany |
| Headquarters | Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Minister responsible |
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| Website | www.bmelv.de/ |
The Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture is a ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany. Its headquarters are in Bonn, but it has a second seat in Berlin.
The Ministry was formed on 22 November 2005.
Organisation
The ministry has two "parliamentary permanent secretaries", Gerd Müller, CSU and Ursula Heinen, CDU, and the top civil servant is Gert Lindemann. He is the "established permanent secretary".
The ministry’s work is done in six departments
- Department 1: Central division
- Department 2: Consumer protection, diet, and biological and genetic engineering
- Department 3: Food safety, the veterinary surgeon
- Department 4: Agricultural markets, planning bases
- Department 5: Rural room, social system, vegetable production, forest and timber industry
- Department 6: EU matters, international matters, fishing
The Federal Ministers
| Food, Agriculture and Forests | 1949 | 2001 | ||
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| No | Name (life data.) | Term start | Term end | Party |
| 1 | Wilhelm Niklas (1887-1957) | 20 September 1949 | 20 October 1953 | CSU |
| 2 | Heinrich Lübke (1894-1972) | 20 October 1953 | 15 September 1959 | CDU |
| 3 | Werner Schwarz (1900-1982) | 14 October 1959 | 26 October 1965 | CDU |
| 4 | Hermann Höcherl (1912-1989) | 26 October 1965 | 21 October 1969 | CSU |
| 5 | Josef Ertl (1925-2000) | 22 October 1969 | 17 September 1982 | FDP |
| 6 | Björn Engholm (1939-) | 17 September 1982 | 1 October 1982 | SPD |
| 7 | Josef Ertl (1925-2000) | 4 October 1982 | 29 March 1983 | FDP |
| 8 | Ignaz Kiechle (1930-2003) | 30 March 1983 | 21 January 1993 | CSU |
| 9 | Jochen Borchert (1940-) | 21 January 1993 | 26 October 1998 | CDU |
| 10 | Karl-Heinz Funke (1946-) | 27 October 1998 | 12 January 2001 | SPD |
| Consumer Protection, Food, and Agriculture | 2001 | 2005 | ||
| No | Name (life data.) | Term start | Term end | Party |
| 1 | Renate Künast (1955-) | 12 January 2001 | 4 October 2005 | Bündnis 90/Die Grünen |
| 2 | Jürgen Trittin (acting) (1954-) | 4 October 2005 | 18 October 2005 | Bündnis 90/Die Grünen |
| Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection | 2005 | 2013 | ||
| No | Name (life data.) | Term start | Term end | Party |
| 1 | Horst Seehofer (1949-) | 22 November 2005 | 27 October 2008 | CSU |
| 2 | Ilse Aigner (1964-) | 31 October 2008 | 30 September 2013 | CSU |
| Food and Agriculture | 2013 | Present | ||
| No | Name (life data.) | Term start | Term end | Party |
| 1 | Hans-Peter Friedrich (1957-) | 17 December 2013 | 14 February 2014 | CSU |
| 2 | Christian Schmidt (1957-) | 14 February 2014 | 14 March 2018 | CSU |
| 3 | Julia Klöckner (1972-) | 14 March 2018 | 8 December 2021 | CDU |
| 4 | Cem Özdemir (1965-) | 8 December 2021 | Bündnis 90/Die Grünen | |
Competition
The ministry organizes the nationwide competition "Our Village has a Future".