List of German transportation ministers

This page lists German transportation ministers. See also lists of incumbents.

Political Party:   Centre   SPD   DDP   DVP   DNVP   BVP   KVP   NSDAP

No.	Portrait	Name (born–died)	Term of office			Political party		Government	Ref.
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
Weimar Republic (1918–1933)
1		Johannes Bell (1868–1949)	13 February 1919	1 May 1920	1 year, 78 days		Centre	Scheidemann Bauer Müller I
2		Gustav Bauer (1870–1944)	2 May 1920	21 June 1920	50 days		SPD	Müller I
3		Wilhelm Groener (1867–1939)	25 June 1920	12 August 1923	3 years, 48 days		Independent	Fehrenbach Wirth I–II Cuno
4		Rudolf Oeser (1858–1926)	12 August 1923	11 October 1924	1 year, 59 days		DDP	Stresemann I–II[1] Marx I–II
5		Rudolf Krohne (1876–1953)	12 October 1924	17 December 1926	2 years, 66 days		DVP	Luther I–II[2] Marx III
6		Wilhelm Koch (1877–1950)	28 January 1927	12 June 1928	1 year, 136 days		DNVP	Marx IV
7		Theodor von Guérard (1863–1943)	27 June 1928	6 February 1929	224 days		Centre	Müller II
8		Georg Schätzel (1874–1934)	7 February 1929	12 April 1929	64 days		BVP	Müller II
9		Adam Stegerwald (1874–1945)	12 April 1929	27 March 1930	348 days		Centre	Müller II
(7)		Theodor von Guérard (1863–1943)	30 March 1930	7 October 1931	1 year, 191 days		Centre	Brüning I
10		Gottfried Treviranus (1891–1971)	9 October 1931	30 May 1932	234 days		KVP	Brüning II
11		Paul Freiherr von Eltz-Rübenach (1875–1943)	1 June 1932	30 January 1933	243 days		Independent	Papen Schleicher
Nazi Germany (1933–1945)
(11)		Paul Freiherr von Eltz-Rübenach (1875–1943)	30 January 1933	2 February 1937	4 years, 3 days		Independent	Hitler
12		Julius Dorpmüller (1869–1945)	2 February 1937	23 May 1945	8 years, 110 days		Independent	Hitler von Krosigk
							NSDAP

¹ The SPD withdrew from the Stresemann II Cabinet on 3 November 1923.
² The DNVP withdrew from the Luther I Cabinet on 26 October 1925.

Political Party:   DP   SPD   CSU   CDU   FDP

No.	Portrait	Name (born–died)	Term of office			Political party		Government	Ref.
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
Federal Minister for Transport
1		Hans-Christoph Seebohm (1903–1967)	20 September 1949	30 November 1966			DP (1947–1960)	Adenauer (I • II • III • IV • V) Erhard (I • II)
							CDU (1960–1967)
2		Georg Leber (1920–2012)	1 December 1966	7 July 1972			SPD	Kiesinger (I) Brandt (I)
3		Lauritz Lauritzen (1910–1980)	7 July 1972	16 May 1974			SPD	Brandt (I • II)
4		Kurt Gscheidle (1924–2003)	16 May 1974	4 November 1980			SPD	Schmidt (I • II)
5		Volker Hauff (born 1940)	6 November 1980	1 October 1982			SPD	Schmidt (III)
6		Werner Dollinger (1918–2008)	4 October 1982	12 March 1987			CSU	Kohl (I • II)
7		Jürgen Warnke (1932–2013)	12 March 1987	21 April 1989			CSU	Kohl (III)
8		Friedrich Zimmermann (1925–2012)	21 April 1989	18 January 1991			CSU
9		Günther Krause (born 1953)	18 January 1991	13 May 1993			CDU	Kohl (IV)
10		Matthias Wissmann (born 1949)	13 May 1993	26 October 1998			CDU	Kohl (IV • V)
Federal Minister for Transport, Building and Housing
11		Franz Müntefering (born 1940)	27 October 1998	29 September 1999			SPD	Schröder (I)
12		Reinhard Klimmt (born 1942)	29 September 1999	16 November 2000			SPD
13		Kurt Bodewig (born 1955)	20 November 2000	22 October 2002			SPD
14		Manfred Stolpe (1936–2019)	22 October 2002	22 November 2005			SPD	Schröder (II)
Federal Minister for Transport, Building and Urban Development
15		Wolfgang Tiefensee (born 1955)	22 November 2005	28 October 2009			SPD	Merkel (I)
16		Peter Ramsauer (born 1954)	28 October 2009	17 December 2013			CSU	Merkel (II)
Federal Minister for Transport and Digital Infrastructure
17		Alexander Dobrindt (born 1970)	17 December 2013	24 October 2017			CSU	Merkel (III)
–		Christian Schmidt (born 1957) acting	24 October 2017	14 March 2018			CSU	Merkel (III)
18		Andreas Scheuer (born 1974)	14 March 2018	8 December 2021			CSU	Merkel (IV)
19		Volker Wissing (born 1970)	8 December 2021	6 May 2025			Independent	Scholz (I)
Federal Minister for Transport
20		Patrick Schnieder (born 1968)	6 May 2025	Incumbent			CDU	Merz (I)