Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure

Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure
Bundesministerium für Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur (BMVI)
Agency overview
Formed October 27, 1998
Jurisdiction Government of Germany
Headquarters Invalidenstraße 44, Berlin
52°31′46.58″N 13°22′42.10″E / 52.5296056°N 13.3783611°E / 52.5296056; 13.3783611Coordinates: 52°31′46.58″N 13°22′42.10″E / 52.5296056°N 13.3783611°E / 52.5296056; 13.3783611
Minister responsible
Website http://www.bmvbs.de/EN/Home/home_node.html
Second office in Bonn

The Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (German: Bundesministerium für Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur), abbreviated BMVI, is a cabinet-level ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany.

It was created in 1998 through the merger of the former Federal Ministry of Transport and the Federal Ministry of Regional Planning, Building and Urban Development, both established in 1949. The new ministry at first was named Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Housing until it adopted the name Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development in 2005.

Bundesverkehrswegeplan

The Bundesverkehrswegeplan (BVWP, Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan) is the infrastructure roadmap of the federal government. It is not a financial plan and carries no legal obligations, imposing no formal commitments.

Agencies

Subordinate agencies include:

Federal Ministers of Transport, Building and Urban Development

Political Party:   DP   SPD   CSU   CDU

Name
(Born-Died)
Image Party Term of Office Chancellor
(Cabinet)
Federal Minister for Transport
Hans-Christoph Seebohm
(1903–1967)
DP (until 1960)
CDU (from 1960)
20 September 1949 30 November 1966 Adenauer
(I • II • III • IV • V)
Erhard (III)
Georg Leber
(1920–2012)
SPD 1 December 1966 7 July 1972 Kiesinger (I)
Brandt (I)
Lauritz Lauritzen
(1910–1980)
SPD 7 July 1972 16 May 1974 Brandt
(III)
Kurt Gscheidle
(1924–2003)
SPD 16 May 1974 4 November 1980 Schmidt
(III)
Volker Hauff
(b. 1940)
SPD 6 November 1980 1 October 1982 Schmidt
(III)
Werner Dollinger
(1918–2008)
CSU 4 October 1982 12 March 1987 Kohl
(III)
Jürgen Warnke
(1932–2013)
CSU 12 March 1987 21 April 1989 Kohl
(III)
Friedrich Zimmermann
(1925–2012)
CSU 21 April 1989 18 January 1991
Günther Krause
(b. 1953)
CDU 18 January 1991 13 May 1993 Kohl
(IV)
Matthias Wissmann
(b. 1949)
CDU 13 May 1993 26 October 1998 Kohl
(IVV)
Federal Minister for Transport, Building and Housing
Franz Müntefering
(b. 1940)
SPD 27 October 1998 29 September 1999 Schröder
(I)
Reinhard Klimmt
(b. 1942)
SPD 29 September 1999 16 November 2000
Kurt Bodewig
(b. 1955)
SPD 20 November 2000 22 October 2002
Manfred Stolpe
(b. 1936)
SPD 22 October 2002 22 November 2005 Schröder
(II)
Federal Minister for Transport, Building and Urban Development
Wolfgang Tiefensee
(b. 1955)
SPD 22 November 2005 28 October 2009 Merkel
(I)
Peter Ramsauer
(b. 1954)
CSU 28 October 2009 17 December 2013 Merkel
(II)
Federal Minister for Transport and Digital Infrastructure
Alexander Dobrindt
(b. 1970)
CSU 17 December 2013 Incumbent Merkel
(III)

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