The Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (german: Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend, ), abbreviated BMFSFJ, is a cabinet-level ministry of the

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. It is headquartered in

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with a secondary seat in

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. The ministry was represented by

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, the first woman minister of the Greens, who announced her resignment from office on 11 April 2022. On 14 April 2022, the Greens announced

Lisa Paus Elisabeth "Lisa" Paus (born 19 September 1968) is a German politician who has served as the Federal Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth since 25 April 2022. A member of Alliance 90/The Greens and an economist by traini ...

to be her successor in office. Both Spiegel and Paus have to be officially dismissed respectively appointed by the Federal President.

History

The original organization was first founded in 1953 as the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs (''Bundesministerium für Familienfragen''). In 1957, this was changed to the Ministry for Family and Youth Affairs (''Bundesministerium für Familien- und Jugendfragen'') and in 1963 to the Federal Ministry for Family and Youth (''Bundesministerium für Familie und Jugend''. In 1969 after the incorporation of the Federal Ministry for Health (''Bundesministerium für Gesundheit'', created in 1961), it was changed to the Federal Ministry for Youth, Family and Health (''Bundesministerium für Jugend, Familie und Gesundheit''). In 1986, it was renamed to the Federal Ministry for Youth, Family, Women, and Health (''Bundesministerium für Jugend, Familie, Frauen und Gesundheit''). The area of health was removed in 1991 and transferred to the Federal Ministry for Health. The remaining Ministry was divided into the Federal Ministry for Women and Youth (''Bundesministerium für Frauen und Jugend''), and the Federal Ministry for Family and Senior Citizens (''Bundesministerium für Familie und Senioren''). In 1994, these divided areas were recombined into the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (''Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend''). The activities of the Ministry were highlighted in media coverage in 2007 when the contents of one of the leaflets it distributed was claimed to encourage sexual massage between parents and their children.Franziska Badenschier, ''Der Spiegel'', 2007-07-31
"Körper, Liebe, Doktorspiele": Von der Leyen stoppt umstrittene Aufklärungsbroschüre
Retrieved 2010-11-20. The leaflets were removed from circulation when the matter became national news.

Federal Ministers

Political Party:

References

External links

Official Website of the BMFSFJ (German)
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