The Federal Ministry for Labour and Social Affairs (german: Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales, ), abbreviated BMAS) is a federal ministry of the

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headed by the Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs as a member of the

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(''Bundesregierung''). Its first location is on Wilhelmstrasse in

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, the second in

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History

The

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Ministry of Labour of the

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was established on 13 February 1919 as the successor of the Labour Office (''Reichsarbeitsamt'') of the

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. The

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politician Gustav Bauer became the first Minister for Labour under Chancellor Philipp Scheidemann, whom he succeeded on 21 June that year. On the day of the ''

Machtergreifung Adolf Hitler's rise to power began in the newly established Weimar Republic in September 1919 when Hitler joined the '' Deutsche Arbeiterpartei'' (DAP; German Workers' Party). He rose to a place of prominence in the early years of the party. Be ...

'' in January 1933, the German National politician and '' Der Stahlhelm'' leader

Franz Seldte Franz Seldte (29 June 18821 April 1947) was a German politician who served as the Reich Minister for Labour from 1933 to 1945.Stackelberg (2007). ''The Routledge Companion to Nazi Germany'', p. 243. Prior to his ministry, Seldte served as the ...

was appointed Minister for Labour in the

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, a position he officially held until 1945, though without actual power. The West German Ministry for Labour was re-established in

on 20 September 1949 with the

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. According to the 1991

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it moved to its present seat in Berlin-

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in 2000, on premises formerly used by Goebbels' Propaganda Ministry and the East German National Front organisation. During the

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from 2002 to 2005, the ministry had been dissolved and its responsibilities allocated to the Federal Ministry for Economics and Labour and the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Security. Responsibilities were re-allocated once again when a new government was formed under Chancellor

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following the Bundestag elections of 2005. The German name was changed from ''Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Sozialordnung'' to ''Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales''.

Ministers

German Reich (until 1945)

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(1933–1945) , -

Federal Republic of Germany (1949–present)

; Federal Ministers Political Party:

State secretaries

The Parliamentary Secretary of States are Anette Kramme and Kerstin Griese. The Secretaries of State are Leonie Gebers, Björn Böhning and Rolf Schmachtenberg.as of December 2021

Notes

External links

Official Web site
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