- Federal Ministry of Finance (Germany)
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Federal Ministry of Finance Bundesministerium der Finanzen 
Agency overview Formed 1879 as the Imperial Treasury Jurisdiction Government of Germany Headquarters Berlin Minister responsible Wolfgang Schäuble, Federal Minister of Finance Website http://www.bundesfinanzministerium.de
The Federal Ministry of Finance (German: Bundesministerium der Finanzen) is part of the German federal government and is responsible for managing the federal budget. The finance minister is the only minister who can veto a decision of the government if it would lead to additional expenditure. The current minister of finance is Wolfgang Schäuble, of the CDU.Contents
History
Following the Unification of Germany, fiscal policy was predominantly the domain of the various states of Germany. The states were responsible for all direct taxation, and the federal government received indirect contributions from the states. Matters of fiscal policy at the federal level was the responsibility of the Chancellor's Office. However, in 1879, the Imperial Treasury (Reichsschatzamt) was founded. It was initially headed by an Under-Secretary of State, and eventually by a Secretary of State. It became a federal ministry, the Reichsministerium der Finanzen, headed by a federal minister, in 1919, and was renamed the Bundesministerium der Finanzen in 1949.[1]
Since 1999, the Air Ministry Building in Berlin has been the headquarters of the ministry.
The Air Ministry Building, headquarters of the ministry in Berlin
entrance to the headquarters in Bonn
The pre-war seat of the ministry, at the WilhelmplatzSee also
References
External links
- Official website (German)
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Finanzkontrolle SchwarzarbeitFinance Ministers of Germany German Empire
(1871–1918)
Adolf von Scholz · Franz Emil Emanuel von Burchard · Karl Rudolf Jacobi · Baron Helmuth von Maltzahn · Arthur von Posadowsky-Wehner · Max Franz Guido von Thielmann · Baron Hermann von Stengel · Reinhold Sydow · Adolf Wermuth · Hermann Kühn · Karl Helfferich · Count Siegfried von Roedern
Weimar Republic
(1918–1933)
Eugen Schiffer · Bernhard Dernburg · Matthias Erzberger · Joseph Wirth · Andreas Hermes · Rudolf Hilferding · Hans Luther · Otto von Schlieben · Hans Luther · Peter Reinhold · Heinrich Köhler · Rudolf Hilferding · Paul Moldenhauer · Heinrich Brüning · Hermann R. Dietrich
Third Reich
(1933–1945)
East Germany
(1949–1990)
Hans Loch · Willy Rumpf · Siegfried Böhm · Werner Schmieder · Ernst Höfner · Uta Nickel · Walter Romberg · Werner Skowron
Federal Republic of Germany
(1949–)Fritz Schäffer · Franz Etzel · Heinz Starke · Rolf Dahlgrün · Kurt Schmücker · Franz Josef Strauss · Alex Möller · Karl Schiller · Helmut Schmidt · Hans Apel · Hans Matthöfer · Manfred Lahnstein · Gerhard Stoltenberg · Theodor Waigel · Oskar Lafontaine · Hans Eichel · Peer Steinbrück · Wolfgang Schäuble
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