This list includes the heads of the German Federal Ministry of Science and Education and the institutions that performed the respective functions. The list covers the historical period from the time of the Third Reich, from the moment the post was established, to the present.
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| Name | Date of taking office | Resignation date | The consignment |
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| Bernhard Rust | May 30, 1933 | 1945 | NSDAP |
Ministers of Atomic Energy, 1955-1962
| Name | Date of taking office | Resignation date | The consignment |
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| Franz Joseph Strauss | October 21, 1955 | October 16, 1956 | CSU |
| Siegfried Balcke | October 16, 1956 | December 11, 1962 | CSU |
Ministers of Scientific Research, 1962-1969
| Name | Date of taking office | Resignation date | The consignment |
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| Hans Lenz | December 14, 1962 | October 17, 1965 | FDP |
| Gerhard Stoltenberg | October 19, 1965 | October 19, 1969 | CDU |
Ministers of Education and Research, 1969-1974
| Name | Date of taking office | Resignation date | The consignment |
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| Hans Loiszink | October 20, 1969 | March 15, 1972 | - |
| Klaus von Donagni | March 15, 1972 | May 16, 1974 | SPD |
Ministers of Scientific Research and Technology, 1974-1990
| Name | Date of taking office | Resignation date | The consignment |
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| Hans Matthofer | May 16, 1974 | February 16, 1978 | SPD |
| Volker Hauff | February 16, 1978 | November 4, 1980 | SPD |
| Andreas von BΓΌlow | November 4, 1980 | October 4, 1982 | SPD |
| Heinz Riesenhuber | October 4, 1982 | October 2, 1990 | CDU |
Ministers of Education and Science, 1974-1990
| Name | Date of taking office | Resignation date | The consignment |
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| Helmut Rode | May 16, 1974 | February 16, 1978 | SPD |
| JΓΌrgen Schmude | February 16, 1978 | January 28, 1981 | SPD |
| BjΓΆrn Engholm | January 28, 1981 | October 4, 1982 | SPD |
| Dorothea Wilms | October 4, 1982 | February 18, 1987 | CDU |
| JΓΌrgen MΓΆlleman | February 18, 1987 | October 2, 1990 | FDP |
| Name | Date of taking office | Resignation date | The consignment |
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| Paul Wandel | 1949 | 1952 | SED |
| Elizabeth Zeisser | 1952 | 1953 | SED |
| Hans-Joachim Laabs | 1953 | 1954 | SED |
| Fritz Lange | 1954 | 1958 | SED |
| Alfred Lemnitz | 1958 | 1963 | SED |
| Margot Honecker | 1963 | 1989 | SED |
| Helga Labs | 1989 | 1989 | SED |
| Hans-Heinz Emons | 1989 | 1990 | SED |
| Hans Joachim Mayer | 1990 | 1990 | CDU in the GDR |
Note: Also, the functions for which the Ministry of Education and Research is responsible today were performed in the GDR by the following institutions.
Ministers of Culture of the German Democratic Republic, 1952-1990
| Name | Date of taking office | Resignation date | The consignment |
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| Johannes Becher | 1952 | 1958 | SED |
| Alexander Abush | 1958 | 1961 | SED |
| Hans Benzin | 1961 | 1966 | SED |
| Klaus Gisi | 1966 | 1973 | SED |
| Hans-Joachim Hoffmann | 1973 | 1989 | SED |
| Dietmar Keller | 1989 | 1990 | SED |
| Herbert Schirmer | 1990 | 1990 | CDU in the GDR |
Ministers of Higher and Higher Special Education of the GDR, 1967-1989
| Name | Date of taking office | Resignation date | The consignment |
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| Ernst-Joachim Giesman | 1967 | 1970 | SED |
| Hans-Joachim Boehme | 1970 | 1989 | SED |
Ministers of Science and Technology of the German Democratic Republic, 1974-1990
| Name | Date of taking office | Resignation date | The consignment |
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| Gunter Prey | 1967 | 1974 | SED |
| Herbert Weitz | 1974 | 1989 | SED |
| Peter Klaus Budig | 1989 | 1990 | LDPG |
| Frank Terpe | 1990 | 1990 | SPD |
| Hans-Joachim Meyer | 1990 | 1990 | CDU |
Ministers of Scientific Research and Technology, 1990-1994
| Name | Date of taking office | Resignation date | The consignment |
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| Heinz Riesenhuber | October 2, 1990 | January 21, 1993 | CDU |
| Mathias Wissman | January 21, 1993 | May 13, 1993 | CDU |
| Paul Kruger | May 13, 1993 | November 10, 1994 | CDU |
Ministers of Education and Science, 1990-1994
| Name | Date of taking office | Resignation date | The consignment |
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| JΓΌrgen MΓΆlleman | October 2, 1990 | December 20, 1990 | FDP |
| Rainer Ortleb | December 20, 1990 | October 4, 1994 | FDP |
| Karl Hans Lerman | October 4, 1994 | November 10, 1994 | FDP |
Note: In 1994, the Ministry of Education and Science and the Ministry of Scientific Research and Technology merged into one department.
Minister of Education, Science, Research and Technology, 1994-1998
| Name | Date of taking office | Resignation date | The consignment |
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| JΓΌrgen Rutgers | November 10, 1994 | October 26, 1998 | CDU |
Ministers of Education and Research, 1998-today
| Name | Date of taking office | Resignation date | The consignment |
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| Edelgard Buhlman | October 26, 1998 | October 18, 2005 | SPD |
| Annette shavan | October 18, 2005 | February 9, 2013 | CDU |
| Johanna Vanka | February 14, 2013 | March 14, 2018 | CDU |
| Anya Karlicek | March 14, 2018 | in the position | CDU |