Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth

Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth

Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend (BMFSFJ)
Agency overview
Formed	1953 as the Bundesministerium für Familienfragen
Jurisdiction	Government of Germany
Headquarters	Glinkastraße 24 10178 Berlin
Annual budget	€13.128 billion (2021)[1]
Minister responsible	Christine Lambrecht, Federal Minister of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth
Agency executives	, Parliamentary secretary of state Caren Marks, Cilvil Servant
Website	http://www.bmfsfj.de

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 Federal Republic of Germany. It is headquartered in Berlin with a secondary seat in Bonn. The present minister is Christine Lambrecht of the SPD.

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.^[2] The leaflets were removed from circulation when the matter became national news.

Federal Ministers[]

Christine Lambrecht

Political Party:   CDU   SPD

Name (Born-Died)		Portrait	Party	Term of Office		Chancellor (Cabinet)
Federal Minister for Family Affairs
	Franz-Josef Wuermeling (1900–1986)		CDU	20 October 1953	29 October 1957	Adenauer (II)
Federal Minister for Family and Youth Affairs
	Franz-Josef Wuermeling (1900–1986)		CDU	29 October 1957	13 December 1962	Adenauer (III • IV)
	Bruno Heck (1917–1989)		CDU	14 December 1962	11 October 1963	Adenauer (V)
Federal Minister for Family and Youth
	Bruno Heck (1917–1989)		CDU	17 October 1963	2 October 1968	Erhard (I • II) Kiesinger (I)
	Aenne Brauksiepe (1912–1997)		CDU	16 October 1968	21 October 1969	Kiesinger (I)
Federal Minister for Youth, Family and Health
	Käte Strobel (1907–1996)		SPD	22 October 1969	15 December 1972	Brandt (I)
	Katharina Focke (1922–2016)		SPD	15 December 1972	14 December 1976	Brandt (II) Schmidt (I)
	Antje Huber (1924–2015)		SPD	16 December 1976	28 April 1982	Schmidt (II • III)
	Anke Fuchs (b. 1937)		SPD	28 April 1982	1 October 1982	Schmidt (III)
	Heiner Geißler (1930–2017)		CDU	4 October 1982	26 September 1985	Kohl (I • II)
	Rita Süssmuth (b. 1937)		CDU	26 September 1985	5 June 1986	Kohl (II)
Federal Minister for Youth, Family, Women and Health
	Rita Süssmuth (b. 1937)		CDU	6 June 1986	9 December 1988	Kohl (II • III)
	Ursula Lehr (b. 1930)		CDU	9 December 1988	18 January 1991	Kohl (III)
Federal Minister for Family and Senior Citizens				18 January 1991	17 November 1994	Kohl (IV)
	Hannelore Rönsch (b. 1942)		CDU
Federal Minister for Women and Youth
	Angela Merkel (b. 1954)		CDU
Federal Minister for Family, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth
	Claudia Nolte (b. 1966)		CDU	17 November 1994	26 October 1998	Kohl (V)
	Christine Bergmann (b. 1939)		SPD	27 October 1998	22 October 2002	Schröder (I)
	Renate Schmidt (b. 1943)		SPD	22 October 2002	22 November 2005	Schröder (II)
	Ursula von der Leyen (b. 1958)		CDU	22 November 2005	30 November 2009	Merkel (I)
	Kristina Schröder (b. 1977)		CDU	30 November 2009	17 December 2013	Merkel (II)
	Manuela Schwesig (b. 1974)		SPD	17 December 2013	2 June 2017	Merkel (III)
	Katarina Barley (b. 1968)		SPD	2 June 2017	14 March 2018	Merkel (III)
	Franziska Giffey (b. 1978)		SPD	14 March 2018	20 May 2021	Merkel (IV)
	Christine Lambrecht (b. 1965)		SPD	20 May 2021	incumbent	Merkel (IV)

References[]

External links[]

• Official Website of the BMFSFJ (German)