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{{Short description|Ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany}}

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| minister1_name = Svenja Schulze| minister1_pfo = Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development| chief1_name = Niels Annen| chief1_position = Parliamentary State Secretary| chief2_name = Bärbel Kofler| chief2_position = Parliamentary State Secretary| chief3_name = Jochen Flasbarth| chief3_position = State Secretary| parent_agency = | child1_agency = | child2_agency = | website =weblink| footnotes = }}The Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (, {{IPA-de|ˈbʊndəsminɪsˌteːʁiʊm fyːɐ̯ ˈvɪʁtʃaftlɪçə t͡suˈzamənˌʔaʁbaɪ̯t ʊnt ɛntˈvɪklʊŋ|pron|De-Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung.ogg}}), abbreviated BMZ, is a cabinet-level ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany. Its main office is at the former German Chancellery in Bonn with a second major office at the Europahaus in Berlin.Founded in 1961, the Ministry works to encourage economic development within Germany and in other countries through international cooperation and partnerships. It cooperates with international organizations involved in development including the International Monetary Fund, World Bank, and the United Nations.Germany is the second-largest development co-operation provider of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC). Bilateral co-operation constitutes the bulk of Germany’s official development assistance (ODA), under the overall lead of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), while the Federal Foreign Office oversees humanitarian aid, crisis prevention, stabilisation and peace-building. According to the OECD, Germany’s total ODA (USD 35 billion, preliminary data) increased in 2022 due to an increase in in-donor refugee costs and increased contributions to international organisations. It represented 0.83% of gross national income (GNI).WEB,weblink access-date= 15 September 2023,

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Political Party:{{legend2|{{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}|FDP|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}{{legend2|{{party color|Christian Social Union in Bavaria}}|CSU|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}{{legend2|{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}|SPD|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"! colspan=2| Name(Born–Died)!Portrait! Party! colspan=2| Term of Office! Chancellor(Cabinet) ! colspan="7" style="background:#EEEEFF" | {{small|Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation {{small|(1961–1993)}}Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development {{small|(since 1993)}}}} ! style="background:{{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}; color:blue;" | 1| Walter Scheel(1919–2016)75px)Free Democratic Party (Germany)>FDP| 14 November 1961 | 28 October 1966Konrad Adenauer>Adenauer (IV • V) Erhard (I • II) ! style="background:{{party color|Christian Social Union in Bavaria}}; color:white;" | 2| Werner Dollinger(1918–2008)75px)Christian Social Union of Bavaria>CSU| 28 October 1966| 30 November 1966Kurt Georg Kiesinger (Cabinet Kiesinger>I) ! style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}; color:white;" | 3| Hans-Jürgen Wischnewski(1922–2005)75px)Social Democratic Party of Germany>SPD| 1 December 1966 | 2 October 1968 ! style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}; color:white;" | 4| Erhard Eppler(1926-2019)75px)| SPD| 16 October 1968| 8 July 1974Kurt Georg Kiesinger>Kiesinger (Cabinet Kiesinger) Willy Brandt>Brandt (Cabinet Brandt I • Cabinet Brandt II>II) ! style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}; color:white;" | 5| Egon Bahr(1922-2015)75px)| SPD| 8 July 1974| 14 December 1976Helmut Schmidt>Schmidt (I) ! style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}; color:white;" | 6| Marie Schlei(1919–1983)75px)| SPD| 16 December 1976| 16 February 1978Helmut Schmidt>Schmidt (II) ! style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}; color:white;" | 7| Rainer Offergeld(born 1937)75px)| SPD| 16 February 1978| 1 October 1982Helmut Schmidt>Schmidt (II • III) ! style="background:{{party color|Christian Social Union in Bavaria}}; color:white;" | 8| Jürgen Warnke(1932–2013)75px)| CSU| 4 October 1982| 11 March 1987Helmut Kohl>Kohl Cabinet Kohl I • (Cabinet Kohl II>II) ! style="background:{{party color|Christian Social Union in Bavaria}}; color:white;" | 9Hans Klein (politician)>Hans Klein(1931–1996)75px)| CSU| 12 March 1987| 21 April 1989Helmut Kohl (Cabinet Kohl III>III) ! style="background:{{party color|Christian Social Union in Bavaria}}; color:white;" | 10| Jürgen Warnke(1932–2013)75px)| CSU| 21 April 1989| 18 January 1991 ! style="background:{{party color|Christian Social Union in Bavaria}}; color:white;" | 11| Carl-Dieter Spranger(born 1939)75px)| CSU| 18 January 1991| 26 October 1998Helmut Kohl>Kohl (Cabinet Kohl IV • Cabinet Kohl V>V) ! style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}; color:white;" | 12| Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul(born 1942)75px)| SPD| 27 October 1998| 27 October 2009Gerhard Schröder>Schröder (Cabinet Schröder I • Cabinet Schröder II>II) Angela Merkel (Cabinet Merkel I>I) ! style="background:{{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}; color:blue;" | 13| Dirk Niebel(born 1963)75px)| FDP| 28 October 2009| 17 December 2013Angela Merkel>Merkel (II)! style="background:{{party color|Christian Social Union in Bavaria}}; color:white;" | 14Gerd Müller (politician)>Gerd Müller(born 1955)75px)| CSU| 17 December 2013| 8 December 2021Angela Merkel>Merkel (Third Merkel cabinet • Fourth Merkel cabinet>IV)! style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}; color:white;" | 15| Svenja Schulze(born 1968)75px)| SPD| 8 December 2021| IncumbentOlaf Scholz>Scholz (I)

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