Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (Germany)

Agency overview
Federal Ministry for Labour and Social Affairs Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales
Formed	1949
Jurisdiction	Government of Germany
Headquarters	Berlin
Minister Responsible	Olaf Scholz, Federal Minister for Labour and Social Affairs
Website
http://wwww.bmas.de

The Federal Ministry for Labour and Social Affairs^[1] is a ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany (see also Bundesregierung) and is located in Berlin. From 2002 to 2005, the ministry was part of the Federal Ministry for Economics and Labour^[2]. Responsibilities were re-allocated once again when a new government was formed following the Bundestag elections of 2005.

[edit] Federal Minister for Labour 1949 to 1957

The Parliamentary State Secretary are Klaus Brandner and Franz Thönnes. The State Secretaries are Detlef Scheele, Franz-Josef Lersch-Mense and Kajo Wasserhövel.^[3]

^ German name: Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales. Former German name: Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Sozialordnung. The English translation used by the ministry is the same
^ German name: Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit
^ as of April 2008

This article was initially translated from the Wikipedia article Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales.

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