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{{Infobox Government agency
{{short description|Federal ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany}}
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|nativename = Bundesministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz
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|agency_name = Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture
|nativename = <small>''Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft (BMEL)''</small>
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|headquarters = Rochusstr. 1, 53123 [[Bonn]]
|headquarters = Rochusstr. 1, 53123 [[Bonn]]
|formed = [[22 November]] [[2005]]
|formed = 1949
|preceding =
|preceding =
|dissolved =
|dissolved =
|superseding =
|superseding =
|jurisdiction = [[Government of Germany]]
|jurisdiction = [[Government of Germany]]
|employees =
|employees = 920 (Feb. 2010)
|budget = [[€]]7.676 billion (2021)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bundeshaushalt.de/#/2021/soll/ausgaben/einzelplan/10.html|title=Bundeshaushalt|website=www.bundeshaushalt.de|access-date=10 May 2021}}</ref>
|budget =
|minister1_name = [[Ilse Aigner]]
|minister1_name = [[Cem Özdemir]]
|minister1_pfo = Federal Minister of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection
|minister1_pfo =
|chief1_name =
|chief1_name = [[Ophelia Nick]]
|chief1_position =
|chief1_position = Parliamentary State Secretary
|chief2_name =
|chief2_name = [[Manuela Rottmann]]
|chief2_position =
|chief2_position = Parliamentary State Secretary
|chief3_name = [[Silvia Bender]]
|chief3_position = Permanent State Secretary
|parent_agency =
|parent_agency =
|child1_agency = Department 1: Central department
|child1_agency =
|child2_agency = Department L: Head office, basic affairs, renewable primary products
|child2_agency =
|website = http://www.bmel.de
|child3_agency = Department 2: Consumer protection, food, bio- and genetic engineering
|child4_agency = Department 3: Food protection, veterinary affairs
|child5_agency = Department 4: Agricultural market, basic planning, social order
|child6_agency = Department 5: Rural environment, plant engineering, forest-based sector
|child7_agency = Department 6: EU-Affairs, internationale affairs, fishing
|website = http://www.bmelv.de
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The '''Federal Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection''' ('''{{lang-de|Bundesministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz}} - BMELV''') is a ministry in [[Germany]]. Its headquarters are located in [[Bonn]] with a second major office in [[Berlin]]. It had originally been created as '''Federal Ministry for Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture''' on [[January 22]], [[2001]] from the '''Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Forests''' (''Bundesministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Forsten'') through an organizational order by the [[Chancellor of Germany (Federal Republic)|Chancellor]]. Consumer protection was transferred from the [[Federal Ministry for Health (Germany)|Federal Ministry for Health]] (''Bundesministerium für Gesundheit'').


[[File:BMG building.jpg|thumb|The BMEL headquarters in Bonn, Germany]]
==Federal Ministers for Food, Agriculture and Forests (1949 - 2001)==
[[File:Berlin, Mitte, Wilhelmstraße, Geheimes Civilkabinett des Kaisers 01.jpg|thumb|BMEL offices on Wilhelmstraße, Berlin]]
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The '''Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture''' ({{lang-de|Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft}}, {{IPA-de|ˈbʊndəsminɪsˌteːʁiʊm fyːɐ̯ ɛɐ̯ˈnɛːʁʊŋ ʊnt ˈlantvɪʁtʃaft|pron|De-Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft.ogg}}), abbreviated '''BMEL''', is a [[German Cabinet|cabinet-level ministry]] of the [[Federal Republic of Germany]]. Its primary headquarters are located in [[Bonn]] with a secondary office in [[Berlin]]. From 1949 to 2001 it was known as the Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Forests ({{lang-de|Bundesministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Forsten}}). Through an organizational order by the [[Chancellor of Germany (Federal Republic)|German Chancellor]] on 22 January 2001, it became the Federal Ministry for Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture after the [[Consumer protection]] function was transferred from the [[Federal Ministry for Health (Germany)|Federal Ministry for Health]] (''Bundesministerium für Gesundheit''). The name Federal Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection was adopted on 22 November 2005 simply to alphabetize its functional parts in the German language. Due to the political restructurings of the [[18th German Bundestag]] in December 2013 the division "Consumer Protection" was transferred to the [[Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection]].
| style="background:#FFDEAD" align="center" colspan="5" | '''Federal Ministers for Food, Agriculture and Forests'''
|-
! width="50" style="background:#FFDEAD" | '''#'''
! width="350" style="background:#FFDEAD" | '''Name (Dates)'''
! width="350" style="background:#FFDEAD" | '''Assumption of Office'''
! width="350" style="background:#FFDEAD" | '''End of Service'''
! width="300" style="background:#FFDEAD" | '''Party'''
|-
|style="background:#FFF5DC;" | 1
|style="background:#FFF5DC;" | [[Wilhelm Niklas]]
(1887-1957)
|style="background:#FFF5DC;" align="center" |[[September 20]], [[1949]]
|style="background:#FFF5DC;" align="center" |[[October 20]], [[1953]]
|style="background:#FFF5DC;" align="center" |[[Christian Social Union of Bavaria|CSU]]
|-
|style="background:#FFF3DC;" | 2
|style="background:#FFF3DC;" |[[Heinrich Lübke]]
(1894-1972)
|style="background:#FFF3DC;" align="center" |[[October 20]], [[1953]]
|style="background:#FFF3DC;" align="center" |[[September 15]], [[1959]]
|style="background:#FFF3DC;" align="center" |[[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|CDU]]
|-
|style="background:#FFF5DC;" | 3
|style="background:#FFF5DC;" |[[Werner Schwarz]]
(1900-1982)
|style="background:#FFF5DC;" align="center" |[[October 14]], [[1959]]
|style="background:#FFF5DC;" align="center" |[[October 26]], [[1965]]
|style="background:#FFF5DC;" align="center" |CDU
|-
|style="background:#FFF3DC;" | 4
|style="background:#FFF3DC;" |[[Hermann Höcherl]]
(1912-1989)
|style="background:#FFF3DC;" align="center" |[[October 26]], [[1965]]
|style="background:#FFF3DC;" align="center" |[[October 21]], [[1969]]
|style="background:#FFF3DC;" align="center" |CSU
|-
|style="background:#FFF5DC;" | 5
|style="background:#FFF5DC;" |[[Josef Ertl]]
(1925-2000)
|style="background:#FFF5DC;" align="center" |[[October 22]], [[1969]]
|style="background:#FFF5DC;" align="center" |[[September 17]], [[1982]]
|style="background:#FFF5DC;" align="center" |[[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|FDP]]
|-
|style="background:#FFF3DC;" |
|style="background:#FFF3DC;" |[[Björn Engholm]] ''acting''
(b. 1939)
|style="background:#FFF3DC;" align="center" |[[September 17]], [[1982]]
|style="background:#FFF3DC;" align="center" |[[October 1]], [[1982]]
|style="background:#FFF3DC;" align="center" |[[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]
|-
|style="background:#FFF5DC;" | 6
|style="background:#FFF5DC;" |[[Josef Ertl]]
(1925-2000)
|style="background:#FFF5DC;" align="center" |[[October 4]], [[1982]]
|style="background:#FFF5DC;" align="center" |[[March 29]], [[1983]]
|style="background:#FFF5DC;" align="center" |FDP
|-
|style="background:#FFF3DC;" | 7
|style="background:#FFF3DC;" | [[Ignaz Kiechle]]
(1930-2003)
|style="background:#FFF3DC;" align="center" |[[March 30]], [[1983]]
|style="background:#FFF3DC;" align="center" |[[January 21]], [[1993]]
|style="background:#FFF3DC;" align="center" |CSU
|-
|style="background:#FFF5DC;" | 8
|style="background:#FFF5DC;" |[[Jochen Borchert]]
(b. 1940)
|style="background:#FFF5DC;" align="center" |[[January 21]], [[1993]]
|style="background:#FFF5DC;" align="center" |[[October 26]], [[1998]]
|style="background:#FFF5DC;" align="center" |CDU
|-
|style="background:#FFF3DC;" | 9
|style="background:#FFF3DC;" |[[Karl-Heinz Funke]]
(b. 1946)
|style="background:#FFF3DC;" align="center" |[[October 27]], [[1998]]
|style="background:#FFF3DC;" align="center" |[[January 12]], [[2001]]
|style="background:#FFF3DC;" align="center" |SPD
|}


== Organization ==
==Federal Ministers for Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture==
The current Minister for Food and Agriculture is [[Cem Özdemir]]. The Parliamentary State Secretaries are [[Silvia Bender]], [[Claudia Müller (politician)]] and [[Ophelia Nick]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bmel.de/EN/ministry/organisation/state-secretaries/state-secretaries_node.html|title=BMEL - State Secretaries|website=www.bmel.de|accessdate=29 July 2023}}</ref> In addition to the Ministry Management (including management staff), it consists of eight departments (as of September 2020):<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bmel.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/_Ministerium/Organisationsplan.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=6|title=Organisationsplan des Bundesministeriums für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft|language=de|website=bmel.de|access-date=29 July 2023}}</ref>
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| style="background:#FFDEAD" align="center" colspan="5" | '''Federal Ministers for Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture'''
* Department 1: Central Division
|-
* Department 2: Consumer health protection, nutrition, product safety
! width="50" style="background:#FFDEAD" | '''#'''
* Department 3: Food safety, animal health
! width="350" style="background:#FFDEAD" | '''Name (Dates)'''
* Department 4: Agricultural markets, food industry, export
! width="350" style="background:#FFDEAD" | '''Assumption of Office'''
* Department 5: Forests, sustainability, renewable raw materials
! width="350" style="background:#FFDEAD" | '''End of Service'''
* Department 6: EU affairs, international cooperation, fisheries
! width="300" style="background:#FFDEAD" | '''Party'''
* Department 7: Agricultural production, horticulture, agricultural policy
|-
* Department 8: Rural development, digital innovation
|style="background:#FFF5DC;" | 1

|style="background:#FFF5DC;" | [[Renate Künast]]
== Agencies ==
(b. 1955)
Under the auspices of the BMEL are various Federal agencies, legally independent institutions under public law and government research institutes:
|style="background:#FFF5DC;" align="center" |[[January 12]], [[2001]]

|style="background:#FFF5DC;" align="center" |[[October 4]], [[2005]]
* [[Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety]]
|style="background:#FFF5DC;" align="center" |[[Alliance '90/The Greens]]
* Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food
|-
* Federal Office of Plant Varieties
|style="background:#FFF5DC;" |
* [[Federal Institute for Risk Assessment|Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR)]]
|style="background:#FFF5DC;" | [[Jürgen Trittin]] ''acting''
* [[Julius Kühn-Institut]], Federal Research Center for Cultivated Plants
(b. 1954)
* [[Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut]], Federal Research Institute for Animal Health
|style="background:#FFF5DC;" align="center" |[[October 4]], [[2005]]
* Max Rubner-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Nutrition and Food
|style="background:#FFF5DC;" align="center" |[[October 18]], [[2005]]
* Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries
|style="background:#FFF5DC;" align="center" |[[Alliance '90/The Greens]]
* [[Agency for Renewable Resources]]
|-

|style="background:#FFF5DC;" | 2
==Federal ministers==
|style="background:#FFF5DC;" | [[Horst Seehofer]]
{{main|List of federal ministers of food, agriculture and consumer protection (Germany)}}
(b. 1949)
|style="background:#FFF5DC;" align="center" |[[November 22]], [[2005]]
|style="background:#FFF5DC;" align="center" |[[October 27]], [[2008]]
|style="background:#FFF5DC;" align="center" |[[Christian Social Union of Bavaria|CSU]]
|-
|style="background:#FFF5DC;" | 3
|style="background:#FFF5DC;" | [[Ilse Aigner]]
(b. 1964)
|style="background:#FFF5DC;" align="center" |[[November 4]], [[2008]]
|style="background:#FFF5DC;" align="center" |
|style="background:#FFF5DC;" align="center" |[[Christian Social Union of Bavaria|CSU]]
|}


== See also ==
== See also ==
*[[List of Federal Ministers for Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (Germany)]]
*[[List of federal ministers of food, agriculture and consumer protection (Germany)]]
*[[Julius Kühn-Institut]]
*[[Julius Kühn-Institut]]
*[[Federal Institute for Risk Assessment|Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR)]]


==External links==
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
* [http://www.bmelv.de/EN/00Home/homepage__node.html__nnn=true Website]


== External links ==
{{German Federal Ministries|Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection}}
* [http://www.bmel.de/EN/Homepage/homepage_node.html Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007011134/http://www.bmel.de/EN/Homepage/homepage_node.html |date=2014-10-07 }}


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Revision as of 07:58, 14 May 2024

Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture
Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft (BMEL)
Agency overview
Formed1949
JurisdictionGovernment of Germany
HauptsitzRochusstr. 1, 53123 Bonn
Employees920 (Feb. 2010)
Annual budget€7.676 billion (2021)[1]
Minister responsible
Agency executives
Websitehttp://www.bmel.de
The BMEL headquarters in Bonn, Germany
BMEL offices on Wilhelmstraße, Berlin

The Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (German: Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft, pronounced [ˈbʊndəsminɪsˌteːʁiʊm fyːɐ̯ ɛɐ̯ˈnɛːʁʊŋ ʊnt ˈlantvɪʁtʃaft] ⓘ), abbreviated BMEL, is a cabinet-level ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany. Its primary headquarters are located in Bonn with a secondary office in Berlin. From 1949 to 2001 it was known as the Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Forests (German: Bundesministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Forsten). Through an organizational order by the German Chancellor on 22 January 2001, it became the Federal Ministry for Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture after the Consumer protection function was transferred from the Federal Ministry for Health (Bundesministerium für Gesundheit). The name Federal Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection was adopted on 22 November 2005 simply to alphabetize its functional parts in the German language. Due to the political restructurings of the 18th German Bundestag in December 2013 the division "Consumer Protection" was transferred to the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection.

Organization

The current Minister for Food and Agriculture is Cem Özdemir. The Parliamentary State Secretaries are Silvia Bender, Claudia Müller (politician) and Ophelia Nick.[2] In addition to the Ministry Management (including management staff), it consists of eight departments (as of September 2020):[3]

  • Department 1: Central Division
  • Department 2: Consumer health protection, nutrition, product safety
  • Department 3: Food safety, animal health
  • Department 4: Agricultural markets, food industry, export
  • Department 5: Forests, sustainability, renewable raw materials
  • Department 6: EU affairs, international cooperation, fisheries
  • Department 7: Agricultural production, horticulture, agricultural policy
  • Department 8: Rural development, digital innovation

Agencies

Under the auspices of the BMEL are various Federal agencies, legally independent institutions under public law and government research institutes:

Federal ministers

Main article: List of federal ministers of food, agriculture and consumer protection (Germany)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Bundeshaushalt". www.bundeshaushalt.de. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  2. ^ "BMEL - State Secretaries". www.bmel.de. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Organisationsplan des Bundesministeriums für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft" (PDF). bmel.de (in German). Retrieved 29 July 2023.


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