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{{short description|Federal ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany}}
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|jurisdiction = [[Government of Germany]]
|jurisdiction = [[Government of Germany]]
|employees = 920 (Feb. 2010)
|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>
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|chief1_name = [[Maria Flachsbarth]]
|chief1_name = [[Ophelia Nick]]
|chief1_position = Parliamentary State Secretary
|chief1_position = Parliamentary State Secretary
|chief2_name = [[Peter Bleser]]
|chief2_name = [[Manuela Rottmann]]
|chief2_position = Parliamentary State Secretary
|chief2_position = Parliamentary State Secretary
|chief3_name = Robert Kloos
|chief3_name = [[Silvia Bender]]
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|chief3_position = Permanent State Secretary
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[[File:BMG building.jpg|thumb|The BMELV headquarters in Bonn, Germany]]
[[File:BMG building.jpg|thumb|The BMEL headquarters in Bonn, Germany]]
[[File:Berlin, Mitte, Wilhelmstraße, Geheimes Civilkabinett des Kaisers 01.jpg|thumb|BMEL offices on Wilhelmstraße, Berlin]]
[[File:Berlin, Mitte, Wilhelmstraße, Geheimes Civilkabinett des Kaisers 01.jpg|thumb|BMEL offices on Wilhelmstraße, Berlin]]
The '''Federal Ministry for Food and Agriculture''' ({{lang-de|Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft}}), abbreviated '''BMEL''', is a [[German Cabinet|cabinet-level ministry]] of the [[Federal Republic of Germany]]. Its headquarters are located in [[Bonn]] with a second major 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 on 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.
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]].


== Organization ==
== Organization ==
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>

The current Minister for Food and Agriculture is [[Christian Schmidt (CSU)|Christian Schmidt]]. The Parliamentary State Secretaries are [[Maria Flachsbarth]] and [[Peter Bleser]]. Robert Kloos is the Permanent State Secretary. In addition to the Ministry Management (including management staff), it consists of six departments (as of October 2014):


* Department 1: Central Division
* Department 1: Central Division
* Department 2: Nutrition, product safety, innovation
* Department 2: Consumer health protection, nutrition, product safety
* Department 3: Food safety, animal health
* Department 3: Food safety, animal health
* Department 4: Rural Development, Agricultural markets
* Department 4: Agricultural markets, food industry, export
* Department 5: Bio-based economy, sustainable agriculture and forestry
* Department 5: Forests, sustainability, renewable raw materials
* Department 6: EU policy, International cooperation, fisheries
* Department 6: EU affairs, international cooperation, fisheries
* Department 7: Agricultural production, horticulture, agricultural policy
* Department 8: Rural development, digital innovation


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


* [[Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety]]
* [[Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety]]
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* [[Agency for Renewable Resources]]
* [[Agency for Renewable Resources]]


==Federal Ministers==
==Federal ministers==
{{main|List of federal ministers of food, agriculture and consumer protection (Germany)}}
'''Political Party:'''
{{legend2|{{Christian Social Union in Bavaria/meta/color}}|[[Christian Social Union of Bavaria|CSU]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|{{CDU/CSU/meta/color}}|[[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|CDU]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|{{Free Democratic Party (Germany)/meta/color}}|[[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|FDP]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|{{Social Democratic Party of Germany/meta/color}}|[[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|{{Alliance '90/The Greens/meta/color}}|[[Alliance '90/The Greens|Green]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! colspan=2| Name<br /><small>(Born-Died)
! Party
! colspan=2| Term of Office
! [[Chancellor of Germany|Chancellor]]<br /><small>(Cabinet)
|-
! style="background:#EEEEFF" colspan="6" | Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Forests
|-
! style="background:{{Christian Social Union in Bavaria/meta/color}};" |
| [[Wilhelm Niklas]]<br><small>(1887–1957)
| [[Christian Social Union of Bavaria|CSU]]
| 20 September 1949
| 20 October 1953
| [[Konrad Adenauer|Adenauer]]<br><small>([[Cabinet Adenauer I|I]])
|-
! style="background:{{CDU/CSU/meta/color}};" |
| [[Heinrich Lübke]]<br><small>(1894–1972)
| [[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|CDU]]
| 20 October 1953
| 15 September 1959
| [[Konrad Adenauer|Adenauer]]<br><small>(II • III)
|-
! style="background:{{CDU/CSU/meta/color}};" |
| [[Werner Schwarz]]<br><small>(1900–1982)
| CDU
| 30 September 1959
| 26 October 1965
| [[Konrad Adenauer|Adenauer]] <small>(III • IV • V)</small><br> [[Ludwig Erhard|Erhard]] <small>(I)
|-
! style="background:{{Christian Social Union in Bavaria/meta/color}};" |
| [[Hermann Höcherl]]<br><small>(1912–1989)
| CSU
| 26 October 1965
| 21 October 1969
| [[Ludwig Erhard|Erhard]] <small>(II)</small><br> [[Kurt Georg Kiesinger|Kiesinger]] <small>([[Cabinet Kiesinger|I]])
|-
! style="background:{{Free Democratic Party (Germany)/meta/color}};" |
| [[Josef Ertl]] <br><small>(1925–2000)
| [[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|FDP]]
| 22 October 1969
| 17 September 1982
| [[Willy Brandt|Brandt]] <small>([[Cabinet Brandt I|I]] • [[Cabinet Brandt II|II]])</small><br> [[Helmut Schmidt|Schmidt]] <small>([[Cabinet Schmidt I|I]] • II • III)
|-
! style="background:{{Social Democratic Party of Germany/meta/color}};" |
| [[Björn Engholm]]<br><small>(b. 1939)
| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]
| 17 September 1982
| 1 October 1982
| [[Helmut Schmidt|Schmidt]]<br><small>(III)
|-
! style="background:{{Free Democratic Party (Germany)/meta/color}};" |
| [[Josef Ertl]]<br><small>(1925–2000)
| FDP
| 4 October 1982
| 29 March 1983
| [[Helmut Kohl|Kohl]]<br><small>([[Cabinet Kohl I|I]])
|-
! style="background:{{Christian Social Union in Bavaria/meta/color}};" |
| [[Ignaz Kiechle]]<br><small>(1930–2003)
| CSU
| 30 March 1983
| 21 January 1993
| [[Helmut Kohl|Kohl]]<br><small>([[Cabinet Kohl II|II]] • [[Cabinet Kohl III|III]] • [[Cabinet Kohl IV|IV]])
|-
! style="background:{{CDU/CSU/meta/color}};" |
| [[Jochen Borchert]]<br><small>(b. 1940)
| CDU
| 21 January 1993
| 26 October 1998
| [[Helmut Kohl|Kohl]]<br><small>([[Cabinet Kohl IV|IV]] • [[Cabinet Kohl V|V]])
|-
! style="background:{{Social Democratic Party of Germany/meta/color}};" |
| [[Karl-Heinz Funke]]<br><small>(b. 1946)
| SPD
| 27 October 1998
| 12 January 2001
| [[Gerhard Schröder|Schröder]]<br><small>([[Cabinet Schröder I|I]])
|-
! style="background:#EEEEFF" colspan="6" | Federal Minister for Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture
|-
! style="background:{{Alliance '90/The Greens/meta/color}};" |
| [[Renate Künast]]<br><small>(b. 1955)
| [[Alliance '90/The Greens|Green]]
| 12 January 2001
| 4 October 2005
| [[Gerhard Schröder|Schröder]]<br><small>([[Cabinet Schröder I|I]] • [[Cabinet Schröder II|II]])
|-
! style="background:#EEEEFF" colspan="6" | Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection
|-
! style="background:{{Christian Social Union in Bavaria/meta/color}};" |
| [[Horst Seehofer]]<br><small>(b. 1949)
| CSU
| 22 November 2005
| 27 October 2008
| [[Angela Merkel|Merkel]]<br><small>([[Cabinet Merkel I|I]])
|-
! style="background:{{Christian Social Union in Bavaria/meta/color}};" |
| [[Ilse Aigner]]<br><small>(b. 1964)
| CSU
| 31 October 2008
| 30 September 2013
| [[Angela Merkel|Merkel]]<br><small>([[Cabinet Merkel I|I]] • [[Cabinet Merkel II|II]])
|-
! style="background:#EEEEFF" colspan="6" | Federal Minister for Food and Agriculture
|-
! style="background:{{Christian Social Union in Bavaria/meta/color}};" |
| [[Hans-Peter Friedrich]]<br><small>(b. 1957)
| CSU
| 17 December 2013
| 14 February 2014
| [[Angela Merkel|Merkel]]<br><small>([[Third Merkel cabinet|Merkel III]])
|-
! style="background:{{Christian Social Union in Bavaria/meta/color}};" |
| [[Christian Schmidt (CSU)|Christian Schmidt]]<br><small>(b. 1957)
| CSU
| 14 February 2014
| ''Incumbent''
| [[Angela Merkel|Merkel]]<br><small>([[Third Merkel cabinet|Merkel III]])
|}


== See also ==
== See also ==
*[[List of Federal Ministers of 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)]]
*[[Federal Institute for Risk Assessment|Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR)]]


== References ==
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}{{Reflist}}{{empty section|date=November 2012}}


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


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Latest 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
HeadquartersRochusstr. 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

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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

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

Federal ministers

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

See also

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References

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  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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