The Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth is a cabinet-level ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany.
 From May 1971 to December 1972, it was temporarily merged with the Federal Ministry of Finance, in the Federal Ministry of Economics and Finance
 Because the new Ministry was very large and important, it was often referred to as a super-ministry (Superministerium) and its minister as a super-minister (Superminister)

