Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy [SEP] inception
was the "Reichswirtschaftsamt" (Reich Economic Office), founded in 1917. In 1919, this became the "Reichswirtschaftsministerium" (Reich Ministry of Economy), which existed until 1945.
In postwar occupied Germany, its functions were exercised by the Administrative Office of Economy () between 1946 and 1949. After the founding of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Federal Ministry of Economics () existed from 1949 to 1998. From May 1971 to December 1972, it was temporarily merged with the Federal Ministry of Finance,
Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy
The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (), abbreviated BMWi, is a cabinet-level ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany. It was previously known as the "Ministry of Economy". It was recreated in 2005 as "Ministry of Economics and Technology" after it had previously been merged with other ministries to form the Federal Ministry for Economics and Labour between 2002 and 2005.
History.
The historical predecessor of the current Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy