Federal Ministry of Matters of the Marshall Plan
Appearance
The Federal Ministry of Marshall Plan Affairs, founded in 1949, was a ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany charged with overseeing the rebuilding of the new republic using money and aid given by the United States as part of the European Recovery Program (also called Marshall Plan).
The Ministry was renamed Ministry for Economic Cooperation in 1953. In 1957 it was transformed into the Minister for Federal Patrimony, which existed until 1969.
List of Federal Ministers
[edit]The first and only Minister was Franz Blücher (FDP and later FVP), who also was Vice Chancellor
Name (Born-Died) |
Portrait | Party | Term of Office | Chancellor (Cabinet) | ||
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Franz Blücher (1896–1959) Vice-Chancellor |
FDP (until 1956) FVP (from 1956) |
Federal Minister for Matters of the Marshall Plan | ||||
20 September 1949 | 20 October 1953 | Adenauer (I) | ||||
Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation | ||||||
20 October 1953 | 29 October 1957 | Adenauer (II) |