Federal Ministry for Health (Germany)

Federal Ministry of Health

Bundesministerium für Gesundheit (BMG)
Agency overview
Formed	1961
Jurisdiction	Government of Germany
Headquarters	Rochusstraße 1 53123 Bonn Friedrichstraße 108 10117 Berlin
Employees	700
Minister responsible	Jens Spahn, Federal Minister of Health
Agency executives	Annette Widmann-Mauz, Parliamentary State Secretary Ingrid Fischbach, Parliamentary State Secretary Annette Widmann-Mauz, Permanent State Secretary
Website	www.bmg.bund.de

The Federal Ministry of Health (German: Bundesministerium für Gesundheit), abbreviated BMG, is a cabinet-level ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany. Its headquarters are located in Bonn with a second major office in Berlin. It is the highest German federal government department responsible for health. The ministry is officially located in Bonn and with a second office, which houses the ministry's management, location in Berlin.

The Federal Ministry of Health was founded in 1961; in 1969 it was merged with the Federal Ministry for Family and Youth to create the new Federal Ministry for Youth, Family and Health.

In 1991, the Federal Ministry of Health was restored. In 2002, it was expanded to include social affairs and renamed "Federal Ministry of Health and Social Security" (Bundesministerium für Gesundheit und Soziale Sicherung). It was headed by the Federal Minister for Health and Social Security. Its portfolio was a included one part of the former Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. The other part of the latter was added to the portfolio of the newly created Federal Ministry for Economics and Labour. Under the grand coalition headed by Angela Merkel in 2005, the portfolio reshuffle was reversed and responsibility for social affairs was moved back to the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social affairs (Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales).

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