Bundesministerium der Finanzen (BMF) | |
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Formed | 14 July 1879 (Reichsschatzamt) |
Jurisdiction | Cabinet of Germany |
Headquarters |
Detlev-Rohwedder-Haus Wilhelmstraße 97, 10117 Berlin |
Employees | 1900 |
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Website | http://www.bundesfinanzministerium.de |
Coordinates: 52°30′31″N 13°23′3″E / 52.50861°N 13.38417°E
The Federal Ministry of Finance (German: Bundesministerium der Finanzen), abbreviated BMF, is the cabinet-level finance ministry of Germany, with its seat at the Detlev-Rohwedder-Haus in Berlin and a secondary office in Bonn. The current Federal Minister of Finance is Wolfgang Schäuble (CDU).
In German politics, the Ministry of Finance beside the Interior, Foreign, Justice and Defence ministries is counted as one of the "classical portfolios" (denoted by the definite article der), which were also part of the first German government under Otto von Bismarck following the Unification of 1871.