Federal Ministry for Housing, Urban Development and Building

Federal Ministry for Housing, Urban Development and Building
Bundesministerium für Wohnen, Stadtentwicklung und Bauwesen (BMWSB)
Agency overview
Formed20 September 1949 (as the Federal Ministry for Reconstruction)
8 December 2021 (re-established; as the Federal Ministry for Housing, Urban Development, and Building)
Dissolved27 October 1998 (then as the Federal Ministry for Spatial Planning, Building and Urban Development)
JurisdictionGovernment of Germany
HeadquartersBerlin
Minister responsible
  • Klara Geywitz, Federal Minister for Housing, Urban Development and Building
Agency executives
Websitehttps://www.bmwsb.bund.de/Webs/BMWSB/DE/startseite/startseite-node.html

The Federal Ministry for Housing, Urban Development and Building (German: Bundesministerium für Wohnen, Stadtentwicklung und Bauwesen, pronounced [ˈbʊndəsminɪsˌteːʁiʊm fyːɐ̯ ˈvoːnən ˈʃtatʔɛntˌvɪklʊŋ ʊnt ˈbaʊ̯ˌveːzn̩] ), abbreviated BMWSB, is a cabinet-level ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany. It is headquartered in Berlin. The current minister is Klara Geywitz,[1] of the Social Democratic Party. The Federal Ministry existed between 1949 and 1998 and was re-established in December 2021.

  1. ^ "Bundesbauministerin Geywitz" (in German). Tageschau. ARD. 18 December 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2022.