What is Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action?
{{Infobox government agency | agency_name =Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action | logo = Bundesadler Bundesorgane.svg | jurisdiction = [[Government of Germany]] | parent_agency = | formed = [[23 October]] [[1917]] as the [[Reichswirtschaftsamt]] | headquarters = Invalidenstraße, [[Berlin-Mitte]] | minister1_name = [[Robert Habeck]] | employees = | website = [http://www.bmwi.de/ www.bmwi.de] }} The '''Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action''' (formerly the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology, {{lang-de|'''Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie'''}}) is a [[Federation|Federal]] Ministry of the [[Federal Republic of Germany]]. It was founded 1949 as the Federal Ministry of the Economy. It was combined in May 1971 with the Federal Ministry of Finance to make the Federal Ministry of Economics and Finance. This joining only lasted until December 1972. In 1998 the technology area of the Ministry of Research and Development was given to the ministry so that it was called Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology. It was joined with the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs to make the Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour between 2002 and 2005. The new Federal Government of [[Angela Merkel]] split the two areas so that there is a Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology again. == History == The ministry has had many names * 1917-1919 - Reichswirtschaftsamt the Reich Economy Office * 1919-1945 - the Reich Ministry of Trade and Commerce * 1946-1949 - the Administration Office for the Economy * 1949-1998 - the Federal Ministry of Economics * 1998-2002 - the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology * 2002-2005 - the Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour * 2005-2013 - Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology * 2013-2021 - Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy * since 2021 - Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action == Structure of the ministry == To do its job, the ministry is divided into nine departm