What is Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs?
{{Infobox government agency | name = Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs | nativename = Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales | logo = Bundesadler Bundesorgane.svg | jurisdiction = [[Government of Germany]] | parent_agency = | formed = 1949 as the Federal Ministry of Labour | headquarters = [[Berlin]] | minister1_name = [[Hubertus Heil]], <br/ ><small>Bundesministerin für Arbeit und Soziales</small> | employees = | website = [http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de] }} The Federal Ministry of Work and Social Affairs (BMAS) is a ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany . It was part of the Federal Ministry of economy and work ({{lang-de|Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit}}) between 2002 and 2005. ==Office building== [[Image:Bundessozialministerium, Haupteingang.jpg|thumb|BMAS Berlin, Wilhelmstraße entrance]] A part of the ministry is based in [[Berlin-Mitte]]. When the [[Bundestag]] and government moved to [[Berlin]] in 1999 the BMA moved into buildings in the Jägerstraße/ Wilhelmstraße. A large part of the ministry stayed in [[Bonn]]. Originally the building at Wilhelmstraße 49 was a stately home. After 1826 it was used by the [[Hohenzollern]] [[Prince Karl]]. The building housed the press department of the Reichsregierung (National government) of the [[Weimar Republic]] between 1918 and 1933. Under the [[Third Reich]] it was the [[Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda]] of Dr [[Joseph Goebbels]]. After [[World War II|Wartime]] damage was repaired, the Central Council of the National Front moved in 1947. Later the Central Council of the [[German Democratic Republic]] occupied the building. The study of the first and only president of the DDR, [[Wilhelm Pieck]], is there. It was restored between 1996 and 2000. ==Federal ministers== ===Federal Minister for Work 1949 to 1957=== 1949-1957: [[Anton Storch]] ([[CDU]]) ===Federal Minister for Work and Social Affairs 1957 to 2007=== * 1957-1965: [[Theodor Blank]] ([[CDU]]) * 1965-1969: [[Hans Katzer]] (CDU)