Federal Minister for Special Affairs of Germany

Federal Minister for Special Affairs in Germany the title of Minister without portfolio, Minister therefore, do not have a specific department. They are used as needed and have ministerial pension entitlements. Therefore, this office can also buy several persons hold the same or there may be times when there are no such Minister. Throughout history was often the chief of the Federal Chancellery same Federal Minister for Special Tasks. Since 1953 there were a total of 22 in the Federal Republic Federal Minister for Special Tasks.

It happened once so far, that a department was established for a Federal Minister for Special Tasks. This happened on July 13, 1964, when Heinrich Krone was Federal Minister for Affairs of the Federal Defence Council.

With the reunification of the two German states on October 3, 1990, four members of the government and the People's Chamber President were ( last head of state ) over the GDR as a Federal Minister for Special Affairs in the Cabinet. But they held office only until January 1991.