Federal Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety

Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
	Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit (BMU)
Agency overview
Formed	6 June 1986
Jurisdiction	Government of Germany
Headquarters	Robert-Schuman-Platz 3, 53175 Bonn, Germany
Employees	814
Annual budget	€3.021 billion (2020)[1]
Minister responsible	Svenja Schulze, Federal Environmental Minister;
Child agencies	Federal Environmental Agency; Federal Agency for Nature Conservation; Federal Office for Radiation Protection;
Website	www.bmu.de

The Federal Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, (German: Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit), abbreviated BMU, is a cabinet-level ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany. It has branches in Bonn and Berlin.

Headquarters in Bonn

Seat in Berlin on Alexanderplatz

The ministry was established on 6 June 1986 in response to the Chernobyl disaster. The then Federal Government wanted to combine environmental authority under a new minister in order to face new environmental challenges more effectively. Prior to this responsibilities for environmental issues were distributed among the ministries of the Interior, Agriculture and Health.

Functions

The ministry's primary functions include:[2]

Fundamental national environmental policy
Informing and educating the public about environmental issues
Environmental remediation and development in Eastern Germany
Climate protection and energy
Air quality control
Noise abatement
Conservation of groundwater, rivers, lakes and seas
Soil conservation and remediation of contaminated sites
Waste management and recycling policy
Chemicals safety, environment and health
Precautions against emergencies in industrial plants
Protection, maintenance and sustainable utilization of biodiversity
Safety of nuclear facilities
Nuclear supply and disposal
Radiological protection

Organization

The ministry is led by the Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety. The current Minister is Svenja Schulze, appointed by Chancellor Angela Merkel. The minister is supported by two parliamentary state secretaries (members of the cabinet and federal government, "deputy ministers") and two career state secretaries (public servants)[3] who manage the ministry's nine directorates:[4]

"Z" directorate (Abteilung Z) is the central office responsible for internal affairs
"G" directorate (Abteilung G) is the central office responsible for policy and collaboration
"KI" directorate (Abteilung KI): climate and international cooperation
"RS" directorate (Abteilung RS): radiation protection, nuclear safety, nuclear supply and radioactive waste
"WR" directorate (Abteilung WR): water management, waste management, soil conservation and contamination
"IG" directorate (Abteilung IG): air pollution, health impacts, environment and traffic, hazardous locations and materials
"N" directorate (Abteilung N): conservation und species richness, genetic engineering, environmental impacts of agriculture and forestry

Federal Environment Ministers

Political Party: CDU Green SPD

Name (Born-Died)		Party	Term of Office		Chancellor (Cabinet)
Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, and Reactor Safety
	Walter Wallmann (1932-2013)	CDU	6 June 1986	22 April 1987	Kohl (II)
	Klaus Töpfer (b. 1938)	CDU	7 May 1987	17 November 1994	Kohl (III • IV)
	Angela Merkel (b. 1954)	CDU	17 November 1994	27 October 1998	Kohl (V)
	Jürgen Trittin (b. 1954)	Green	27 October 1998	22 November 2005	Schröder (I • II)
	Sigmar Gabriel (b. 1959)	SPD	22 November 2005	28 October 2009	Merkel (I)
	Norbert Röttgen (b. 1965)	CDU	28 October 2009	22 May 2012	Merkel (II)
	Peter Altmaier (b. 1958)	CDU	22 May 2012	17 December 2013	Merkel (II)
Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Housing, and Reactor Safety
	Barbara Hendricks (b. 1952)	SPD	17 December 2013	14 March 2018	Merkel (III)
Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, and Nuclear Safety
	Svenja Schulze (b. 1968)	SPD	14 March 2018	Incumbent	Merkel (IV)

References

"Bundeshaushalt". www.bundeshaushalt.de. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety - primary functions Archived 25 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 25-May-2012
BMUB. "Heads of the Ministry". bmub.bund.de. BMUB. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 2015-03-18.
BMUB (4 March 2015). "Organisational Chart - Heads of Ministry". bmub.bund.de. BMUB. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 2015-03-18.

External links

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[1] "Bundeshaushalt". www.bundeshaushalt.de. Retrieved 3 August 2020.

[2] Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety - primary functions Archived 25 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 25-May-2012

[bmub.bund-heads-3] BMUB. "Heads of the Ministry". bmub.bund.de. BMUB. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 2015-03-18.

[bmub.bund-organisationalchart-4] BMUB (4 March 2015). "Organisational Chart - Heads of Ministry". bmub.bund.de. BMUB. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 2015-03-18.