Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth

Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth

Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend (BMFSFJ)
Agency overview
Formed	1953 as the Bundesministerium für Familienfragen
Jurisdiction	Government of Germany
Headquarters	Glinkastraße 24 10178 Berlin
Annual budget	€13.128 billion (2021)[1]
Minister responsible	Lisa Paus
Agency executives	Ekin Deligöz, Parliamentary State Secretary Sven Lehmann, Parliamentary State Secretary Margit Gottstein, Permanent State Secretary
Website	http://www.bmfsfj.de

The Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (German: Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend, pronounced [ˈbʊndəsminɪsˌteːʁiʊm fyːɐ̯ faˈmiːli̯ə zeˈni̯oːʁən ˈfʁaʊ̯ən ʊnt ˈjuːɡn̩t] ^ⓘ), abbreviated BMFSFJ, is a cabinet-level ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany. It is headquartered in Berlin with a secondary seat in Bonn. The ministry was represented by Anne Spiegel, the first woman minister of the Greens, who announced her resignment from office on 11 April 2022. On 14 April 2022, the Greens announced Lisa Paus to be her successor in office. Both Spiegel and Paus have to be officially dismissed respectively appointed by the Federal President.