| Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members | 8 January 2008 |
President | Horst KOEHLER |
Chancellor | Angela MERKEL |
Vice Chancellor | Frank-Walter STEINMEIER |
Minister for Consumer Protection & Agriculture | Horst SEEHOFER |
Minister of Defense | Franz Josef JUNG |
Minister for Economic Cooperation & Development | Heide Marie WIECZOREK-ZEUL |
Minister for Economics & Technology | Michael GLOS |
Minister for Education & Research | Annette SCHAVAN |
Minister for Environment & Nuclear Safety | Sigmar GABRIEL |
Minister for Family, Seniors, Women, & Youth | Ursula VON DER LEYEN |
Minister of Finance | Peer STEINBRUECK |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | Frank-Walter STEINMEIER |
Minister for Health | Ulla SCHMIDT |
Minister of Interior | Wolfgang SCHAEUBLE |
Minister of Justice | Brigitte ZYPRIES |
Minister for Labor & Social Security | Olaf SCHOLZ |
Minister for Transportation, Construction, & Housing | Wolfgang TIEFENSEE |
Minister Without Portfolio & Chancellery Chief | Thomas DE MAIZIERE |
President, Bundesbank | Axel A. WEBER |
Ambassador to the US | Klaus SCHARIOTH |
Permanent Representative to the UN, New York | Thomas MATUSSEK |