Chairs of Supervisory Board and Executive Board of KfW

From 1974, the respective Federal Minister of Finance was appointed Chair of the Supervisory Board.
1948 - 1958	Dr Otto Schniewind
1959 - 1973	Hermann Josef Abs
1974 - 1975	Helmut Schmidt
1975 - 1978	Dr Hans Apel
1978 - 1982	Hans Matthöfer
1982	Manfred Lahnstein
1982 - 1989	Dr Gerhard Stoltenberg
1989 - 1998	Dr Theo Waigel
1998 - 1999	Oskar Lafontaine
1999 - 2003 and 2005	Hans Eichel
Since 2004, the respective Federal Minister of Finance and the Federal Minister of Economics are alternately appointed Chair of the Supervisory Board.
2004	Wolfgang Clement (BMWA)
2005, 2007 and 2009	Peer Steinbrück (BMF)
2006 and 2008	Michael Glos (BMWi)
2009, 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017	Dr Wolfgang Schäuble (BMF)
2010	Rainer Brüderle (BMWi)
2012	Dr Philipp Rösler (BMWi)
2014 and 2016	Sigmar Gabriel (BMWi)
2017, 2018 and 2020	Peter Altmaier (BMF/BMWi)
2018	Brigitte Zypries (BMWi)
2019 and 2021	Olaf Scholz (BMF)
2021 and 2023	Christian Lindner (BMF)
2022 and 2024	Dr Robert Habeck (BMWK)

1949 - 1952	Hermann Josef Abs
1952 - 1958	Otto Neubaur
1958 - 1971	Dr Herbert Martini
1971 - 1973	Dr Otto Rieck
1973 - 1979	Dr Hermann Müller
1980	Dr Alfred Becker
1980 - 1984	Dr Gerhard Götte¹ / Dr Ernst-Günther Bröder²
1984 - 1992	Dr Gerhard Götte¹ / Dr Richard Brantner²
1992 - 1995	Dr Gert Vogt¹ / Dr Richard Brantner²
1995 - 1999	Dr Gert Vogt
1999 - 2006	Hans W. Reich
2006 - 2008	Ingrid Matthäus-Maier
2008 - 2017	Dr Ulrich Schröder (CEO)
2018 - 2021	Dr Günther Bräunig (CEO)
since 2021	Stefan Wintels (CEO)

¹ Overall concerns of the bank

² Business area Financial Cooperation with developing countries

The Board of Supervisory Directors and its committees supervise the conduct of KfW's business and the administration of its assets.

The Executive Board conducts the business and administers the assets of KfW.

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