Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development

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cabinet position federal ministerial office

The Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development is the German cabinet member responsible for shaping and overseeing the country’s development policy and international aid programs.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Bundesminister für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung	1
Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development canonical	1
Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3721253 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development
Context triple: [Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (Germany), politicalLeaderTitle, Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development]

A. Federal Minister for Economic Affairs of Germany
The Federal Minister for Economic Affairs of Germany is the cabinet-level government official responsible for shaping and overseeing the country’s economic policy, including competition, industry, and energy matters.
B. Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany
The Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany is the cabinet-level official responsible for directing the country’s foreign policy and representing Germany in international diplomacy.
C. Commissioner for Economic Affairs
The Commissioner for Economic Affairs is a senior African Union official responsible for guiding and coordinating the continent’s economic policy, integration, and development strategies.
D. Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
The Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs is a senior U.S. State Department official responsible for overseeing international economic policy, trade, and financial relations.
E. Federal Minister of Finance of Germany
The Federal Minister of Finance of Germany is the cabinet-level government official responsible for overseeing the country’s federal budget, taxation, and overall fiscal and economic policy.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development
Target entity description: The Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development is the German cabinet member responsible for shaping and overseeing the country’s development policy and international aid programs.

A. Federal Minister for Economic Affairs of Germany
The Federal Minister for Economic Affairs of Germany is the cabinet-level government official responsible for shaping and overseeing the country’s economic policy, including competition, industry, and energy matters.
B. Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany
The Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany is the cabinet-level official responsible for directing the country’s foreign policy and representing Germany in international diplomacy.
C. Commissioner for Economic Affairs
The Commissioner for Economic Affairs is a senior African Union official responsible for guiding and coordinating the continent’s economic policy, integration, and development strategies.
D. Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
The Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs is a senior U.S. State Department official responsible for overseeing international economic policy, trade, and financial relations.
E. Federal Minister of Finance of Germany
The Federal Minister of Finance of Germany is the cabinet-level government official responsible for overseeing the country’s federal budget, taxation, and overall fiscal and economic policy.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cabinet position ⓘ federal ministerial office ⓘ
appointedBy	Federal President of Germany ⓘ linked to: President of Germany
country	Germany ⓘ
heads	Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development ⓘ linked to: Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (Germany)
inception	1961 ⓘ
jurisdiction	Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ linked to: Germany
legalBasis	Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ federal ministerial laws and regulations ⓘ
memberOf	German Federal Cabinet ⓘ
nativeLabel	Bundesminister für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung ⓘ linked to: Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development
nominatedBy	Federal Chancellor of Germany ⓘ linked to: Chancellor of Germany
oversees	Germany’s bilateral aid projects ⓘ Germany’s contributions to multilateral development institutions ⓘ implementation of Germany’s development cooperation budget ⓘ
participatesIn	European Union development policy coordination ⓘ OECD Development Assistance Committee activities ⓘ international development policy forums ⓘ
partOf	Federal Government of Germany ⓘ
policyArea	climate and environmental aspects of development policy ⓘ development cooperation ⓘ global health and education in partner countries ⓘ humanitarian assistance coordination ⓘ poverty reduction ⓘ sustainable development ⓘ
portfolioIncludes	bilateral development cooperation ⓘ coordination with international development organizations ⓘ development policy strategy ⓘ management of German development banks and agencies oversight ⓘ multilateral development cooperation ⓘ
predecessorOffice	Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation ⓘ
reportsTo	Federal Chancellor of Germany ⓘ linked to: Chancellor of Germany German Federal Cabinet ⓘ
responsibleFor	German development policy ⓘ German foreign aid programs ⓘ German international development cooperation ⓘ coordination of German official development assistance ⓘ
seat	Berlin ⓘ Bonn ⓘ
style	Federal Minister ⓘ
termLength	indeterminate; tied to confidence of Bundestag and Federal Chancellor ⓘ
worksWith	Federal Foreign Office of Germany ⓘ linked to: German Foreign Office Federal Ministry of Finance of Germany ⓘ linked to: Federal Ministry of Finance international development agencies ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (Germany) → politicalLeaderTitle → Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development ⓘ

Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development → nativeLabel → Bundesminister für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung ⓘ

linked to: Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development

Erhard Eppler → positionHeld → Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany ⓘ