Leadership
The Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) is headed by the Minister, Mr Dirk Niebel, the Parliamentary State Secretary, Ms Gudrun Kopp, and the State Secretary, Mr Hans-Jürgen Beerfeltz.
Four divisions report directly to them: the division for press and public relations, the division for parliamentary and cabinet affairs, the division for basic principles, concepts and planning of development policy, and the division for protocol and translation and interpreting services.