Ejector seat in the Ministry of Defense: From Scharping via Guttenberg to Lambrecht. As of: January 30, 2024, 5:23 p.m By: Christian Stör CommentsPressSplit The defense department is more difficult to run than any other ministries.

In recent years, many incumbents have failed. A chronicle in pictures of the last nine defense ministers. The list includes: Peter Struck, Ursula von der Leyen, Thomas de Maizière and Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer.