Federal Ministry of Post and Telecommunications

As a result of the privatization of posts and telecommunications, it was dissolved on December 31, 1997. During its existence, the ministry was the highest authority within the German Federal Post Office. The postal directorates and other central intermediate authorities such as Central Postal Services Office, Central Telecommunications Services Office, Social Welfare Office of the German Federal Post Office were directly subordinate to it.

The Federal Ministry of Post and Telecommunications performed tasks in the field of postal and telecommunications services. It consisted of Policy, Strategy and Targets, Competition Control, Regulation, Licensing, Authorizations, Radio Frequency Matters, Standardization and Central Department.

The Federal Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications's area of responsibility included the following subordinate federal authorities:

• Deutsche Bundespost, headquartered in Bonn;
• Federal Office for Approvals in Telecommunications (BZT) in headquartered Saarbrücken;
• Federal Office for Posts and Telecommunications (BAPT), headquartered in Mainz.

With its dissolution on December 31, 1997, its responsibilities were divided between various agencies: the Federal Ministry of Finance took over the responsibility for issuing postage stamps, exercising voting rights attached to shares, and filling supervisory board mandates in public limited companies and managing the Federal Printing Office. and the Federal Ministry of Economics was responsible for representing German interests in the European Union, international frequency matters with effect from January 1, 1998. Responsibilities relating to the personnel of the former German Federal Post Office were transferred to the Federal Office for Posts and Telecommunications, including, in particular, the related institutions of the former German Federal Post Office such as the Postal Officials' Health Insurance Fund, the Recreation Fund of the German Federal Post Office, or the Postal Clothing Fund and the Accident Insurance Fund for Posts and Telecommunications. The non-sovereign part of the former Federal Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications and the Federal Office for Posts and Telecommunications were merged to form the Regulatory Authority for Telecommunications and Posts, which continues its responsibilities today as the Federal Network Agency responsible for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Posts and Railways.

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