History
The ministry was founded in 1955 as Federal Ministry for Atomic Issues, concentrating on research in the peaceful use of nuclear energy. The ministry was renamed in 1962 to Federal Ministry of Scientific Research, with a broader scope. It was renamed again, to Federal Ministry of Education and Science, in 1969, a name that it kept until its merger with the Federal Ministry of Research and Technology in 1994.
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