The Federal Ministry of the Treasury (German: Bundesschatzministerium) was a ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany charged with overseeing the economic possessions of the Federal government. It was founded in 1957 as the Federal Ministry of Federal Patrimony (German: Bundesministerium für wirtschaftlichen Besitz des Bundes) to replace the earlier Ministry for Economic Cooperation In 1961, under the auspices of minister , it was renamed Federal Ministry for the Treasury. In 1969, the ministry was dissolved and its functions transferred to the ministries of Finance and Economics.