List of minister-presidents of Baden-Württemberg

This is a list of the men who have served in the capacity of Minister-President or equivalent office in Baden, Württemberg and Baden-Württemberg from the 19th century to the present.

Baden

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Minister-Presidents of the Grand Duchy of Baden (1809–1918)

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Presidents of the Republic of Baden (1918–1945)

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Political party:   SPD   Zentrum   DDP   NSDAP

Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political party
Took office Left office Days
  Anton Geiss
(1858–1944)
10 November 1918 14 August 1920 643 Social Democratic Party of Germany
  Gustav Trunk
(1871–1936)
First term
14 August 1920 23 November 1921 466 Centre Party
  Hermann Hummel
(1876–1952)
23 November 1921 23 November 1922 365 German Democratic Party
  Adam Remmele
(1877–1951)
First term
23 November 1922 23 November 1923 365 Social Democratic Party of Germany
  Heinrich Köhler
(1878–1949)
First term
23 November 1923 23 November 1924 366 Centre Party
  Willy Hellpach
(1877–1955)
23 November 1924 23 November 1925 365 German Democratic Party
  Gustav Trunk
(1871–1936)
Second term
23 November 1925 23 November 1926 365 Centre Party
  Heinrich Köhler
(1878–1949)
Second term
23 November 1926 3 February 1927 72 Centre Party
  Gustav Trunk
(1871–1936)
Third term
3 February 1927 23 November 1927 293 Centre Party
  Adam Remmele
(1877–1951)
Second term
23 November 1927 23 November 1928 366 Social Democratic Party of Germany
  Josef Schmitt [de]
(1874–1939)
First term
23 November 1928 20 November 1930 727 Centre Party
  Franz Josef Wittemann [de]
(1866–1931)
20 November 1930 10 September 1931 294 Centre Party
  Josef Schmitt [de]
(1874–1939)
Second term
10 September 1931 11 March 1933 548 Centre Party
  Robert Heinrich Wagner
(1895–1946)
Reichkomissar 3 Nazi Party
8 March 1933 11 March 1933
Präsident 58
11 March 1933 8 May 1933
Reichsstatthalter 4377
5 May 1933 29 April 1945
  Walter Köhler
(1897–1989)
Ministerpräsident 4349 Nazi Party
8 May 1933 4 April 1945

Württemberg

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Minister-Presidents of the Kingdom of Württemberg (1821–1918)

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Presidents of the Free People's State of Württemberg (1918–1945)

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Political party:   SPD   DDP   DNVP   Zentrum   NSDAP   None

Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political party
Took office Left office Days
  Wilhelm Blos
(1849–1927)
9 November 1918 23 June 1920 592 Social Democratic Party of Germany
  Johannes von Hieber [de]
(1862–1951)
23 June 1920 8 April 1924 1385 German Democratic Party
  Edmund Rau [de]
(1868–1953)
Acting
8 April 1924 3 June 1924 56 Non-partisan
  Wilhelm Bazille
(1874–1934)
3 June 1924 8 June 1928 1466 German National People's Party
  Eugen Bolz
(1881–1945)
8 June 1928 15 March 1933 1741 Centre Party
  Wilhelm Murr
(1888–1945)
Reichskommissar 7 Nazi Party
8 March 1933 15 March 1933
Präsident 58
15 March 1933 12 May 1933
Reichsstatthalter 4368
5 May 1933 20 April 1945
  Christian Mergenthaler
(1884–1980)
12 May 1933 April 1945 c. 4360 Nazi Party

Three States (1945–1952)

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Minister-President of Württemberg-Baden

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Political party:   FDP   SPD   CDU

Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political party
Took office Left office Days
Württemberg-Baden (1945–1949)
American-occupied zone of Germany
1   Reinhold Maier
(1889–1971)
19 September 1945 23 May 1949 1342 Free Democratic Party
Württemberg-Baden (1949–1952)
State of the Federal Republic of Germany
1   Reinhold Maier
(1889–1971)
23 May 1949 25 April 1952 1068 Free Democratic Party
The state of Württemberg-Baden was dissolved on 25 April 1952 and with the merge of Württemberg-Hohenzollern and Baden re-founded as the new federal state of Baden-Württemberg.

Minister-President of Württemberg-Hohenzollern

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Political party:   SPD   CDU

Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political party
Took office Left office Days
Württemberg-Hohenzollern (1945–1949)
French occupation zone in Germany
1   Carlo Schmid
(1896–1979)
16 October 1945 22 July 1947 644 Social Democratic Party of Germany
2   Lorenz Bock
(1883–1948)
22 July 1947 3 August 1948 † 378 Christian Democratic Union
  Carlo Schmid
(1896–1979)
Acting
4 August 1948 13 August 1948 9 Social Democratic Party of Germany
3   Gebhard Müller
(1900–1990)
13 August 1948 23 May 1949 283 Christian Democratic Union
Württemberg-Hohenzollern (1949–1952)
State of the Federal Republic of Germany
(3)   Gebhard Müller
(1900–1990)
23 May 1949 25 April 1952 1068 Christian Democratic Union
The state of Württemberg-Hohenzollern was dissolved on 25 April 1952 and with the merge of Württemberg-Baden and Baden re-founded as the new federal state of Baden-Württemberg.

President of (South) Baden

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Political party:   CDU

Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political party
Took office Left office Days
South Baden (1945–1946)
Baden (1946–1949)
French occupation zone in Germany
For the first year of its existence, the state was directly governed by the French military administration.
1   Leo Wohleb [de]
(1888–1955)
3 December 1946 23 May 1949 902 Baden Christian Social People's Party
(until 1947)
Christian Democratic Union
(from 1947)
Baden (1949–1952)
State of the Federal Republic of Germany
(1)   Leo Wohleb [de]
(1888–1955)
23 May 1949 25 April 1952 1068 Christian Democratic Union
The state of Baden was dissolved on 25 April 1952 and with the merge of Württemberg-Baden and Württemberg-Hohenzollern re-founded as the new federal state of Baden-Württemberg.

Baden-Württemberg (1952–present)

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Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg

Political party:   FDP   CDU   Green

Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political party
Took office Left office Days
Baden-Württemberg (1952–present)
State of the Federal Republic of Germany
1   Reinhold Maier
(1889–1971)
25 April 1952 30 September 1953
(resigned)
523 Free Democratic Party
2   Gebhard Müller
(1900–1990)
30 September 1953 17 December 1958
(resigned)
1904 Christian Democratic Union
3   Kurt Georg Kiesinger
(1904–1988)
17 December 1958 1 December 1966
(resigned to become Chancellor)
2906 Christian Democratic Union
4   Hans Filbinger
(1913–2007)
16 December 1966 30 August 1978
(resigned)
4275 Christian Democratic Union
5   Lothar Späth
(1937–2016)
30 August 1978 22 January 1991
(resigned)
4528 Christian Democratic Union
6   Erwin Teufel
(born 1939)
22 January 1991 21 April 2005
(resigned)
5203 Christian Democratic Union
7   Günther Oettinger
(born 1953)
21 April 2005 10 February 2010
(resigned)
1756 Christian Democratic Union
8   Stefan Mappus
(born 1966)
10 February 2010 12 May 2011 456 Christian Democratic Union
9   Winfried Kretschmann
(born 1948)
12 May 2011 Incumbent 4975 Alliance 90/The Greens

See also

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