List of current heads of government of the German federal states
The following is a list of heads of government of the sixteen states of Germany.
State | Portrait | Head of government[a] Date of birth | Party | Took office | Time in office | Election(s) | Current cabinet | |
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Baden-Württemberg | Winfried Kretschmann (1948-05-17) 17 May 1948 (age 76) | Greens | 12 May 2011 | 13 years, 129 days | 2021 2016 2011 | Kretschmann III | ||
Bavaria | Markus Söder (1967-01-05) 5 January 1967 (age 57) | CSU | 16 March 2018 | 6 years, 186 days | 2023 2018 | Söder III | ||
Berlin | Governing Mayor Kai Wegner (1972-09-15) 15 September 1972 (age 52) | CDU | 27 April 2023 | 1 year, 144 days | 2023 | Wegner | ||
Brandenburg | Dietmar Woidke (1961-10-22) 22 October 1961 (age 62) | SPD | 28 August 2013 | 11 years, 21 days | 2019 2014 | Woidke III | ||
Bremen | President of the Senate and Mayor Andreas Bovenschulte (1965-08-11) 11 August 1965 (age 59) | SPD | 15 August 2019 | 5 years, 34 days | 2023 2019 | Bovenschulte II | ||
Hamburg | First Mayor Peter Tschentscher (1966-01-20) 20 January 1966 (age 58) | SPD | 28 March 2018 | 6 years, 174 days | 2020 | Tschentscher II | ||
Hesse | Boris Rhein (1972-01-02) 2 January 1972 (age 52) | CDU | 31 May 2022 | 2 years, 110 days | 2023 | Rhein II | ||
Lower Saxony | Stephan Weil (1958-12-15) 15 December 1958 (age 65) | SPD | 19 February 2013 | 11 years, 212 days | 2022 2017 2013 | Weil III | ||
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Manuela Schwesig (1974-05-23) 23 May 1974 (age 50) | SPD | 4 July 2017 | 7 years, 76 days | 2021 | Schwesig II | ||
North Rhine-Westphalia | Hendrik Wüst (1975-07-19) 19 July 1975 (age 49) | CDU | 27 October 2021 | 2 years, 327 days | 2022 | Wüst II | ||
Rhineland-Palatinate | Alexander Schweitzer (1973-09-17) 17 September 1973 (age 51) | SPD | 10 July 2024 | 70 days | 2021 | Schweitzer | ||
Saarland | Anke Rehlinger (1976-04-06) 6 April 1976 (age 48) | SPD | 25 April 2022 | 2 years, 146 days | 2022 | Rehlinger | ||
Saxony | Michael Kretschmer (1975-05-07) 7 May 1975 (age 49) | CDU | 13 December 2017 | 6 years, 280 days | 2019 | Kretschmer II | ||
Saxony-Anhalt | Reiner Haseloff (1954-02-19) 19 February 1954 (age 70) | CDU | 19 April 2011 | 13 years, 152 days | 2021 2016 2011 | Haseloff III | ||
Schleswig-Holstein | Daniel Günther (1973-07-24) 24 July 1973 (age 51) | CDU | 28 June 2017 | 7 years, 82 days | 2022 2017 | Günther II | ||
Thuringia | Bodo Ramelow (1956-02-16) 16 February 1956 (age 68) | The Left | 4 March 2020 | 9 years, 260 days[b] | 2019 2014 | Ramelow II |
Current deputy minister presidents
See also
Notes
- ^ All heads of government are styled "Minister-President" unless otherwise indicated.
- ^ Ramelow had already been Minister-President of Thuringia from December 2014 to February 2020.
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- Winfried Kretschmann (Baden-Württemberg)
- Markus Söder (Bavaria)
- Kai Wegner (Berlin)
- Dietmar Woidke (Brandenburg)
- Andreas Bovenschulte (Bremen)
- Peter Tschentscher (Hamburg)
- Boris Rhein (Hesse)
- Stephan Weil (Lower Saxony)
- Manuela Schwesig (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)
- Hendrik Wüst (North Rhine-Westphalia)
- Alexander Schweitzer (Rhineland-Palatinate)
- Anke Rehlinger (Saarland)
- Michael Kretschmer (Saxony)
- Reiner Haseloff (Saxony-Anhalt)
- Daniel Günther (Schleswig-Holstein)
- Bodo Ramelow (Thuringia)