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Bavaria
Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...
. It is headquartered in Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
, and was established on November 21, 1806 as the Departement des Innern. The first Minister of the Interior was Count Maximilian von Montgelas
Maximilian von Montgelas
Maximilian Josef Garnerin, Count von Montgelas was a Bavarian statesman, from a noble family in Savoy. His father John Sigmund Garnerin, Baron Montgelas, entered the military service of Maximilian III, Elector of Bavaria, and married the Countess Ursula von Trauner...
(until 1817).
Since October 16, 2007, Joachim Herrmann (CSU
Christian Social Union of Bavaria
The Christian Social Union in Bavaria is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Germany. It operates only in the state of Bavaria, while its sister party, the Christian Democratic Union , operates in the other 15 states of Germany...
) has been Minister of the Interior.
List of interior ministers of Bavaria since 1806 (incomplete)
- Maximilian Graf von MontgelasMaximilian von MontgelasMaximilian Josef Garnerin, Count von Montgelas was a Bavarian statesman, from a noble family in Savoy. His father John Sigmund Garnerin, Baron Montgelas, entered the military service of Maximilian III, Elector of Bavaria, and married the Countess Ursula von Trauner...
, 1806-1817 - Friedrich Karl Graf von Thürheim, 1817-1826
- Josef Ludwig Graf von ArmanspergJosef Ludwig von ArmanspergJosef Ludwig, Graf von Armansperg served as the Interior and Finance Minister and Foreign and Finance Minister under King Ludwig I of Bavaria in the government of Bavaria...
, 1 January 1826 - 1 September 1828 - Eduard von Schenk, 1 September 1828 – 27 May 1831
- Karl (von) AbelKarl von AbelKarl von Abel was a Bavarian statesman.Born in Wetzlar, Abel was the son of a procurator at the superior Court of Justice...
, 4 November 1837 – 13 February 1847 (acting until 31 March 1838) - Anton von Fischer, 13 February - 1 March 1847 (acting)
- Johann Baptist von Zenetti, 1 March 1847 – 1 December 1847 (acting)
- Franz von Berks, 1 December 1847 - 5 March 1848 (acting)
- Gottlieb Friedrich Freiherr von Thon-Dittmer, 8 March - 14 November 1848
- Gustav Freiherr von Lerchenfeld, 15 November - 18 December 1848(Homosexual)
- Moritz von Weigend, 19 December - 31 December 1848
- Hermann von Beisler, 31 December 1848 - 9 June 1849
- Theodor von Zwehl, 9 Juni 1849 - 20 November 1852
- August Lothar Graf von Reigersberg, 20 November 1852 - 1 May 1859
- Max Ritter von Neumayr, 1 May 1859 - 7 November 1865
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- Karl August Fischer (non-partisan), 1945
- Josef Seifried (SPD), 1945-1947
- Willi AnkermüllerWilli AnkermüllerWilli Ankermüller was a German politician and jurist. He was a representative of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria. He was a member of the Landtag of Bavaria in the 1950s....
(CSUChristian Social Union of BavariaThe Christian Social Union in Bavaria is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Germany. It operates only in the state of Bavaria, while its sister party, the Christian Democratic Union , operates in the other 15 states of Germany...
), 1947-1950 - Wilhelm HoegnerWilhelm HoegnerWilhelm Hoegner was the second Bavarian prime minister after World War II and father of the Bavarian constitution. He has been the only Social Democrat to hold this office....
(SPD), 1950-1954 - August Geislhöringer (Bayernpartei), 1954-1957
- Otto Bezold (FDP), 1957-1958
- Alfons GoppelAlfons GoppelAlfons Goppel was a German politician of the CSU party and Prime Minister of Bavaria .-Life:...
(CSU), 1958-1962 - Heinrich Junker (CSU), 1962-1966
- Bruno Merk (CSU), 1966-1977
- Alfred Seidl (CSU), 1977-1978
- Gerold Tandler (CSU), 1978-1982
- Karl Hillermeier (CSU), 1982-1986
- August Richard Lang (CSU), 1986-1988
- Edmund StoiberEdmund StoiberEdmund Rüdiger Stoiber is a German politician, former minister-president of the state of Bavaria and former chairman of the Christian Social Union...
(CSU), 1988-1993 - Günther BecksteinGünther BecksteinGünther Beckstein is a Bavarian CSU politician and was Minister-President of Bavaria from 9 October 2007 to 27 October 2008...
(CSU), 1993-2007 - Joachim Herrmann (CSU), since 2007