List of Minister-Presidents of Bavaria
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This is a list of the men who have served in the capacity of Minister President or equivalent office in Bavaria
from the 17th century to the present:
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...
from the 17th century to the present:
Geheime Ratskanzler
- Johann Rudolf von Wämpl 1695-1704
- Vacant 1704-1714
- Baron Franz Xaver Josef von UnertlFranz Xaver Josef von UnertlFranz Xaver Josef Baron of von Unertl , was a Bavarian politician.Von Unertl was born in Munich. He served as Electoral Bavarian Privy Council Chancellor and Conference Minister. His role under the Austrian occupation during the Spanish Succession War remains dubious...
1726-1749 - Baron von Praidlohn 1749–1758
- Baron Wiguläus Xaverius Aloysius von Kreittmayr 1758-1790
Ministers of Foreign Affairs, since 1806 Ministers of the Royal House and of Foreign Affairs
Before 1849 Bavaria had no actual Prime Minister, but the Minister of Foreign Affairs was the most senior of the ministers.- Count Franz Joseph von Berchem 1745-1777
- Count Matthäus von Vieregg 1777-1799
- Count Maximilian 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...
1799-1817 - Count Heinrich Aloys von Reigersberg 1817-1825
- Baron Georg Friedrich von Zentner 1825-1832
- Friedrich August Koch 1832-1837
- 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...
1837-1847 - Baron Friedrich August von Zu Rhein 1847
- Prince Ludwig of Öttingen-Wallerstein 1847-1848
- Count Klemens von Waldkirch March 14, 1848-April 29, 1848
- Count Otto von Bray-SteinburgCount Otto von Bray-SteinburgOtto Kamillus Hugo Gabriel Count of Bray-Steinburg was a Bavarian politician. He was a son of the diplomat François Gabriel Count of Bray who was of French origin.- Biography :...
1848-1849 (1st term)
Chairmen of the Council of Ministers
The office of Chairman of the Council of Ministers was established in 1849. With one exception (1880-1890), the Chairman was always the Foreign Minister.- Baron Karl Ludwig von der PfordtenBaron Karl Ludwig von der PfordtenLudwig Karl Heinrich Freiherr von der Pfordten was a Saxon and Bavarian attorney and politician.- Biography :...
1849-1859 (1st term) - Baron Karl von Schrenck 1859-1864
- Max Ritter von Neumayr 1864
- Baron Karl Ludwig von der Pfordten 1864-1866 (2nd term)
- Prince Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst 1866-1870
- Count Otto von Bray-SteinburgCount Otto von Bray-SteinburgOtto Kamillus Hugo Gabriel Count of Bray-Steinburg was a Bavarian politician. He was a son of the diplomat François Gabriel Count of Bray who was of French origin.- Biography :...
1870-1871 (2nd term) - Baron Friedrich von Hegnenberg-Dux 1871-1872
- Adolph von PfretzschnerAdolph von PfretzschnerAdolf Freiherr von Pfretzschner was a Bavarian politician.Pfretzschner studied law in Munich and was subsequently employed at the administrations of Upper Bavaria and Middle Franconia. In 1849, he joined the Bavarian ministry of Finance...
1872-1880 - Baron Johann von Lutz 1880-1890
- Baron Krafft von Crailsheim 1890-1903
- Count Clemens von Podewils-Dürnitz 1903-1912
- Count Georg von Hertling 1912-1917
- Otto Ritter von DandlOtto Ritter von DandlOtto Ritter von Dandl was the last Minister-President of the Kingdom of Bavaria.-Life:Otto Ritter von Dandl was born in Straubing, Lower Bavaria, in 1868, his parents being Georg Ritter von Dandl and Karoline Weninger. He studied law and graduated in 1890. He entered the Bavarian government...
1917-1918
Ministers-President of the Free State of Bavaria
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| Kurt Eisner Kurt Eisner Kurt Eisner was a Bavarian politician and journalist. As a German socialist journalist and statesman, he organized the Socialist Revolution that overthrew the Wittelsbach monarchy in Bavaria in November 1918.... |
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8 November 1918 - 21 February 1919 |
Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany The Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany was a short-lived political party in Germany during the Second Reich and the Weimar Republic. The organization was established in 1917 as the result of a split of left wing members of the Social Democratic Party of Germany... |
| Johannes Hoffmann Johannes Hoffmann Johannes Hoffmann was a Bavarian Minister-President and member of the SPD.-Life:Born in Ilbesheim, near Landau, his parents were Peter Hoffmann and Maria Eva Keller... |
17 March 1919 - 16 March 1920 |
Social Democratic Party of Germany Social Democratic Party of Germany The Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social-democratic political party in Germany... |
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| Gustav Ritter von Kahr Gustav Ritter von Kahr Gustav Ritter von Kahr was a German right-wing conservative politician, active in the state of Bavaria... |
16 March 1920 - 21 September 1921 |
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| Hugo Graf von und zu Lerchenfeld auf Köfering und Schönberg Hugo Graf von und zu Lerchenfeld auf Köfering und Schönberg Hugo Max Graf von und zu Lerchenfeld auf Köfering und Schönberg , known as Graf von Lerchenfeld-Köfering for short, was a conservative politician and the Prime Minister of Bavaria from 1921 to 1922... |
21 September 1921 - 8 November 1922 |
Bavarian People's Party Bavarian People's Party The Bavarian People's Party was the Bavarian branch of the Centre Party, which broke off from the rest of the party in 1919 to pursue a more conservative, more Catholic, more Bavarian particularist course... |
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| Eugen Ritter von Knilling Eugen von Knilling Eugen Ritter von Knilling was the Prime Minister of Bavaria from 1922 to 1924.-Life:Knilling had originally studied law at the university of Munich. From 1912 to 1918 he served as the minister for education in the government of the Kingdom of Bavaria. From 1920 to 1922, he was a member of the... |
8 November 1922 - 1 July 1924 |
Bavarian People's Party Bavarian People's Party The Bavarian People's Party was the Bavarian branch of the Centre Party, which broke off from the rest of the party in 1919 to pursue a more conservative, more Catholic, more Bavarian particularist course... |
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| Gustav Ritter von Kahr Gustav Ritter von Kahr Gustav Ritter von Kahr was a German right-wing conservative politician, active in the state of Bavaria... |
Generalstaatskommissar 25 September 1923 - 17 February 1924 |
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| Heinrich Held Heinrich Held Heinrich Held was a Catholic politician and Minister President of Bavaria. He was forced out of office by the Nazi takeover in Germany in 1933.-Life:... |
2 July 1924 - 9 March 1933 |
Bavarian People's Party Bavarian People's Party The Bavarian People's Party was the Bavarian branch of the Centre Party, which broke off from the rest of the party in 1919 to pursue a more conservative, more Catholic, more Bavarian particularist course... |
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| Franz Ritter von Epp | Reichkomissar 10 March - 10 April 1933 Reichsstatthalter 10 April 1933 - April 1945 |
National Socialist German Workers' Party | |
| Ludwig Siebert Ludwig Siebert (politician) Ludwig Siebert was a Nazi politician and Bavarian prime minister from 1933 to 1942.-Life:... |
12 April 1933 - 1 November 1942 |
National Socialist German Workers' Party | |
| Paul Giesler Paul Giesler Paul Giesler was a member of the NSDAP, from 1941 NSDAP Gauleiter of Westphalia-South and as of 1942 also acting Gauleiter of the Gau Munich-Upper Bavaria... |
2 November 1942 - 29 April 1945 |
National Socialist German Workers' Party | |
| Fritz Schäffer Fritz Schäffer Fritz Schäffer was a German politician for the Bavarian People's Party and the Christian Social Union . In 1945 he became the first Bavarian Minister-President after World War II... |
28 May 1945 - 28 September 1945 |
Christian Social Union of Bavaria 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... |
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| Wilhelm Hoegner Wilhelm Hoegner Wilhelm 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.... |
28 September 1945 - 16 December 1946 |
Social Democratic Party of Germany Social Democratic Party of Germany The Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social-democratic political party in Germany... |
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| Hans Ehard Hans Ehard Hans Ehard was a German lawyer and politician, a member of the Christian Social Union party.-Life:... |
21 December 1946 - 14 December 1954 |
Christian Social Union of Bavaria 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... |
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| Wilhelm Hoegner Wilhelm Hoegner Wilhelm 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.... |
14 December 1954 - 8 October 1957 |
Social Democratic Party of Germany Social Democratic Party of Germany The Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social-democratic political party in Germany... |
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| Hanns Seidel Hanns Seidel Hanns Seidel was a German politician and Bavarian prime minister from 1957 to 1960. He belonged to the conservative Christian Social Union of Bavaria party.-Life:... |
16 October 1957 - 22 January 1960 |
Christian Social Union of Bavaria 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... |
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| Hans Ehard Hans Ehard Hans Ehard was a German lawyer and politician, a member of the Christian Social Union party.-Life:... |
26 January 1960 - 11 December 1962 |
Christian Social Union of Bavaria 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... |
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| Alfons Goppel Alfons Goppel Alfons Goppel was a German politician of the CSU party and Prime Minister of Bavaria .-Life:... |
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11 December 1962 - 6 November 1978 |
Christian Social Union of Bavaria 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... |
| Franz Josef Strauss | 6 November 1978 - 3 October 1988 |
Christian Social Union of Bavaria 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... |
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| Max Streibl Max Streibl Max Streibl was a German politician of the CSU party and former Minister President of Bavaria.-Life:Max Streibel was born in Oberammergau in 1932, where his parents owned a hotel business... |
19 October 1988 - 27 May 1993 |
Christian Social Union of Bavaria 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... |
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| Edmund Stoiber Edmund Stoiber Edmund Rüdiger Stoiber is a German politician, former minister-president of the state of Bavaria and former chairman of the Christian Social Union... |
28 May 1993 - 30 September 2007 |
Christian Social Union of Bavaria 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... |
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| Günther Beckstein Günther Beckstein Günther Beckstein is a Bavarian CSU politician and was Minister-President of Bavaria from 9 October 2007 to 27 October 2008... |
9 October 2007 - 27 October 2008 |
Christian Social Union of Bavaria 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... |
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| Horst Seehofer Horst Seehofer Horst Lorenz Seehofer is a German politician . He was Federal Minister for Health and Social Security from 1992 to 1998 and served as Federal Minister of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection in the cabinet of Angela Merkel from 2005 to 2008... |
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27 October 2008 - Present |
Christian Social Union of Bavaria 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... |