List of Ministers-President of Thuringia
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The Ministers-President
of Thuringia
since 1920 have been:
Minister-President
A minister-president is the head of government in a number of European countries or subnational governments, in which a parliamentary or semi-presidential system of government prevails, who presides over the council of ministers...
of Thuringia
Thuringia
The Free State of Thuringia is a state of Germany, located in the central part of the country.It has an area of and 2.29 million inhabitants, making it the sixth smallest by area and the fifth smallest by population of Germany's sixteen states....
since 1920 have been:
Minister-presidents of Thuringia | |||||
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No. | Name | Born-Died | Party affiliation | Begin of Tenure | End of Tenure |
1 |
Arnold Paulssen | 1864–1942 | DDP | 1920 | 1921 |
2 |
August Frölich | 1867–1964 | SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany The Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social-democratic political party in Germany... |
1921 | 1923 |
3 |
Richard Leutheußer | 1867–1945 | DVP German People's Party The German People's Party was a national liberal party in Weimar Germany and a successor to the National Liberal Party of the German Empire.-Ideology:... |
1924 | 1928 |
4 |
Arnold Paulssen | 1864–1942 | DDP | 1928 | 1930 |
5 |
Erwin Baum | 1868–1950 | Landbund Agricultural League The Agricultural League was a German agrarian political party during the Weimar Republic. It was led by landowners with property east of the Elbe and was allied with the German National People's Party.... |
1930 | 1932 |
6 |
Fritz Sauckel Fritz Sauckel Ernst Friedrich Christoph "Fritz" Sauckel was a Nazi war criminal, who organized the systematic enslavement of millions from lands occupied by Nazi Germany... |
1894–1946 | NSDAP | 1932 | 1933 |
7 |
Willy Marschler | 1893–1952 | NSDAP | 1933 | 1945 |
8 |
Hermann Brill Hermann Brill thumb|Dr. Hermann BrillDr. Hermann Louis Brill was a German doctor of law and a politician .- Biography :... |
1895–1959 | SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany The Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social-democratic political party in Germany... |
1945 | 1945 |
9 |
Rudolf Paul Rudolf Paul Dr. Rudolf Paul was a German politician.He studied law in Berlin and Leipzig and practiced as a lawyer in Gera. He was a member of the German Democratic Party until its dissolution in 1933. Under the Nazi Regime, he was banned from his profession.Paul was appointed as mayor of Gera on May 7, 1945... |
1893–1978 | None/LDPD Liberal Democratic Party of Germany The Liberal Democratic Party of Germany ) was a political party in East Germany. Like the other allied parties of the SED in the National Front it had 52 representatives in the Volkskammer.-Foundation:... |
1945 | 1947 |
10 |
Werner Eggerath Werner Eggerath Werner Eggerath was an East German author and communist politician. He was a member of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany and its first secretary in Thuringia from 21 April 1946 to 1947, already having held that position in the Communist Party of Germany before its merger into the SED... |
1900–1977 | SED Socialist Unity Party of Germany The Socialist Unity Party of Germany was the governing party of the German Democratic Republic from its formation on 7 October 1949 until the elections of March 1990. The SED was a communist political party with a Marxist-Leninist ideology... |
1947 | 1952 |
From 1952 until 1990, State of Thuringia was abolished. | |||||
11 |
Josef Duchac Josef Duchac Josef Duchac is a German politician .The studied chemical engineer became a member of the East German Christian Democratic Union in 1957... |
*1938 | CDU | 1990 | 1992 |
12 |
Bernhard Vogel | *1932 | CDU | 1992 | 2003 |
13 |
Dieter Althaus Dieter Althaus Dieter Althaus is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union .Althaus was teaching Physics and Mathematics at the Polytechnic Secondary School in Geismar, Thuringia, from 1983 to 1989, where he became deputy headteacher in 1987.Since 1985 Althaus has been a member of the CDU, remaining... |
*1958 | CDU | 2003 | 2009 |
14 |
Christine Lieberknecht Christine Lieberknecht Christine Lieberknecht is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union . She currently serves as minister-president of the state of Thuringia since 2009, and as chairwoman of the CDU state party in Thuringia.... |
*1958 | CDU | 2009 | incumbent |
See also
- ThuringiaThuringiaThe Free State of Thuringia is a state of Germany, located in the central part of the country.It has an area of and 2.29 million inhabitants, making it the sixth smallest by area and the fifth smallest by population of Germany's sixteen states....
- Landtag of ThuringiaLandtag of ThuringiaThe Landtag of Thuringia is the state diet of the German federal state of Thuringia. It convenes in Erfurt and currently consists of 88 members of three Parties...