List of ministers-president 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

Ministers-President of the Grand Duchy of Baden (1809–1918)

• 1809–1810: Sigismund von Reitzenstein
• 181000000: Conrad Karl Friedrich von Andlau-Birseck
• 1810–1812: Christian Heinrich Gayling von Altheim
• 1812–1817: Karl Christian von Berckheim
• 1817–1818: Sigismund von Reitzenstein
• 1818–1831: Wilhelm Ludwig Leopold Reinhard von Berstett
• 1832–1833: Sigismund von Reitzenstein
• 1833–1838: Ludwig Georg von Winter
• 1838–1839: Karl Friedrich Nebenius
• 1839–1843: Friedrich Landolin Karl von Blittersdorf
• 1843–1845: Christian Friedrich von Boeckh
• 1845–1846: Karl Friedrich Nebenius
• 1846–1848: Johann Baptist Bekk
• 1848–1849: Karl Georg Hoffmann
• 1849–1850: Friedrich Adolf Klüber
• 1850–1856: Ludwig Rüdt von Collenberg-Bödigheim
• 1856–1860: Franz von Stengel
• 1861–1866: Anton Stabel
• 1866–1868: Karl Mathy
• 1868–1876: Julius Jolly
• 1876–1893: Ludwig Karl Friedrich Turban
• 1893–1901: Franz Wilhelm Nokk
• 1901–1905: Carl Ludwig Wilhelm Arthur von Brauer
• 1905–1917: Alexander von Dusch
• 1917–1918: Heinrich von Bodman

Presidents of the Republic of Baden (1918–1945)

Political party:       SPD       Zentrum       DDP       NSDAP

Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party
			Took office	Left office	Days
	80px	Anton Geiss (1858–1944)	10 November 1918	14 August 1920		Social Democratic Party of Germany
	80px	Gustav Trunk (1871–1936) First term	14 August 1920	23 November 1921		Centre Party
	80px	Hermann Hummel (1876–1952)	23 November 1921	23 November 1922		German Democratic Party
	80px	Adam Remmele (1877–1951) First term	23 November 1922	23 November 1923		Social Democratic Party of Germany
	80px	Heinrich Köhler (1878–1949) First term	23 November 1923	23 November 1924		Centre Party
	80px	Willy Hellpach (1877–1955)	23 November 1924	23 November 1925		German Democratic Party
	80px	Gustav Trunk (1871–1936) Second term	23 November 1925	23 November 1926		Centre Party
	80px	Heinrich Köhler (1878–1949) Second term	23 November 1926	3 February 1927		Centre Party
	80px	Gustav Trunk (1871–1936) Third term	3 February 1927	23 November 1927		Centre Party
	80px	Adam Remmele (1877–1951) Second term	23 November 1927	23 November 1928		Social Democratic Party of Germany
		Josef Schmitt (1874–1939) First term	23 November 1928	20 November 1930		Centre Party
		Franz Josef Wittemann (1866–1931)	20 November 1930	10 September 1931		Centre Party
		Josef Schmitt (1874–1939) Second term	10 September 1931	11 March 1933		Centre Party
	80px	Robert Heinrich Wagner (1895–1946)	Reichkomissar			Nazi Party
			8 March 1933	11 March 1933
			Präsident
			11 March 1933	8 May 1933
			Reichsstatthalter
			5 May 1933	29 April 1945
	80px	Walter Köhler (1897–1989)	Ministerpräsident			Nazi Party
			8 May 1933	4 April 1945

Württemberg

Ministers-President of the Kingdom of Württemberg (1821–1918)

• 1821–1831: Christian Friedrich von Otto
• 1831–1848: Paul Friedrich Theodor Eugen Reichsfreiherr von Maucler
• 1848–1849: Friedrich von Römer
• 1849–1850: Johannes von Schlayer
• 1850–1864: Joseph Freiherr von Linden
• 1864–1870: Karl Friedrich Gottlob Freiherr von Varnbüler von und zu Hemmingen
• 1870–1871: Adolf Graf von Taube (acting)
• 1871–1873: Johann August Freiherr von Wächter
• 1873–1900: Hermann Freiherr von Mittnacht
• 1900–1901: Max Freiherr Schott von Schottenstein
• 1901–1906: Wilhelm August von Breitling
• 1906–1918: Karl Freiherr von Weizsäcker
• 191800000: Theodor Liesching

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

Political party:       SPD       DDP       DNVP       Zentrum       NSDAP       None

Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party
			Took office	Left office	Days
	80px	Wilhelm Blos (1849–1927)	9 November 1918	23 June 1920		Social Democratic Party of Germany
	80px	Johannes von Hieber (1862–1951)	23 June 1920	8 April 1924		German Democratic Party
		Edmund Rau (1868–1953) Acting	8 April 1924	3 June 1924		Non-partisan
	80px	Wilhelm Bazille (1874–1934)	3 June 1924	8 June 1928		German National People's Party
	80px	Eugen Bolz (1881–1945)	8 June 1928	15 March 1933		Centre Party
	80px	Wilhelm Murr (1888–1945)	Reichskommissar			Nazi Party
			8 March 1933	15 March 1933
			Präsident
			15 March 1933	12 May 1933
			Reichsstatthalter
			5 May 1933	20 April 1945
	80px	Christian Mergenthaler (1884–1980)	12 May 1933	April 1945	c. 4360	Nazi Party

Three States (1945–1952)

Minister-President of Württemberg-Baden

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	80px	Reinhold Maier (1889–1971)	19 September 1945	23 May 1949		Free Democratic Party
Württemberg-Baden (1949–1952)
State of the Federal Republic of Germany
1	80px	Reinhold Maier (1889–1971)	23 May 1949	25 April 1952		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

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	80px	Carlo Schmid (1896–1979)	16 October 1945	22 July 1947		Social Democratic Party of Germany
2	80px	Lorenz Bock (1883–1948)	22 July 1947	3 August 1948 †		Christian Democratic Union
–	85px	Carlo Schmid (1896–1979) Acting	4 August 1948	13 August 1948		Social Democratic Party of Germany
3	80px	Gebhard Müller (1900–1990)	13 August 1948	23 May 1949		Christian Democratic Union
Württemberg-Hohenzollern (1949–1952)
State of the Federal Republic of Germany
(3)	80px	Gebhard Müller (1900–1990)	23 May 1949	25 April 1952		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

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	80px	Leo Wohleb (1888–1955)	3 December 1946	23 May 1949		Baden Christian Social People's Party (until 1947) Christian Democratic Union (from 1947)
Baden (1949–1952)
State of the Federal Republic of Germany
(1)	80px	Leo Wohleb (1888–1955)	23 May 1949	25 April 1952		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)

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	80px	Reinhold Maier (1889–1971)	25 April 1952	30 September 1953 (resigned)		Free Democratic Party
2	80px	Gebhard Müller (1900–1990)	30 September 1953	17 December 1958 (resigned)		Christian Democratic Union
3		Kurt Georg Kiesinger (1904–1988)	17 December 1958	1 December 1966 (resigned to become Chancellor)		Christian Democratic Union
4		Hans Filbinger (1913–2007)	16 December 1966	30 August 1978 (resigned)		Christian Democratic Union
5	80px	Lothar Späth (1937–2016)	30 August 1978	22 January 1991 (resigned)		Christian Democratic Union
6		Erwin Teufel (born 1939)	22 January 1991	21 April 2005 (resigned)		Christian Democratic Union
7	80px	Günther Oettinger (born 1953)	21 April 2005	10 February 2010 (resigned)		Christian Democratic Union
8	80px	Stefan Mappus (born 1966)	10 February 2010	12 May 2011		Christian Democratic Union
9		Winfried Kretschmann (born 1948)	12 May 2011	Incumbent		Alliance 90/The Greens

See also

• List of rulers of Baden
• List of rulers of Württemberg