List of Ministers-President 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:

Contents

Geheime Ratskanzler [edit]

Privy Council chancellors (Geheime Ratskanzler) were:

  • Johann Rudolf von Wämpl 1695-1704
  • Vacant 1704-1714
  • Baron Franz Xaver Josef von Unertl 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 [edit]

Before 1849 Bavaria had no actual head of government, but the Minister of Foreign Affairs was the most senior of the ministers.

Chairmen of the Council of Ministers [edit]

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.

Ministers-President of the Free State of Bavaria [edit]

Name Picture Period of office Party
Kurt Eisner KurtEisner.jpg 8 November 1918 -
21 February 1919
Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany
Johannes Hoffmann 17 March 1919 -
16 March 1920
Social Democratic Party of Germany
Gustav Ritter von Kahr Gustav Ritter von Kahr00.jpg 16 March 1920 -
21 September 1921
None (national conservative)
Hugo Graf von und zu Lerchenfeld auf
Köfering und Schönberg
21 September 1921 -
8 November 1922
Bavarian People's Party
Eugen Ritter von Knilling 8 November 1922 -
1 July 1924
Bavarian People's Party
Gustav Ritter von Kahr Gustav Ritter von Kahr00.jpg Generalstaatskommissar
25 September 1923 -
17 February 1924
None (national conservative)
Heinrich Held Bundesarchiv Bild 102-01176, Heinrich Held (rechts).jpg 2 July 1924 -
9 March 1933
Bavarian People's Party
Franz Ritter von Epp Franz Ritter von Epp2.jpg Reichkomissar
10 March -
10 April 1933

Reichsstatthalter
10 April 1933 -
April 1945
National Socialist German Workers' Party
Ludwig Siebert Ludwig Siebert.jpg 12 April 1933 -
1 November 1942
National Socialist German Workers' Party
Paul Giesler Paul Giesler.jpg 2 November 1942 -
29 April 1945
National Socialist German Workers' Party
Fritz Schäffer 28 May 1945 -
28 September 1945
Christian Social Union of Bavaria
Wilhelm Hoegner 28 September 1945 -
16 December 1946
Social Democratic Party of Germany
Hans Ehard Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F011950-0010, Hans Ehard.jpg 21 December 1946 -
14 December 1954
Christian Social Union of Bavaria
Wilhelm Hoegner 14 December 1954 -
8 October 1957
Social Democratic Party of Germany
Hanns Seidel 16 October 1957 -
22 January 1960
Christian Social Union of Bavaria
Hans Ehard Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F011950-0010, Hans Ehard.jpg 26 January 1960 -
11 December 1962
Christian Social Union of Bavaria
Alfons Goppel Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F014898-0006, Alfons Goppel.jpg 11 December 1962 -
6 November 1978
Christian Social Union of Bavaria
Franz Josef Strauss Franz Josef Strauß 1982.jpg 6 November 1978 -
3 October 1988
Christian Social Union of Bavaria
Max Streibl Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F083104-0015, München, CSU-Parteitag, Streibl.jpg 19 October 1988 -
27 May 1993
Christian Social Union of Bavaria
Edmund Stoiber DrEdmundStoiber.jpg 28 May 1993 -
30 September 2007
Christian Social Union of Bavaria
Günther Beckstein DrGuentherBecksteinGroformat.jpg 9 October 2007 -
27 October 2008
Christian Social Union of Bavaria
Horst Seehofer Seehofer.JPG 27 October 2008 -
Present
Christian Social Union of Bavaria

See also [edit]

External links [edit]

"Die Bayerischen Ministerpräsidenten seit 1945 (in German)". Bavarian government. Retrieved 2008-05-10.