List of Ministers-President of Bavaria

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:

[edit] Geheime Ratskanzler

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

[edit] Ministers of Foreign Affairs, since 1806 Ministers of the Royal House and of Foreign Affairs

Before 1849 Bavaria had no actual head of government, 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 Montgelas 1799-1817
Count Heinrich Aloys von Reigersberg 1817-1825
Baron Georg Friedrich von Zentner 1825-1832
Friedrich August Koch 1832-1837
Karl von Abel 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-Steinburg 1848-1849 (1st term)

[edit] 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 Pfordten 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-Steinburg 1870-1871 (2nd term)
Baron Friedrich von Hegnenberg-Dux 1871-1872
Adolph von Pfretzschner 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 Dandl 1917-1918

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

Name	Period of office	Party
Kurt Eisner	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	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	Generalstaatskommissar 25 September 1923 - 17 February 1924	None (national conservative)
Heinrich Held	2 July 1924 - 9 March 1933	Bavarian People's Party
Franz Ritter von Epp	Reichkomissar 10 March - 10 April 1933 Reichsstatthalter 10 April 1933 - April 1945	National Socialist German Workers' Party
Ludwig Siebert	12 April 1933 - 1 November 1942	National Socialist German Workers' Party
Paul Giesler	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	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	26 January 1960 - 11 December 1962	Christian Social Union of Bavaria
Alfons Goppel	11 December 1962 - 6 November 1978	Christian Social Union of Bavaria
Franz Josef Strauss	6 November 1978 - 3 October 1988	Christian Social Union of Bavaria
Max Streibl	19 October 1988 - 27 May 1993	Christian Social Union of Bavaria
Edmund Stoiber	28 May 1993 - 30 September 2007	Christian Social Union of Bavaria
Günther Beckstein	9 October 2007 - 27 October 2008	Christian Social Union of Bavaria
Horst Seehofer	27 October 2008 - Present	Christian Social Union of Bavaria