List of ministers-president of Saxony
Appearance
This article lists the Leaders of the Government (German: Vorsitzende des Gesamtministeriums) in the Kingdom of Saxony from 1831 to 1918 and Minister-presidents (German: Ministerpräsidenten) of the Free State of Saxony since 1918.
List of Minister-Presidents
Kingdom of Saxony (until 1918)
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of Office | |||||
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Kingdom of Saxony (until 1871) | |||||||
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Bernhard August von Lindenau (1779–1854) |
December 1, 1831 – September 1843 | |||||
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Julius Traugott Jakob von Könneritz (1792–1866) |
September 1843 – March 13, 1848 | |||||
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Alexander Karl Hermann Braun (1807–1868) |
March 16, 1848 – February 24, 1849 | |||||
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Gustav Friedrich Held (1804–1857) |
February 24, 1849 – May 2, 1849 | |||||
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Ferdinand von Zschinsky (1797–1858) |
May 2, 1849 – October 28, 1858 | |||||
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Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust (1809–1886) |
October 28, 1858 – August 15, 1866 | |||||
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Johann Paul von Falkenstein (1801–1882) |
October 1866 – 18 January 1871 | |||||
Kingdom of Saxony (1871–1918) | |||||||
Part of the German Empire | |||||||
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Johann Paul von Falkenstein (1801–1882) |
18 January 1871 – 1 October 1871 | |||||
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Richard Freiherr von Friesen (1808–1884) |
October 1, 1871 – November 1, 1876 | |||||
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Georg Friedrich Alfred Graf von Fabrice (1818–1891) |
November 1, 1876 – March 25, 1891 | |||||
Karl Friedrich Wilhelm von Gerber (1823–1891) |
March 25, 1891 – December 23, 1891 | ||||||
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Hans von Thümmel (1824–1895) |
December 1891 – February 12, 1895 | |||||
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Heinrich Rudolf Schurig (1835–1901) |
February 12, 1895 – June 15, 1901 | |||||
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Karl Georg Levin von Metzsch-Reichenbach (1836–1927) |
June 15, 1901 – April 30, 1906 | |||||
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Konrad Wilhelm von Rüger (1837–1916) |
April 30, 1906 – December 1, 1910 | |||||
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Victor Alexander von Otto (1852–1912) |
December 1, 1910 – May 21, 1912 | |||||
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Max Clemens Lothar Freiherr von Hausen (1846–1922) |
July 26, 1912 – May 21, 1914 | |||||
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Heinrich Gustav Beck (1854–1933) |
May 21, 1914 – October 26, 1918 | |||||
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Rudolf Heinze (1865–1928) |
October 26, 1918 – November 13, 1918 |
Free State of Saxony (1918–1952)
Political Party: USPD SPD / ASPD DVP NSDAP SED
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of Office | Political Party | ||||
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Took Office | Left Office | Days | |||||
Weimar Republic (1918–1933) | |||||||
Richard Lipinski (1867–1936) | 15 November 1918 | 21 January 1919 | 67 days | USPD | |||
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Georg Gradnauer (1866–1946) |
21 January 1919 | 4 May 1920 | 1 year, 104 days | Social Democratic Party | ||
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Wilhelm Buck (1869–1945) |
4 May 1920 | 21 March 1923 | 2 years, 321 days | Social Democratic Party | ||
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Erich Zeigner (1886–1949) |
21 March 1923 | 29 October 1923 | 222 days | Social Democratic Party | ||
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Rudolf Heinze (1865–1928) |
Reichskommissar | 2 days | German People's Party | |||
29 October 1923 | 31 October 1923 | ||||||
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Alfred Fellisch (1884–1973) |
31 October 1923 | 4 January 1924 | 65 days | Social Democratic Party | ||
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Max Heldt (1872–1933) |
4 January 1924 | 26 June 1929 | 5 years, 173 days | Social Democratic Party (until 1926) | ||
Old Social Democratic Party (from 1926) | |||||||
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Wilhelm Bünger (1870–1937) |
26 June 1929 | 18 February 1930 | 237 days | German People's Party | ||
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Walther Schieck (1874–1946) |
6 May 1930 | 30 January 1933 | 2 years, 269 days | German People's Party | ||
Nazi Germany (1933–1945) | |||||||
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Walther Schieck (1874–1946) |
30 January 1933 | 10 March 1933 | 39 days | German People's Party | ||
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Manfred Freiherr von Killinger (1886–1944) |
Reichkomissar | 56 days | National Socialist German Workers' Party | |||
10 March 1933 | 5 May 1933 | ||||||
Ministerpräsident | 1 year, 299 days | ||||||
5 May 1933 | 28 February 1935 | ||||||
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Martin Mutschmann (1879–1947) |
Reichsstatthalter | 12 years, 3 days | National Socialist German Workers' Party | |||
5 May 1933 | 8 May 1945 | ||||||
Ministerpräsident | 10 years, 69 days | ||||||
28 February 1935 | 8 May 1945 | ||||||
Saxony (1945–1949) | |||||||
Soviet occupation zone in Allied-occupied Germany | |||||||
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Rudolf Friedrichs (1892–1947) |
1 July 1945 | 13 June 1947 | 1 year, 347 days | Social Democratic Party (until 1946) | ||
Socialist Unity Party (from 1946) | |||||||
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Max Seydewitz (1892–1987) |
31 July 1947 | 7 October 1949 | 2 years, 68 days | Socialist Unity Party | ||
Saxony (1949–1952) | |||||||
State of the German Democratic Republic | |||||||
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Max Seydewitz (1892–1987) |
7 October 1949 | 23 July 1952 | 2 years, 290 days | Socialist Unity Party | ||
From 23 July 1952 until 3 October 1990, Free State of Saxony was abolished. |
Free State of Saxony (1990–present)
Political Party: CDU
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of Office | Political Party | ||||
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Took Office | Left Office | Days | |||||
Saxony (1990–present) | |||||||
State of the Federal Republic of Germany | |||||||
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Rudolf Krause (born 1939) as State Commissioner |
3 October 1990 | 27 October 1990 | 24 days | Christian Democratic Union | |
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Kurt Biedenkopf (1930–2021) |
27 October 1990 | 18 April 2002 | 11 years, 173 days | Christian Democratic Union | |
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Georg Milbradt (born 1945) |
18 April 2002 | 28 May 2008 | 6 years, 40 days | Christian Democratic Union | |
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Stanislaw Tillich (born 1959) |
28 May 2008 | 13 December 2017 | 9 years, 199 days | Christian Democratic Union | |
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Michael Kretschmer (born 1975) |
13 December 2017 | Incumbent | 6 years, 262 days | Christian Democratic Union |