List of ministers-president of Saxony

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
Kingdom of Saxony (until 1871)
	Bernhard August von Lindenau (1779–1854)	December 1, 1831 – September 1843
	Julius Traugott Jakob von Könneritz (1792–1866)	September 1843 – March 13, 1848
	Alexander Karl Hermann Braun (1807–1868)	March 16, 1848 – February 24, 1849
	Gustav Friedrich Held (1804–1857)	February 24, 1849 – May 2, 1849
	Ferdinand von Zschinsky (1797–1858)	May 2, 1849 – October 28, 1858
	Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust (1809–1886)	October 28, 1858 – August 15, 1866
	Johann Paul von Falkenstein (1801–1882)	October 1866 – 18 January 1871
Kingdom of Saxony (1871–1918)
Part of the German Empire
	Johann Paul von Falkenstein (1801–1882)	18 January 1871 – 1 October 1871
	Richard Freiherr von Friesen (1808–1884)	October 1, 1871 – November 1, 1876
	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
	Hans von Thümmel (1824–1895)	December 1891 – February 12, 1895
	Heinrich Rudolf Schurig (1835–1901)	February 12, 1895 – June 15, 1901
	Karl Georg Levin von Metzsch-Reichenbach (1836–1927)	June 15, 1901 – April 30, 1906
	Konrad Wilhelm von Rüger (1837–1916)	April 30, 1906 – December 1, 1910
	Victor Alexander von Otto (1852–1912)	December 1, 1910 – May 21, 1912
	Max Clemens Lothar Freiherr von Hausen (1846–1922)	July 26, 1912 – May 21, 1914
	Heinrich Gustav Beck (1854–1933)	May 21, 1914 – October 26, 1918
	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
			Took Office	Left Office	Days
Weimar Republic (1918–1933)
		Richard Lipinski (1867–1936)	15 November 1918	21 January 1919	67 days	USPD
		Georg Gradnauer (1866–1946)	21 January 1919	4 May 1920	1 year, 104 days	Social Democratic Party
		Wilhelm Buck (1869–1945)	4 May 1920	21 March 1923	2 years, 321 days	Social Democratic Party
		Erich Zeigner (1886–1949)	21 March 1923	29 October 1923	222 days	Social Democratic Party
		Rudolf Heinze (1865–1928)	Reichskommissar		2 days	German People's Party
			29 October 1923	31 October 1923
		Alfred Fellisch (1884–1973)	31 October 1923	4 January 1924	65 days	Social Democratic Party
		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)
		Wilhelm Bünger (1870–1937)	26 June 1929	18 February 1930	237 days	German People's Party
		Walther Schieck (1874–1946)	6 May 1930	30 January 1933	2 years, 269 days	German People's Party
Nazi Germany (1933–1945)
		Walther Schieck (1874–1946)	30 January 1933	10 March 1933	39 days	German People's Party
		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
		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
		Rudolf Friedrichs (1892–1947)	1 July 1945	13 June 1947	1 year, 347 days	Social Democratic Party (until 1946)
						Socialist Unity Party (from 1946)
		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
		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
			Took Office	Left Office	Days
Saxony (1990–present)
State of the Federal Republic of Germany
–		Rudolf Krause (born 1939) as State Commissioner	3 October 1990	27 October 1990	24 days	Christian Democratic Union
1		Kurt Biedenkopf (1930–2021)	27 October 1990	18 April 2002	11 years, 173 days	Christian Democratic Union
2		Georg Milbradt (born 1945)	18 April 2002	28 May 2008	6 years, 40 days	Christian Democratic Union
3		Stanislaw Tillich (born 1959)	28 May 2008	13 December 2017	9 years, 199 days	Christian Democratic Union
4		Michael Kretschmer (born 1975)	13 December 2017	Incumbent	6 years, 262 days	Christian Democratic Union

See also

• List of rulers of Saxony