List of longest-serving German minister-presidents
This is a list of the 30 longest governing Ministers-Presidents of Germany since 1945 by time in office.
| Rank | Ministerpräsident | Period in office | Duration (Years/Days) | States of Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bernhard Vogel | 2 December 1976 – 8 December 1988 5 February 1992 – 5 June 2003 |
23 years, 135 days | Rhineland-Palatinate; Thuringia |
| 2 | Peter Altmeier | 9 July 1947 – 19 May 1969 | 21 years, 314 days | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| 3 | Franz-Josef Röder | 30 April 1959 – 26 June 1979 | 20 years, 57 days | Saarland |
| 4 | Wilhelm Kaisen | 1 August 1945 – 20 July 1965 | 19 years, 353 days | Bremen |
| 5 | Johannes Rau | 20 September 1978 – 27 May 1998 | 19 years, 249 days | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| 6 | Georg August Zinn | 14 December 1950 – 3 October 1969 | 18 years, 293 days | Hesse |
| 7 | Kurt Beck | 26 October 1994 – 16 January 2013 | 18 years, 82 days | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| 8 | Hans Koschnick | 28 November 1967 – 18 September 1985 | 17 years, 294 days | Bremen |
| 9 | Alfons Goppel | 11 December 1962 – 7 November 1978 | 15 years, 331 days | Bavaria |
| 10 | Eberhard Diepgen | 9 February 1984 – 16 March 1989 24 January 1991 – 16 June 2001 |
15 years, 178 days | West Berlin; Berlin |
| 11 | Ernst Albrecht | 6 February 1976 – 21 June 1990 | 14 years, 135 days | Lower Saxony |
| 12 | Edmund Stoiber | 28 May 1993 – 9 October 2007 | 14 years, 134 days | Bavaria |
| 13 | Erwin Teufel | 22 January 1991 – 21 April 2005 | 14 years, 89 days | Baden-Württemberg |
| 14 | Oskar Lafontaine | 9 April 1985 – 10 November 1998 | 13 years, 215 days | Saarland |
| 15 | Klaus Wowereit | 16 June 2001 – 11 December 2014 | 13 years, 178 days | Berlin |
| 16 | Lothar Späth | 30 August 1978 – 22 January 1991 | 12 years, 145 days | Baden-Württemberg |
| 17 | Heide Simonis | 19 May 1993 – 27 April 2005 | 11 years, 343 days | Schleswig-Holstein |
| 18 | Peter Müller | 29 September 1999 – 10 August 2011 | 11 years, 315 days | Saarland |
| 19 | Heinz Kühn | 8 December 1966 – 20 September 1978 | 11 years, 286 days | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| 20 | Hans Filbinger | 16 December 1966 – 30 August 1978 | 11 years, 257 days | Baden-Württemberg |
| 21 | Manfred Stolpe | 1 November 1990 – 26 June 2002 | 11 years, 237 days | Brandenburg |
| 22 | Kurt Biedenkopf | 27 October 1990 – 18 April 2002 | 11 years, 173 days | Saxony |
| 23 | Roland Koch | 7 April 1999 – 31 August 2010 | 11 years, 146 days | Hesse |
| 24 | Hinrich Wilhelm Kopf | 23 August 1946 – 26 May 1955 12 May 1959 – 29 December 1961 |
11 years, 142 days | Lower Saxony |
| 25 | Gerhard Stoltenberg | 24 May 1971 – 4 October 1982 | 11 years, 133 days | Schleswig-Holstein |
| 26 | Matthias Platzeck | 26 June 2002 – 28 August 2013 | 11 years, 63 days | Brandenburg |
| 27 | Hans Ehard | 21 December 1946 – 14 December 1954 26 January 1960 – 11 December 1962 |
10 years, 312 days | Bavaria |
| 28 | Holger Börner | 12 October 1976 – 23 April 1987 | 10 years, 193 days | Hesse |
| 29 | Henning Scherf | 4 July 1995 – 7 November 2005 | 10 years, 126 days | Bremen |
| 30 | Max Brauer | 22 November 1946 – 2 December 1953 4 December 1957 – 1 January 1961 |
10 years, 38 days | Hamburg |