List of Minister-Presidents of Rhineland-Palatinate
Minister President of Rhineland-Palatinate | |
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Ministerpräsidentin des Landes Rheinland-Pfalz | |
Residence | Mainz |
Appointer | Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate |
Term length | Pending resignation or the election of a successor |
Inaugural holder | Wilhelm Boden |
Formation | 18 May 1947 |
Salary | regulated by legislation |
The Minister President of Rhineland-Palatinate (German: Ministerpräsident des Landes Rheinland-Pfalz), also referred to as Premier or Prime Minister, is the head of government of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The position was created in 1946, through the unification of the southern part of the Prussian Rhine Province, the Bavarian administrative district Circle of the Rhine and western parts of Hesse like Rheinhessen to form the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The current Minister President is Malu Dreyer, heading a coalition government between the Social Democrats and the FDP. Dreyer succeeded Kurt Beck in 2013.
The office of the Minister President is known as the State Chancellery (German: Staatskanzlei), and is located in the capital of Mainz, along with the rest of the cabinet departments.
List[]
Portrait | Name (Born–Died) |
Term of office | Political party | ||||
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Took office | Left office | Days | |||||
Rhineland-Palatinate (1946–1949) | |||||||
French occupation zone in Allied-occupied Germany | |||||||
1 | Wilhelm Boden (1890–1961) |
1 December 1946 | 9 July 1947 | 220 | Christian Democratic Union | ||
2 | Peter Altmeier (1899–1977) |
9 July 1947 | 23 May 1949 | 684 | Christian Democratic Union | ||
Rhineland-Palatinate (1949–present) | |||||||
State of the Federal Republic of Germany | |||||||
(2) | Peter Altmeier (1899–1977) |
24 May 1949 | 19 May 1969 | 7301 | Christian Democratic Union | ||
3 | Helmut Kohl (1930–2017) |
19 May 1969 | 2 December 1976 (resigned) |
2754 | Christian Democratic Union | ||
4 | Bernhard Vogel (born 1932) |
2 December 1976 | 8 December 1988 (resigned) |
4389 | Christian Democratic Union | ||
5 | Carl-Ludwig Wagner (1930–2012) |
8 December 1988 | 21 May 1991 | 894 | Christian Democratic Union | ||
6 | Rudolf Scharping (born 1947) |
21 May 1991 | 26 October 1994 (resigned) |
1254 | Social Democratic Party | ||
7 | Kurt Beck (born 1949) |
26 October 1994 | 16 January 2013 (resigned) |
6657 | Social Democratic Party | ||
8 | Malu Dreyer (born 1961) |
16 January 2013 | Incumbent | 3350 | Social Democratic Party |
See also[]
- Politics of Rhineland-Palatinate
- Ministers-President of Rhineland Palatinate
- Lists of Ministers-President of German states
- Rhineland-Palatinate-related lists