List of Minister-Presidents of Thuringia

The office of Minister-President of Thuringia was established at the state's first formation in 1920. On 23 July 1952 the state, then part of the socialist German Democratic Republic (East Germany), was abolished. On 3 October 1990, the state was re-established and joined the Federal Republic of Germany; since then it has been one of the country's sixteen constituent states (Länder).

Thuringia (1920–1952)[]

Political Party:   SPD   DDP   DVP   Landbund   NSDAP   SED   Military   None

Portrait		Name (Born–Died)	Term of Office			Political Party
			Took Office	Left Office	Days
1		(1867–1964) First term	1 May 1920	11 November 1920	194	Social Democratic Party
2		(1864–1942) First term	11 November 1920	6 October 1921	329	German Democratic Party
(1)		(1867–1964) Second term	7 October 1921	21 February 1924	867	Social Democratic Party
–		(1864–1945)	Military Administrator		108	Martial law enforced by Reichswehr
			8 November 1923	24 February 1924
3		(1867–1942)	21 February 1924	6 November 1928	1720	German People's Party
(2)		(1864–1942) Second term	6 November 1928	22 January 1930	442	German Democratic Party
4		(1868–1950)	23 January 1930	26 August 1932	946	Landbund
5		Fritz Sauckel (1894–1946)	Ministerpräsident		255	National Socialist German Workers' Party
			26 August 1932	8 May 1933
			Reichsstatthalter		4359
			6 May 1933	12 April 1945
6		Willy Marschler (1893–1952)	8 May 1933	12 April 1945	4357	National Socialist German Workers' Party
7		Hermann Brill (1895–1959)	7 May 1945	16 July 1945	70	Social Democratic Party
8		Rudolf Paul (1893–1978)	16 July 1945	1 September 1947	777	Non-partisan (until 1946)
						Socialist Unity Party (from 1946)
9		Werner Eggerath (1900–1977)	2 September 1947	23 July 1952	1786	Socialist Unity Party
From 23 July 1952 until 3 October 1990, Thuringia was abolished.

Free State of Thuringia (1990–present)[]

Political Party:   CDU   The Left   FDP

Portrait		Name (Born–Died)	Term of Office			Political Party
			Took Office	Left Office	Days
Thuringia (1990–present)
State of the Federal Republic of Germany
1		Josef Duchac (born 1938)	8 November 1990[a]	5 February 1992 (resigned)	454	Christian Democratic Union
2		Bernhard Vogel (born 1932)	5 February 1992	5 June 2003 (resigned)	4138	Christian Democratic Union
3		Dieter Althaus (born 1958)	5 June 2003	30 October 2009 (resigned)	2339	Christian Democratic Union
4		Christine Lieberknecht (born 1958)	30 October 2009	5 December 2014	1862	Christian Democratic Union
5		Bodo Ramelow (born 1956) First term	5 December 2014	5 February 2020	1888	The Left
6		Thomas Kemmerich (born 1965)	5 February 2020	4 March 2020 (resigned)	28	Free Democratic Party
7 (5)		Bodo Ramelow (born 1956) Second term	4 March 2020	Incumbent	750	The Left

See also[]

• Thuringia
• Landtag of Thuringia