List of ministers-president of Baden-Württemberg

This is a list of the men who have served in the capacity of Minister-President or equivalent office in Baden, Württemberg and Baden-Württemberg from the 19th century to the present.

Baden[]

Ministers-President of the Grand Duchy of Baden (1809–1918)[]

• 1809–1810: Sigismund von Reitzenstein
• 181000000:
• 1810–1812:
• 1812–1817:
• 1817–1818: Sigismund von Reitzenstein
• 1818–1831:
• 1832–1833: Sigismund von Reitzenstein
• 1833–1838:
• 1838–1839: Karl Friedrich Nebenius
• 1839–1843: Friedrich Landolin Karl von Blittersdorf
• 1843–1845:
• 1845–1846: Karl Friedrich Nebenius
• 1846–1848:
• 1848–1849:
• 1849–1850:
• 1850–1856:
• 1856–1860:
• 1861–1866: Anton Stabel
• 1866–1868: Karl Mathy
• 1868–1876: Julius Jolly
• 1876–1893:
• 1893–1901:
• 1901–1905:
• 1905–1917:
• 1917–1918:

Presidents of the Republic of Baden (1918–1945)[]

Political Party:   SPD   Zentrum   DDP   NSDAP

Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Term of Office			Political Party
			Took Office	Left Office	Days
		Anton Geiss (1858–1944)	10 November 1918	14 August 1920	643	Social Democratic Party of Germany
		Gustav Trunk (1871–1936) 1st term	14 August 1920	23 November 1921	466	Centre Party
		Hermann Hummel (1876–1952)	23 November 1921	23 November 1922	365	German Democratic Party
		Adam Remmele (1877–1951) 1st term	23 November 1922	23 November 1923	365	Social Democratic Party of Germany
		Heinrich Köhler (1878–1949) 1st term	23 November 1923	23 November 1924	366	Centre Party
		Willy Hellpach (1877–1955)	23 November 1924	23 November 1925	365	German Democratic Party
		Gustav Trunk (1871–1936) 2nd term	23 November 1925	23 November 1926	365	Centre Party
		Heinrich Köhler (1878–1949) 2nd term	23 November 1926	3 February 1927	72	Centre Party
		Gustav Trunk (1871–1936) 3rd term	3 February 1927	23 November 1927	293	Centre Party
		Adam Remmele (1877–1951) 2nd term	23 November 1927	23 November 1928	366	Social Democratic Party of Germany
		Josef Schmitt (1874–1939) 1st term	23 November 1928	20 November 1930	727	Centre Party
		Franz Josef Wittemann (1866–1931)	20 November 1930	10 September 1931	294	Centre Party
		Josef Schmitt (1874–1939) 2nd term	10 September 1931	11 March 1933	548	Centre Party
		Robert Heinrich Wagner (1895–1946)	Reichkomissar		3	National Socialist German Workers' Party
			8 March 1933	11 March 1933
			Präsident		58
			11 March 1933	8 May 1933
			Reichsstatthalter		c. 4360
			5 May 1933	April 1945
		Walter Köhler (1897–1989)	Ministerpräsident		c. 4360	National Socialist German Workers' Party
			8 May 1933	April 1945

Württemberg[]

Ministers-President of the Kingdom of Württemberg (1821–1918)[]

• 1821–1831: Christian Friedrich von Otto
• 1831–1848:
• 1848–1849:
• 1849–1850:
• 1850–1864:
• 1864–1870:
• 1870–1871: (acting)
• 1871–1873:
• 1873–1900:
• 1900–1901:
• 1901–1906:
• 1906–1918: Karl Freiherr von Weizsäcker
• 191800000: Theodor Liesching

Presidents of the Free People's State of Württemberg (1918–1945)[]

Political Party:   SPD   DDP   DNVP   Zentrum   NSDAP   None

Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Term of Office			Political Party
			Took Office	Left Office	Days
		Wilhelm Blos (1849–1927)	9 November 1918	23 June 1920	592	Social Democratic Party of Germany
		(1862–1951)	23 June 1920	8 April 1924	1385	German Democratic Party
		(1868–1953) Acting President	8 April 1924	3 June 1924	56	Non-partisan
		Wilhelm Bazille (1874–1934)	3 June 1924	8 June 1928	1466	German National People's Party
		Eugen Bolz (1881–1945)	8 June 1928	15 March 1933	1741	Centre Party
		Wilhelm Murr (1888–1945)	Reichskommissar		7	National Socialist German Workers' Party
			8 March 1933	15 March 1933
			Präsident		58
			15 March 1933	12 May 1933
			Reichsstatthalter		4368
			5 May 1933	20 April 1945
		Christian Mergenthaler (1884–1980)	12 May 1933	April 1945	c. 4360	National Socialist German Workers' Party

Three States (1945–1952)[]

Minister-President of Württemberg-Baden[]

Political Party:   FDP   SPD   CDU

Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Term of Office			Political Party
			Took Office	Left Office	Days
Württemberg-Baden (1945–1949)
American occupation zone in Allied-occupied Germany
1		Reinhold Maier (1889–1971)	19 September 1945	23 May 1949	1342	Free Democratic Party
Württemberg-Baden (1949–1952)
State of the Federal Republic of Germany
1		Reinhold Maier (1889–1971)	23 May 1949	25 April 1952	1068	Free Democratic Party
The state of Württemberg-Baden was dissolved on 25 April 1952 and with the merge of Württemberg-Hohenzollern and Baden re-founded as the new federal state of Baden-Württemberg.

Minister-President of Württemberg-Hohenzollern[]

Political Party:   SPD   CDU

Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Term of Office			Political Party
			Took Office	Left Office	Days
Württemberg-Hohenzollern (1945–1949)
French occupation zone in Allied-occupied Germany
(1)		Carlo Schmid (1896–1979)	16 October 1945	22 July 1947	644	Social Democratic Party of Germany
2		Lorenz Bock (1883–1948)	22 July 1947	3 August 1948	378	Christian Democratic Union
–		Carlo Schmid (1896–1979) Acting	4 August 1948	13 August 1948	9	Social Democratic Party of Germany
3		Gebhard Müller (1900–1990)	13 August 1948	23 May 1949	283	Christian Democratic Union
Württemberg-Hohenzollern (1949–1952)
State of the Federal Republic of Germany
(3)		Gebhard Müller (1900–1990)	23 May 1949	25 April 1952	1068	Christian Democratic Union
The state of Württemberg-Hohenzollern was dissolved on 25 April 1952 and with the merge of Württemberg-Baden and Baden re-founded as the new federal state of Baden-Württemberg.

President of (South) Baden[]

Political Party:   CDU

Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Term of Office			Political Party
			Took Office	Left Office	Days
South Baden (1945–1946) Baden (1946–1949)
French occupation zone in Allied-occupied Germany
For the first year of its existence, the state was directly governed by the French military administration.
1		(1888–1955)	3 December 1946	23 May 1949	902	Baden Christian Social People's Party (1946–1947) Christian Democratic Union (1947–)
Baden (1949–1952)
State of the Federal Republic of Germany
(1)		(1888–1955)	23 May 1949	25 April 1952	1068	Christian Democratic Union
The state of Baden was dissolved on 25 April 1952 and with the merge of Württemberg-Baden and Württemberg-Hohenzollern re-founded as the new federal state of Baden-Württemberg.

Baden-Württemberg (1952–present)[]

Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg

Political party:   FDP   CDU   Green

Portrait		Name (Born–Died)	Term of office			Political party
			Took office	Left office	Days
Baden-Württemberg (1952–present)
State of the Federal Republic of Germany
1		Reinhold Maier (1889–1971)	25 April 1952	30 September 1953 (resigned)	523	Free Democratic Party
2		Gebhard Müller (1900–1990)	30 September 1953	17 December 1958 (resigned)	1904	Christian Democratic Union
3		Kurt Georg Kiesinger (1904–1988)	17 December 1958	1 December 1966 (resigned)	2906	Christian Democratic Union
4		Hans Filbinger (1913–2007)	16 December 1966	30 August 1978 (resigned)	4275	Christian Democratic Union
5		Lothar Späth (1937–2016)	30 August 1978	22 January 1991 (resigned)	4528	Christian Democratic Union
6		Erwin Teufel (born 1939)	22 January 1991	21 April 2005 (resigned)	5203	Christian Democratic Union
7		Günther Oettinger (born 1953)	21 April 2005	10 February 2010 (resigned)	1756	Christian Democratic Union
8		Stefan Mappus (born 1966)	10 February 2010	12 May 2011	456	Christian Democratic Union
9		Winfried Kretschmann (born 1948)	12 May 2011	Incumbent	3934	Alliance 90/The Greens

See also[]

• List of rulers of Baden
• List of rulers of Württemberg