List of ministers-president of Hesse

Minister-President of Hesse Ministerpräsident des Landes Hessen
Coat of arms of Hesse
Incumbent Volker Bouffier since 31 August 2010
Residence	Wiesbaden
Appointer	Landtag of Hesse
Term length	Pending resignation or the election of a successor
Inaugural holder	Ludwig Bergsträsser (Greater Hesse)
Formation	16 September 1945
Website	https://staatskanzlei.hessen.de/

The Minister-President of Hesse (German: Ministerpräsident des Landes Hessen), also referred to as the Premier or Minister President (also translated into English as the Prime minister of Hessen^[1]), is the head of government of the German state of Hesse. The position in its current form was created in 1946, when the provisional state of Greater Hesse was renamed. Greater Hesse had been formed in 1945 after the Second World War from the Prussian Provinces of Kurhessen and Nassau (formed from the Prussian Province of Hesse-Nassau in 1944) and the People's State of Hesse. The current Minister-President is Volker Bouffier, heading between the Christian Democrats and the Greens. Bouffier succeeded Roland Koch following his departure from active politics.

The office of the Minister-President is known as the State Chancellery (German: Hessische Staatskanzlei), and is located in the capital of Wiesbaden, along with the rest of the cabinet departments.

The state of Hesse sees itself in the tradition notably of the Grand Duchy of Hesse and the People's State of Hesse (colloquially known as "Hesse-Darmstadt"), having adopted many of its symbols.

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Hesse (1819–1945)[]

Ministers-President of the Grand Duchy of Hesse (1819–1918)[]

• 1819–1829: Carl Ludwig Wilhelm Grolman
• 1829–1848:
• 184800000: Heinrich von Gagern
• 1848–1850:
• 1852–1871:
• 1871–1872:
• 1872–1876:
• 1876–1884:
• 1884–1898:
• 1898–1906:
• 1906–1918: Christian Wilhelm Karl Ewald

Presidents of the People's State of Hesse (1919–1945)[]

Political party:   SPD   NSDAP

Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party
			Took office	Left office	Days
		Carl Ulrich (1853–1933)	21 January 1919	14 February 1928	3311	Social Democratic Party
		Bernhard Adelung (1876–1943)	14 February 1928	13 March 1933	1854	Social Democratic Party
		(1876–1961)	13 March 1933	20 September 1933	191	National Socialist German Workers' Party
		Philipp Wilhelm Jung (1884–1965)	20 September 1933	1 March 1935	527	National Socialist German Workers' Party
		Jakob Sprenger (1884–1945)	Reichsstatthalter		c. 4320	National Socialist German Workers' Party
			5 May 1933	March 1945
			Präsident		c. 3650
			1 March 1935	March 1945

State of Hesse (1946–present)[]

Political party:   SPD   CDU

Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party
			Took office	Left office	Days
Ministers-President of Greater Hesse
1		Ludwig Bergsträsser (1883–1960)	19 September 1945	16 October 1945	27	Social Democratic Party
2		Karl Geiler (1878–1953)	16 October 1945	20 December 1946	430	Social Democratic Party
Ministers-President of Hesse
1		Christian Stock (1884–1967)	20 December 1946	14 December 1950	1455	Social Democratic Party
2		Georg-August Zinn (1901–1976)	14 December 1950	3 October 1969	6868	Social Democratic Party
3		Albert Osswald (1919–1996)	3 October 1969	16 October 1976	2570	Social Democratic Party
4		Holger Börner (1931–2006)	16 October 1976	23 April 1987	3841	Social Democratic Party
5		Walter Wallmann (1932–2013)	23 April 1987	5 April 1991	1443	Christian Democratic Union
6		Hans Eichel (born 1941)	1 April 1991	7 April 1999	2928	Social Democratic Party
7		Roland Koch (born 1958)	7 April 1999	31 August 2010	4164	Christian Democratic Union
8		Volker Bouffier (born 1951)	31 August 2010	Incumbent	4030	Christian Democratic Union

See also[]

• List of rulers of Hesse

References[]

External links[]

• State Chancellery