List of ministers-president of Mecklenburg

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This is a list of the men who have served in the capacity of Minister-President or equivalent office in the states within the region of Mecklenburg from the 18th century to 1952. The states in question were Duchy and Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Duchy and Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Free States of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz and unified state of Mecklenburg.

Mecklenburg-Schwerin[]

Duchy[]

Prime Ministers

• 1783–1784:
• 1784–1800:
• 1800–1808:
• 1808–1815:

Grand Duchy[]

Prime Ministers

• 1815–1836:
• 1836–1837:
• 1837–1840:
• 1840–1850: Ludwig von Lützow

Presidents of the State Ministry

• 1850–1858:
• 1858–1869:
• 1869–1885:
• 1886–1901:
• 1901–1914:
• 1914–1918:

Free State[]

Political Party:   DDP   DVP   SPD   DNVP   NSDAP

Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Term of Office			Political Party
			Took Office	Left Office	Days
President of the State Ministry
		(1864–1945)	9 November 1918	22 February 1919	105	German Democratic Party
Ministers-President
		(1864–1945)	22 February 1919	28 July 1920	522	German Democratic Party
		(1867–1928)	28 July 1920	14 January 1921	170	German People's Party
		Johannes Stelling (1877–1933)	14 January 1921	18 March 1924	1159	Social Democratic Party of Germany
		(1864–1941)	18 March 1924	8 July 1926	842	German National People's Party
		(1875–1932)	8 July 1926	10 July 1929	1098	Social Democratic Party of Germany
		(1877–1943)	10 July 1929	13 July 1932	1099	German National People's Party
		(1887–1952)	13 July 1932	10 August 1933	393	National Socialist German Workers' Party
		(1897–1974)	10 August 1933	31 December 1933	143	National Socialist German Workers' Party
		Friedrich Hildebrandt (1898–1948)	Reichsstatthalter		219	National Socialist German Workers' Party
			26 May 1933	31 December 1933

Mecklenburg-Strelitz[]

Duchy (1769–1815)[]

Ministers of State (Staatsminister)

• 1769–1784:
• 1784–1795:
• 1795–1800:
• 1800–1815:

Grand Duchy (1815–1918)[]

• 1815–1827:
• 1827–1836:
• 1837–1848:
• 1848–1850: Vacant
• 1850–1861:
• 1862–1868: Bernhard Ernst von Bülow
• 1868–1872:
• 1872–1885: (acting)
• 1885–1907:
• 1907–1918:

Free State (1918-1933)[]

Political Party:   DDP   SPD   DNVP   NSDAP

Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Term of Office			Political Party
			Took Office	Left Office	Days
Chairmen of the State Ministry
		(1876–1962)	11 November 1918	7 January 1919	67	German Democratic Party
		Hans Krüger (1884–1933)	7 January 1919	13 October 1919	279	Social Democratic Party of Germany
Ministers of State
		(1877–1937) 1st term	13 October 1919	2 August 1923	1389	Social Democratic Party of Germany
		(1877–1938)	2 August 1923	13 March 1928	1685	German National People's Party
		(1877–1937) 2nd term	13 March 1928	12 April 1929	395	Social Democratic Party of Germany
		(1889–1941)	Reichskommissar		4	German Democratic Party
			12 April 1929	16 April 1929
		(1877–1937) 3rd term	16 April 1929	4 December 1931	962	Social Democratic Party of Germany
		(1888–1942)	4 December 1931	27 May 1933	540	German National People's Party
		(1895–1935)	27 May 1933	31 December 1933	218	National Socialist German Workers' Party
		Friedrich Hildebrandt (1898–1948)	Reichsstatthalter		219	National Socialist German Workers' Party
			26 May 1933	31 December 1933

Mecklenburg (1933–1952)[]

Political Party:   NSDAP   SED

Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Term of Office			Political Party
			Took Office	Left Office	Days
		(1897–1974)	1 January 1934	25 October 1934	297	National Socialist German Workers' Party
		(1897–1974)	25 October 1934	1 May 1945	3841	National Socialist German Workers' Party
		Friedrich Hildebrandt (1898–1948)	Reichsstatthalter		4138	National Socialist German Workers' Party
			1 January 1934	1 May 1945
		Wilhelm Höcker (1886–1955)	9 December 1946	20 July 1951	1684	Socialist Unity Party
		Kurt Bürger (1894–1951)	20 July 1951	30 July 1951	10	Socialist Unity Party
		Bernhard Quandt (1903–1999)	30 July 1951	23 July 1952	359	Socialist Unity Party
On 23 July 1952, Mecklenburg was abolished.

See also[]

• List of Ministers-President of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

External links[]

• Worldstatesmen.org – Duchy and Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Duchy and Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Free State of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Free State of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and Mecklenburg