List of Minister-Presidents of North Rhine-Westphalia

Minister-President of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia[1]
Ministerpräsident
Coat of arms
Incumbent Hendrik Wüst since 27 October 2021
Residence	State Chancellery
Nominator	President of the Landtag
Appointer	Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia
Inaugural holder	Rudolf Amelunxen
Formation	24 July 1946
Deputy	Joachim Stamp
Website	land.nrw

The Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia (Ministerpräsident des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen) is the head of government of the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW). The current Minister-President is Hendrik Wüst.

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Political Party:   CDU   SPD   Green   FDP

Portrait		Name (Born–Died)	Term of Office			Political Party
			Took Office	Left Office	Days
North Rhine-Westphalia (1946–1949)
British occupation zone in Allied-occupied Germany
1		Rudolf Amelunxen (1888–1969)	23 August 1946	16 June 1947	297	Non-partisan (until 1947) Centre Party (from 1947)
2		Karl Arnold (1901–1958)	17 June 1947	23 May 1949	706	Christian Democratic Union
North Rhine-Westphalia (1949–present)
State of the Federal Republic of Germany
(2)		Karl Arnold (1901–1958)	23 May 1949	20 February 1956 (replaced by a Constructive vote of no confidence)	2464	Christian Democratic Union
3		Fritz Steinhoff (1897–1969)	20 February 1956	21 July 1958	882	Social Democratic Party
4		Franz Meyers (1908–2002)	21 July 1958	8 December 1966 (replaced by a Constructive vote of no confidence)	3062	Christian Democratic Union
5		Heinz Kühn (1912–1992)	8 December 1966	20 September 1978	4304	Social Democratic Party
6		Johannes Rau (1931–2006)	20 September 1978	27 May 1998	7189	Social Democratic Party
7		Wolfgang Clement (1940–2020)	27 May 1998	22 October 2002 (resigned)	1609	Social Democratic Party
–		(born 1952)	21 October 2002	5 November 2002	15	Alliance 90/The Greens
8		Peer Steinbrück (born 1947)	6 November 2002	22 June 2005	959	Social Democratic Party
9		Jürgen Rüttgers (born 1951)	22 June 2005	14 July 2010	1848	Christian Democratic Union
10		Hannelore Kraft (born 1961)	14 July 2010	27 June 2017	2540	Social Democratic Party
11		Armin Laschet (born 1961)	27 June 2017	26 October 2021 (resigned)	1582	Christian Democratic Union
–		Joachim Stamp (born 1970) Acting	26 October 2021	27 October 2021	1	Free Democratic Party
12		Hendrik Wüst (born 1975)	27 October 2021	Incumbent	140	Christian Democratic Union

See also[]

• North Rhine-Westphalia
• Politics of North Rhine-Westphalia
• Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Prime ministers of North Rhine-Westphalia.

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