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).
State of Thuringia (1920–1945) Minister-President of the State of Thuringia Political Party:
PortraitName(Born–Died)Term of officePolitical partyTook officeLeft officeDays State of the German Reich 1Arnold Paulssen(1864–1942)11 November 19206 October 1921German Democratic Party 2August Frölich(1867–1964)7 October 192121 February 1924Social Democratic Party – Paul Hasse(1864–1945)as Military Administrator 8 November 1923 24 February 1924 Martial lawenforced by Reichswehr 3 Richard Leutheußer(1867–1942) 21 February 1924 6 November 1928 German People's Party 4 Arnold Paulssen(1864–1942) 6 November 1928 22 January 1930 German Democratic Party 5 Erwin Baum(1868–1950) 23 January 1930 26 August 1932 Landbund 6 Fritz Sauckel(1894–1946) 26 August 1932 8 May 1933 National Socialist German Workers' Party 7 Willy Marschler(1893–1952) 8 May 1933 12 April 1945 National Socialist German Workers' Party
Thuringia (1945–1952) Political Party:
PortraitName(Born–Died)Term of officePolitical partyTook officeLeft officeDays Thuringia (1945–1949) Soviet occupation zone in Allied-occupied Germany 1Hermann Brill(1895–1959)7 May 194516 July 1945 Social Democratic Party 2Rudolf Paul(1893–1978)16 July 19451 September 1947 Non-partisan(until 1946)Socialist Unity Party(1946–1947) 3Werner Eggerath(1900–1977)2 September 19477 October 1949Socialist Unity Party Thuringia (1949–1952) State of the German Democratic Republic (3)Werner Eggerath(1900–1977)7 October 194923 July 1952Socialist Unity Party From 23 July 1952 until 3 October 1990, Thuringia was abolished.
Free State of Thuringia (1990–present)
Minister-President of the Free State of Thuringia Political Party:
PortraitName(Born–Died)Term of officePolitical partyTook officeLeft officeDays Thuringia (1990–present) State of the Federal Republic of Germany 1Josef Duchač(born 1938)8 November 19905 February 1992Christian Democratic Union 2Bernhard Vogel(1932–2025)5 February 19925 June 2003Christian Democratic Union 3Dieter Althaus(born 1958)5 June 200330 October 2009Christian Democratic Union 4Christine Lieberknecht(born 1958)30 October 20095 December 2014Christian Democratic Union 5Bodo Ramelow(born 1956)5 December 20145 February 2020The Left 6Thomas Kemmerich(born 1965)5 February 20204 March 2020Free Democratic Party 7Bodo Ramelow(born 1956)4 March 202012 December 2024The Left 8Mario Voigt(born 1977)12 December 2024IncumbentChristian Democratic Union
See also Thuringia Landtag of Thuringia