- List of Ministers-President of Bavaria
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This is a list of the men who have served in the capacity of Minister President or equivalent office in Bavaria from the 17th century to the present:
Contents
Geheime Ratskanzler
- Johann Rudolf von Wämpl 1695-1704
- Vacant 1704-1714
- Baron Franz Xaver Josef von Unertl 1726-1749
- Baron von Praidlohn 1749–1758
- Baron Wiguläus Xaverius Aloysius von Kreittmayr 1758-1790
Ministers of Foreign Affairs, since 1806 Ministers of the Royal House and of Foreign Affairs
Before 1849 Bavaria had no actual Prime Minister, but the Minister of Foreign Affairs was the most senior of the ministers.
- Count Franz Joseph von Berchem 1745-1777
- Count Matthäus von Vieregg 1777-1799
- Count Maximilian von Montgelas 1799-1817
- Count Heinrich Aloys von Reigersberg 1817-1825
- Baron Georg Friedrich von Zentner 1825-1832
- Friedrich August Koch 1832-1837
- Karl von Abel 1837-1847
- Baron Friedrich August von Zu Rhein 1847
- Prince Ludwig of Öttingen-Wallerstein 1847-1848
- Count Klemens von Waldkirch March 14, 1848-April 29, 1848
- Count Otto von Bray-Steinburg 1848-1849 (1st term)
Chairmen of the Council of Ministers
The office of Chairman of the Council of Ministers was established in 1849. With one exception (1880-1890), the Chairman was always the Foreign Minister.
- Baron Karl Ludwig von der Pfordten 1849-1859 (1st term)
- Baron Karl von Schrenck 1859-1864
- Max Ritter von Neumayr 1864
- Baron Karl Ludwig von der Pfordten 1864-1866 (2nd term)
- Prince Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst 1866-1870
- Count Otto von Bray-Steinburg 1870-1871 (2nd term)
- Baron Friedrich von Hegnenberg-Dux 1871-1872
- Adolph von Pfretzschner 1872-1880
- Baron Johann von Lutz 1880-1890
- Baron Krafft von Crailsheim 1890-1903
- Count Clemens von Podewils-Dürnitz 1903-1912
- Count Georg von Hertling 1912-1917
- Otto Ritter von Dandl 1917-1918
Ministers-President of the Free State of Bavaria
Name Picture Period of office Party Kurt Eisner 8 November 1918 -
21 February 1919Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany Johannes Hoffmann 17 March 1919 -
16 March 1920Social Democratic Party of Germany Gustav Ritter von Kahr 16 March 1920 -
21 September 1921None (national conservative) Hugo Graf von und zu Lerchenfeld auf
Köfering und Schönberg21 September 1921 -
8 November 1922Bavarian People's Party Eugen Ritter von Knilling 8 November 1922 -
1 July 1924Bavarian People's Party Gustav Ritter von Kahr Generalstaatskommissar
25 September 1923 -
17 February 1924None (national conservative) Heinrich Held 2 July 1924 -
9 March 1933Bavarian People's Party Franz Ritter von Epp Reichkomissar
10 March -
10 April 1933
Reichsstatthalter
10 April 1933 -
April 1945National Socialist German Workers' Party Ludwig Siebert 12 April 1933 -
1 November 1942National Socialist German Workers' Party Paul Giesler 2 November 1942 -
29 April 1945National Socialist German Workers' Party Fritz Schäffer 28 May 1945 -
28 September 1945Christian Social Union of Bavaria Wilhelm Hoegner 28 September 1945 -
16 December 1946Social Democratic Party of Germany Hans Ehard 21 December 1946 -
14 December 1954Christian Social Union of Bavaria Wilhelm Hoegner 14 December 1954 -
8 October 1957Social Democratic Party of Germany Hanns Seidel 16 October 1957 -
22 January 1960Christian Social Union of Bavaria Hans Ehard 26 January 1960 -
11 December 1962Christian Social Union of Bavaria Alfons Goppel 11 December 1962 -
6 November 1978Christian Social Union of Bavaria Franz Josef Strauss 6 November 1978 -
3 October 1988Christian Social Union of Bavaria Max Streibl 19 October 1988 -
27 May 1993Christian Social Union of Bavaria Edmund Stoiber 28 May 1993 -
30 September 2007Christian Social Union of Bavaria Günther Beckstein 9 October 2007 -
27 October 2008Christian Social Union of Bavaria Horst Seehofer 27 October 2008 -
PresentChristian Social Union of Bavaria See also
External links
"Die Bayerischen Ministerpräsidenten seit 1945 (in German)". Bavarian government. http://www.bayern.de/Ministerpraesidenten-seit-1945-.260/index.htm. Retrieved 2008-05-10.
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