List of minister-presidents of Schleswig-Holstein

The minister-presidents of Schleswig-Holstein since 1946 have been:

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Political party:   CDU   SPD

Portrait Name
(Born–Died)
Term of office Political party
Took office Left office Days
Schleswig-Holstein (1946–present)
British occupation zone in Allied-occupied Germany (1946–1949)
State of the Federal Republic of Germany (as of 23 May 1949)
1 Theodor Steltzer
(1885–1967)
12 September 1946 29 April 1947 229 Christian Democratic Union
2 Hermann Lüdemann
(1880–1959)
29 April 1947 29 August 1949 853 Social Democratic Party
3 Bruno Diekmann
(1897–1982)
29 August 1949 5 September 1950 372 Social Democratic Party
4 Walter Bartram
(1893–1971)
5 September 1950 25 June 1951 293 Christian Democratic Union
5 Friedrich Wilhelm Lübke [de]
(1887–1954)
25 June 1951 2 October 1954 1195 Christian Democratic Union
6 Kai-Uwe von Hassel
(1913–1997)
11 October 1954 14 January 1963 3017 Christian Democratic Union
7 Helmut Lemke
(1907–1990)
14 January 1963 24 May 1971 3052 Christian Democratic Union
8 Gerhard Stoltenberg
(1928–2001)
24 May 1971 14 October 1982 4161 Christian Democratic Union
9 Uwe Barschel
(1944–1987)
14 October 1982 2 October 1987
(resigned)
1814 Christian Democratic Union
Henning Schwarz
(1928–1993)
Acting
2 October 1987 31 May 1988 242 Christian Democratic Union
10 Björn Engholm
(born 1939)
31 May 1988 19 May 1993 1814 Social Democratic Party
11 Heide Simonis
(1943–2023)
19 May 1993 27 April 2005 4361 Social Democratic Party
12 Peter Harry Carstensen
(born 1947)
27 April 2005 12 June 2012 2603 Christian Democratic Union
13 Torsten Albig
(born 1963)
12 June 2012 28 June 2017 1842 Social Democratic Party
14 Daniel Günther
(born 1973)
28 June 2017 Incumbent 2733 Christian Democratic Union

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