Minister-President of Thuringia

Minister-President of the Free State of Thuringia
Ministerpräsident des Freistaats Thüringen
Coat of arms of Thuringia
Incumbent
Mario Voigt
since 12 December 2024
ResidenceErfurt
AppointerLandtag of Thuringia
Term lengthPending resignation or the election of a successor
Inaugural holderJosef Duchač
Formation3 October 1990
Salaryregulated by legislation
Websitehttps://www.staatskanzlei-thueringen.de/

The Minister-President of Thuringia, officially the Minister-President of the Free State of Thuringia (German: Ministerpräsident des Freistaats Thüringen), is the head of government of the German state of Thuringia. The position was re-established in 1990 after German reunification. The former districts Erfurt, Suhl, Gera and some adjacent areas of the Halle were incorporated into the new and re-established federal state of Thuringia.

The current Minister-President is Mario Voigt, heading a minority government between the Christian Democratic Union, BSW and the Social Democrats.

The office of the Minister-President is known as the State Chancellery (German: Staatskanzlei), and is located in the capital of Erfurt, along with the rest of the cabinet departments.

Title

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The German title Ministerpräsident may be translated literally as Minister-President, although the state government sometimes uses the title Prime Minister in English.[1]

List

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Minister-President of the Free State of Thuringia

Political party:   CDU   The Left   FDP

Portrait Name
(Born–Died)
Term of office Election Political party
Took office Left office Days
Thuringia (1990–present)
State of the Federal Republic of Germany
1 Josef Duchač
(born 1938)
8 November 1990[a] 5 February 1992
(resigned)
454 1990 Christian Democratic Union
2 Bernhard Vogel
(born 1932)
5 February 1992 5 June 2003
(resigned)
4138 1994
1999
Christian Democratic Union
3 Dieter Althaus
(born 1958)
5 June 2003 30 October 2009
(resigned)
2339 2004 Christian Democratic Union
4 Christine Lieberknecht
(born 1958)
30 October 2009 5 December 2014 1862 2009 Christian Democratic Union
5 Bodo Ramelow
(born 1956)
First term
5 December 2014 5 February 2020 1888 2014 The Left
6 Thomas Kemmerich
(born 1965)
5 February 2020[2] 4 March 2020
(resigned)
28 2019 Free Democratic Party
5 Bodo Ramelow
(born 1956)
Second term
4 March 2020 12 December 2024 1744 The Left
7 Mario Voigt
(born 1977)
12 December 2024 Incumbent 9 2024 Christian Democratic Union
  1. ^ Duchač previously acted before as the state commissioner from 3 October to 8 November 1990.

Timeline

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Thomas KemmerichBodo RamelowChristine LieberknechtDieter AlthausBernhard VogelJosef Duchač

References

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