This is a list of the men who have served in the capacity of minister-president or equivalent office in Baden, Württemberg and Baden-Württemberg from the 19th century to the present.

Baden

Minister-presidents of the Grand Duchy of Baden (1809–1918)

  • 1809–1810: Sigismund von Reitzenstein
  • 1810: Conrad Karl Friedrich von Andlau-Birseck
  • 1810–1812: Christian Heinrich Gayling von Altheim
  • 1812–1817: Karl Christian von Berckheim
  • 1817–1818: Sigismund von Reitzenstein
  • 1818–1831: Wilhelm Ludwig Leopold Reinhard von Berstett
  • 1832–1833: Sigismund von Reitzenstein
  • 1833–1838: Ludwig Georg von Winter
  • 1838–1839: Karl Friedrich Nebenius
  • 1839–1843: Friedrich Landolin Karl von Blittersdorf
  • 1843–1845: Christian Friedrich von Boeckh
  • 1845–1846: Karl Friedrich Nebenius
  • 1846–1848: Johann Baptist Bekk
  • 1848–1849: Karl Georg Hoffmann
  • 1849–1850: Friedrich Adolf Klüber
  • 1850–1856: Ludwig Rüdt von Collenberg-Bödigheim
  • 1856–1860: Franz von Stengel
  • 1861–1866: Anton Stabel
  • 1866–1868: Karl Mathy
  • 1868–1876: Julius Jolly
  • 1876–1893: Ludwig Karl Friedrich Turban
  • 1893–1901: Franz Wilhelm Nokk
  • 1901–1905: Carl Ludwig Wilhelm Arthur von Brauer
  • 1905–1917: Alexander von Dusch
  • 1917–1918: Heinrich von Bodman

Presidents of the Republic of Baden (1918–1945)

Political party:

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| Anton Geiss<br />

| 10 November 1918

| 14 August 1920

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| Social Democratic Party of Germany

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| 80px

| Gustav Trunk<br />

| 14 August 1920

| 23 November 1921

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| Centre Party

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| 80px

| Hermann Hummel<br />

| 23 November 1921

| 23 November 1922

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| German Democratic Party

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| 80px

| Adam Remmele<br />

| 23 November 1922

| 23 November 1923

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| Social Democratic Party of Germany

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| 80px

| Heinrich Köhler<br />

| 23 November 1923

| 23 November 1924

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| Centre Party

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| 80px

| Willy Hellpach<br />

| 23 November 1924

| 23 November 1925

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| German Democratic Party

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| 80px

| Gustav Trunk<br />

| 23 November 1925

| 23 November 1926

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| Centre Party

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| 80px

| Heinrich Köhler<br />

| 23 November 1926

| 3 February 1927

|

| Centre Party

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| 80px

| Gustav Trunk<br />

| 3 February 1927

| 23 November 1927

|

| Centre Party

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| 80px

| Adam Remmele<br />

| 23 November 1927

| 23 November 1928

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| Social Democratic Party of Germany

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| <br />

| 23 November 1928

| 20 November 1930

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| Centre Party

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| <br />

| 20 November 1930

| 10 September 1931

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| Centre Party

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| <br />

| 10 September 1931

| 11 March 1933

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| Centre Party

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| rowspan="6"|Robert Heinrich Wagner<br />

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| rowspan="6"|Nazi Party

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| 8 March 1933

| 11 March 1933

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| 11 March 1933

| 8 May 1933

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| 5 May 1933

| 29 April 1945

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| rowspan="2"|Walter Köhler<br />

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| rowspan="2"|

| rowspan="2"|Nazi Party

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| 8 May 1933

| 4 April 1945

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Württemberg

Minister-presidents of the Kingdom of Württemberg (1821–1918)

  • 1821–1831: Christian Friedrich von Otto
  • 1831–1848: Paul Friedrich Theodor Eugen Reichsfreiherr von Maucler
  • 1848–1849: Friedrich von Römer
  • 1849–1850: Johannes von Schlayer
  • 1850–1864: Joseph Freiherr von Linden
  • 1864–1870: Karl Friedrich Gottlob Freiherr von Varnbüler von und zu Hemmingen
  • 1870–1871: Adolf Graf von Taube (acting)
  • 1871–1873: Johann August Freiherr von Wächter
  • 1873–1900: Hermann Freiherr von Mittnacht
  • 1900–1901: Max Freiherr Schott von Schottenstein
  • 1901–1906: Wilhelm August von Breitling
  • 1906–1918: Karl Freiherr von Weizsäcker
  • 1918: Theodor Liesching

Presidents of the Free People's State of Württemberg (1918–1945)

Political party:

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! Took office

! Left office

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| Wilhelm Blos<br />

| 9 November 1918

| 23 June 1920

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| Social Democratic Party of Germany

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| 80px

| <br />

| 23 June 1920

| 8 April 1924

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| German Democratic Party

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| 80px

| <br />

| 8 April 1924

| 3 June 1924

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| Non-partisan

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| 80px

| Wilhelm Bazille<br />

| 3 June 1924

| 8 June 1928

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| German National People's Party

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| 80px

| Eugen Bolz<br />

| 8 June 1928

| 15 March 1933

|

| Centre Party

|-

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| rowspan="6"|80px

| rowspan="6"|Wilhelm Murr<br />

! colspan="2"|

| rowspan="2"|

| rowspan="6"|Nazi Party

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| 8 March 1933

| 15 March 1933

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| rowspan="2"|

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| 15 March 1933

| 12 May 1933

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| rowspan="2"|

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| 5 May 1933

| 20 April 1945

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| 80px

| Christian Mergenthaler<br />

| 12 May 1933

| April 1945

| 4360

| Nazi Party

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Three States (1945–1952)

Minister-President of Württemberg-Baden

Political party:

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! Took office

! Left office

! Days

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! colspan="7"| Württemberg-Baden (1945–1949)

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| bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan=7 | American occupation zone in Germany

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! style="background:;" | 1

| 80px

| Reinhold Maier<br />

| 19 September 1945

| 23 May 1949

|

| Free Democratic Party

|-

! colspan="7"| Württemberg-Baden (1949–1952)

|-

| bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan=7 | State of the Federal Republic of Germany

|-

! style="background:;" | 1

| 80px

| Reinhold Maier<br />

| 23 May 1949

| 25 April 1952

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| Free Democratic Party

|-

| colspan="7"| The state of Württemberg-Baden was dissolved on 25 April 1952 and with the merge of Württemberg-Hohenzollern and Baden re-founded as the new federal state of Baden-Württemberg.

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Minister-President of Württemberg-Hohenzollern

Political party:

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! Took office

! Left office

! Days

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! colspan="7"| Württemberg-Hohenzollern (1945–1949)

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| bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan=7 | French occupation zone in Germany

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! style="background:; color:white;" | 1

| 80px

| Carlo Schmid<br />

| 16 October 1945

| 22 July 1947

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| Social Democratic Party of Germany

|-

! style="background:; color:white;" | 2

| 80px

| Lorenz Bock<br />

| 22 July 1947

| 3 August 1948 †

|

| Christian Democratic Union

|- style="background-color:#E6E6AA"

! style="background:; color:white;" | –

| 85px

| Carlo Schmid<br />

| 4 August 1948

| 13 August 1948

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| Social Democratic Party of Germany

|-

! style="background:; color:white;" | 3

| 80px

| Gebhard Müller<br />

| 13 August 1948

| 23 May 1949

|

| Christian Democratic Union

|-

! colspan="7"| Württemberg-Hohenzollern (1949–1952)

|-

| bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan=7 | State of the Federal Republic of Germany

|-

! style="background:; color:white;" | (3)

| 80px

| Gebhard Müller<br />

| 23 May 1949

| 25 April 1952

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| Christian Democratic Union

|-

| colspan="7"| The state of Württemberg-Hohenzollern was dissolved on 25 April 1952 and with the merge of Württemberg-Baden and Baden re-founded as the new federal state of Baden-Württemberg.

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President of (South) Baden

Political party:

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! Took office

! Left office

! Days

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! colspan="7"| South Baden (1945–1946)<br>Baden (1946–1949)

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| bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan=7 | French occupation zone in Germany

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| colspan="7"| For the first year of its existence, the state was directly governed by the French military administration.

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! style="background:; color:white;" | 1

| 80px

| <br />

| 3 December 1946

| 23 May 1949

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| Baden Christian Social People's Party<br /> <hr> Christian Democratic Union<br />

|-

! colspan="7"| Baden (1949–1952)

|-

| bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan=7 | State of the Federal Republic of Germany

|-

! style="background:; color:white;" | (1)

| 80px

| <br />

| 23 May 1949

| 25 April 1952

|

| Christian Democratic Union

|-

| colspan="7"| The state of Baden was dissolved on 25 April 1952 and with the merge of Württemberg-Baden and Württemberg-Hohenzollern re-founded as the new federal state of Baden-Württemberg.

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Baden-Württemberg (1952–present)

; Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg

Political party:

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!width=30% rowspan=2|Name<br />

!width=35% colspan=3|Term of office

!width=28% rowspan=2|Political party

!width=28% rowspan=2|Cabinet

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!Took office

!Left office

!Time in office

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|style="background:; color:black;" | 1

|80px

|Reinhold Maier<br />

|25 April 1952

|30 September 1953<br />

|

|FDP

|I

|-

|style="background:; color:white;" | 2

|80px

|Gebhard Müller<br />

|30 September 1953

|17 December 1958<br />

|

|CDU

|I<hr>II

|-

|style="background:; color:white;" | 3

|80px

|Kurt Georg Kiesinger<br />

|17 December 1958

|1 December 1966<br />

|

|CDU

|I<hr>II<hr>III

|-

| bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan=8 | Deputy Minister-President Wolfgang Haußmann (FDP) served as acting minister-president from 1 to 16 December 1966.

|-

|style="background:; color:white;" | 4

|80px

|Hans Filbinger<br />

|16 December 1966

|30 August 1978<br />

|

|CDU

|I<hr>II<hr>III<hr>IV

|-

|style="background:; color:white;" | 5

|80px

|Lothar Späth<br />

|30 August 1978

|13 January 1991<br />

|

|CDU

|I<hr>II<hr>III<hr>IV

|-

| bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan=8 | Deputy Minister-President Gerhard Weiser (CDU) served as acting minister-president from 13 to 22 January 1991.

|-

|style="background:; color:white;" | 6

|80px

|Erwin Teufel<br />

|22 January 1991

|21 April 2005<br />

|

|CDU

|I<hr>II<hr>III<hr>IV

|-

|style="background:; color:white;" | 7

|80px

|Günther Oettinger<br />

|21 April 2005

|9 February 2010<br />

|

|CDU

|I<hr>II

|-

| bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan=8 | Deputy Minister-President Ulrich Goll (FDP) served as acting minister-president from 9 to 10 February 2010.

|-

|style="background:; color:white;" | 8

|80px

|Stefan Mappus<br />

|10 February 2010

|12 May 2011

|

|CDU

|I

|-

|style="background:; color:white;" | 9

|80px

|Winfried Kretschmann<br />

|12 May 2011

|13 May 2026

|

|Alliance 90/The Greens

|I<hr>II<hr>III

|-

|style="background:; color:white;" | 10

|80px

|Cem Özdemir<br />

|13 May 2026

|Incumbent

|

|Alliance 90/The Greens

|I

|}

See also

  • List of monarchs of Baden
  • List of monarchs of Württemberg