List of minister-presidents of Thuringia

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The office of

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:   SPD   DDP   Military   DVP   Landbund   NSDAP

Portrait Name
(Born–Died) 		Term of office Political party
Took office Left office Days
State of the German Reich
1 August Frölich
(1867–1964)
First term 		1 May 1920 11 November 1920 194 Social Democratic Party
2 Arnold Paulssen
(1864–1942)
First term 		11 November 1920 6 October 1921 329 German Democratic Party
3
(1) 		August Frölich
(1867–1964)
Second term 		7 October 1921 21 February 1924 867 Social Democratic Party
– Paul Hasse
(1864–1945)
as Military Administrator 		8 November 1923 24 February 1924 108 Martial law
enforced by Reichswehr
4 Richard Leutheußer
(1867–1942) 		21 February 1924 6 November 1928 1720 German People's Party
5
(2) 		Arnold Paulssen
(1864–1942)
Second term 		6 November 1928 22 January 1930 442 German Democratic Party
6 Erwin Baum
(1868–1950) 		23 January 1930 26 August 1932 946 Landbund
7 Fritz Sauckel
(1894–1946) 		26 August 1932 8 May 1933 255 National Socialist German Workers' Party
8 Willy Marschler
(1893–1952) 		8 May 1933 12 April 1945 4357 National Socialist German Workers' Party

Thuringia (1945–1952)

Political Party:   SPD   SED

Portrait Name
(Born–Died) 		Term of office Political party
Took office Left office Days
Thuringia (1945–1949)
Soviet occupation zone in Allied-occupied Germany
1 Hermann Brill
(1895–1959)
as District President 		7 May 1945 16 July 1945 (removed by the Soviets) 70 Social Democratic Party
2 Rudolf Paul
(1893–1978)
as State President 		16 July 1945 1 September 1947 (fled from the Soviets) 777 Non-partisan
(until 1946)
Socialist Unity Party
(1946–1947)
3 Werner Eggerath
(1900–1977)
as Minister-President 		2 September 1947 7 October 1949 766 Socialist Unity Party
Thuringia (1949–1952)
State of the German Democratic Republic
(3) Werner Eggerath
(1900–1977)
as Minister-President 		7 October 1949 23 July 1952 1020 Socialist Unity Party
From 23 July 1952 until 3 October 1990, Thuringia was abolished.

Free State of Thuringia (1990–present)

See also: Minister-President of Thuringia
Minister-President of the Free State of Thuringia

Political Party:   CDU   The Left   FDP

Portrait Name
(Born–Died) 		Term of office Political party
Took office Left office Days
Thuringia (1990–present)
Federal Republic of Germany
1 Josef Duchač
(born 1938) 		8 November 1990[a] 5 February 1992
(resigned) 		454 Christian Democratic Union
2
Bernhard Vogel

(born 1932) 		5 February 1992 5 June 2003
(resigned) 		4138 Christian Democratic Union
3 Dieter Althaus
(born 1958) 		5 June 2003 30 October 2009
(resigned) 		2339 Christian Democratic Union
4 Christine Lieberknecht
(born 1958) 		30 October 2009 5 December 2014 1862 Christian Democratic Union
5 Bodo Ramelow
(born 1956)
First term 		5 December 2014 5 February 2020 1888 The Left
6 Thomas Kemmerich
(born 1965) 		5 February 2020 4 March 2020
(resigned) 		28
Free Democratic Party
7
(5) 		Bodo Ramelow
(born 1956)
Second term 		4 March 2020 Incumbent 1512 The Left
  1. ^ Duchač previously acted before as the state commissioner from 3 October to 8 November 1990.

See also

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