List of minister-presidents of Hesse

{{Infobox official post

|post = Minister-President

|body = Hesse

|native_name = Ministerpräsident des Landes Hessen

|insignia = Coat of arms of Hesse.svg

|insigniacaption = Coat of arms of Hesse

|image = Boris Rhein (Martin Rulsch) 2013-02-26 2.jpg

|incumbent = Boris Rhein

|incumbentsince = 31 May 2022

|residence = Wiesbaden

|appointer = Landtag of Hesse

|termlength = Pending resignation or the election of a successor

|formation = 16 September 1945

|salary =

|inaugural = Ludwig Bergsträsser (Greater Hesse)

|website = https://staatskanzlei.hessen.de/

}}

The minister-president of Hesse ({{langx|de|Ministerpräsident des Landes Hessen}}), also referred to as the premier or minister-president (also translated into English as the prime minister of Hessen{{cite web|title=Volker Bouffier|url=https://english.hessen.de/about-us/cabinet/volker-bouffier|website=english.hessen.de|publisher=Hessen Government|accessdate=2 November 2015}}), is the head of government of the German state of Hesse.

The office of the minister-president is known as the State Chancellery ({{langx|de|Hessische Staatskanzlei}}) and is located in the capital of Wiesbaden, along with the rest of the cabinet departments.

Historical background

The position in its current form was created in 1946, when the provisional state of Greater Hesse was renamed. Greater Hesse had been formed in 1945 after the Second World War from the Prussian Provinces of Kurhessen and Nassau (formed from the Prussian Province of Hesse-Nassau in 1944) and the People's State of Hesse.

The state of Hesse sees itself in the tradition notably of the Grand Duchy of Hesse and the People's State of Hesse (colloquially known as "Hesse-Darmstadt"), having adopted many of its symbols.

List

{{For|the Oberpräsidents of the Prussian Province of Hesse-Nassau (1868–1944)|Hesse-Nassau#Oberpräsidents}}

= [[Grand Duchy of Hesse]] (1819–1918) =

; Minister-presidents of the Grand Duchy of Hesse

1819–1829: Carl Ludwig Wilhelm Grolman
1829–1848: Karl du Thil
1848: Heinrich von Gagern
1848–1850: Heinrich Karl Jaup
1852–1871: Reinhard Carl Friedrich von Dalwigk
1871–1872: Friedrich von Lindelof
1872–1876: Karl von Hofmann
1876–1884: Julius Rinck von Starck
1884–1898: Jacob Finger
1898–1906: Karl Rothe
1906–1918: Christian Wilhelm Karl Ewald

= [[People's State of Hesse]] (1919–1945) =

Political party:

{{legend2|{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}|SPD|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend2|{{party color|Nazi Party}}|NSDAP|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

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width=80px rowspan=2 colspan=2\|Portrait !width=30% rowspan=2\|Name {{small\|(Birth–Death)}} !width=35% colspan=3\|Term of office !width=28% rowspan=2\|Political party
Took office !Left office !Days
colspan="7"\| Presidents of the People's State of Hesse
style="background:{{party color\|Social Democratic Party of Germany}};" \| \|80px \|Carl Ulrich {{small\|(1853–1933)}} \|21 January 1919 \|14 February 1928 \|{{age in days\|1919\|1\|21\|1928\|2\|14}} \|Social Democratic Party
style="background:{{party color\|Social Democratic Party of Germany}};" \| \|80px \|Bernhard Adelung {{small\|(1876–1943)}} \|14 February 1928 \|13 March 1933 \|{{age in days\|1928\|2\|14\|1933\|3\|13}} \|Social Democratic Party
style="background:{{party color\|Nazi Party}};" \| \|80px \|Ferdinand Werner {{small\|(1876–1961)}} \|13 March 1933 \|20 September 1933 \|{{age in days\|1933\|3\|13\|1933\|9\|20}} \|National Socialist German Workers' Party
style="background:{{party color\|Nazi Party}};" \| \|80px \|Philipp Wilhelm Jung {{small\|(1884–1965)}} \|20 September 1933 \|1 March 1935 \|{{age in days\|1933\|9\|20\|1935\|3\|1}} \|National Socialist German Workers' Party
rowspan="4" style="background:{{party color\|Nazi Party}};" \| \|rowspan="4"\|80px \|rowspan="4"\|Jakob Sprenger {{small\|(1884–1945)}} ! colspan="2"\|{{small\|Reichsstatthalter}} \|rowspan="2"\|{{circa}} 4320 \|rowspan="4"\|National Socialist German Workers' Party
5 May 1933 \|March 1945
colspan="2"\|{{small\|Präsident}} \|rowspan="2"\|{{circa}} 3650
1 March 1935 \|March 1945

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width=80px rowspan=2 colspan=2|Portrait

!width=30% rowspan=2|Name
{{small|(Birth–Death)}}

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

!width=28% rowspan=2|Political party

Took office

!Left office

!Days

colspan="7"| Presidents of the People's State of Hesse

style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}};" |

|80px

|Carl Ulrich
{{small|(1853–1933)}}

|21 January 1919

|14 February 1928

|{{age in days|1919|1|21|1928|2|14}}

|Social Democratic Party

style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}};" |

|80px

|Bernhard Adelung
{{small|(1876–1943)}}

|14 February 1928

|13 March 1933

|{{age in days|1928|2|14|1933|3|13}}

|Social Democratic Party

style="background:{{party color|Nazi Party}};" |

|80px

|Ferdinand Werner
{{small|(1876–1961)}}

|13 March 1933

|20 September 1933

|{{age in days|1933|3|13|1933|9|20}}

|National Socialist German Workers' Party

style="background:{{party color|Nazi Party}};" |

|80px

|Philipp Wilhelm Jung
{{small|(1884–1965)}}

|20 September 1933

|1 March 1935

|{{age in days|1933|9|20|1935|3|1}}

|National Socialist German Workers' Party

rowspan="4" style="background:{{party color|Nazi Party}};" |

|rowspan="4"|80px

|rowspan="4"|Jakob Sprenger
{{small|(1884–1945)}}

! colspan="2"|{{small|Reichsstatthalter}}

|rowspan="2"|{{circa}} 4320

|rowspan="4"|National Socialist German Workers' Party

5 May 1933

|March 1945

colspan="2"|{{small|Präsident}}

|rowspan="2"|{{circa}} 3650

1 March 1935

|March 1945

Hesse (1945–present)

; Minister-President of the State of Hesse

Political party:

{{legend2|{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}|SPD|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend2|{{party color|CDU/CSU}}|CDU|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

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width=80px rowspan=2 colspan=2\|Portrait !width=30% rowspan=2\|Name {{small\|(Birth–Death)}} !width=35% colspan=3\|Term of office !width=28% rowspan=2\|Political party !width=28% rowspan=2\|Election
Took office !Left office !Days
colspan="8"\| Greater Hesse (1945–1946) State of Hesse (1946–present)
bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan=8 \| American occupation zone in Allied-occupied Germany (1945–1949)
bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan=8 \| State of the Federal Republic of Germany (as of 23 May 1949)
style="background:{{party color\|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}; color:white;" \| 1 \|80px \|Karl Geiler {{small\|(1878–1953)}} \|16 October 1945 \|20 December 1946 \|{{age in days\|1945\|10\|16\|1946\|12\|20}} \|Social Democratic Party \| –
style="background:{{party color\|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}; color:white;" \| 2 \|80px \|Christian Stock {{small\|(1884–1967)}} \|20 December 1946 \|14 December 1950 \|{{age in days\|1946\|12\|20\|1950\|12\|14}} \|Social Democratic Party \|1946
style="background:{{party color\|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}; color:white;" \| 3 \|80px \|Georg-August Zinn {{small\|(1901–1976)}} \|14 December 1950 \|3 October 1969 {{small\|(resigned)}} \|{{age in days\|1950\|12\|14\|1969\|10\|3}} \|Social Democratic Party \|1950 1954 1958 1962 1966
style="background:{{party color\|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}; color:white;" \| 4 \|80px \|Albert Osswald {{small\|(1919–1996)}} \|3 October 1969 \|16 October 1976 {{small\|(resigned)}} \|{{age in days\|1969\|10\|3\|1976\|10\|16}} \|Social Democratic Party \|1966 1970 1974
style="background:{{party color\|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}; color:white;" \| 5 \|80px \|Holger Börner {{small\|(1931–2006)}} \|16 October 1976 \|23 April 1987 \|{{age in days\|1976\|10\|16\|1987\|4\|23}} \|Social Democratic Party \|1974 1978 1982 1983
style="background:{{party color\|CDU/CSU}}; color:white;" \| 6 \|80px \|Walter Wallmann {{small\|(1932–2013)}} \|23 April 1987 \|5 April 1991 \|{{age in days\|1987\|4\|23\|1991\|4\|5}} \|Christian Democratic Union \|1987
style="background:{{party color\|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}; color:white;" \| 7 \|80px \|Hans Eichel {{small\|(born 1941)}} \|1 April 1991 \|7 April 1999 \|{{age in days\|1991\|4\|1\|1999\|4\|7}} \|Social Democratic Party \|1991 1995
style="background:{{party color\|CDU/CSU}}; color:white;" \| 8 \|80px \|Roland Koch {{small\|(born 1958)}} \|7 April 1999 \|31 August 2010 {{small\|(resigned)}} \|{{age in days\|1999\|4\|7\|2010\|8\|31}} \|Christian Democratic Union \|1999 2003 2009
style="background:{{party color\|CDU/CSU}}; color:white;" \| 9 \|80px \|Volker Bouffier {{small\|(born 1951)}} \|31 August 2010 \|31 May 2022 {{small\|(resigned)}} \|{{age in days\|2010\|8\|31\|2022\|5\|31}} \|Christian Democratic Union \|2009 2013 2018
style="background:{{party color\|CDU/CSU}}; color:white;" \| 10 \|80px \|Boris Rhein {{small\|(born 1972)}} \|31 May 2022 \|Incumbent \|{{age in days\|2022\|5\|31}} \|Christian Democratic Union \|2018 2023

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!width=30% rowspan=2|Name
{{small|(Birth–Death)}}

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

!width=28% rowspan=2|Political party

!width=28% rowspan=2|Election

Took office

!Left office

!Days

colspan="8"| Greater Hesse (1945–1946)
State of Hesse (1946–present)

bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan=8 | American occupation zone in Allied-occupied Germany (1945–1949)

bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan=8 | State of the Federal Republic of Germany (as of 23 May 1949)