List of minister-presidents of Saxony

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

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

! width=28% rowspan=2|Political party

! Left office

! Time in office

| 80px

| Bernhard August von Lindenau
{{small|(1779–1854)}}

| 1 December 1831

| September 1843

| {{age in years and months|1831|12|1|1843|9|1}}

| Non-partisan

| 80px

| Julius Traugott Jakob von Könneritz
{{small|(1792–1866)}}

| September 1843

| 13 March 1848

| {{age in years and months|1843|9|1|1848|3|13}}

| Non-partisan

| 80px

| Alexander Karl Hermann Braun
{{small|(1807–1868)}}

| 16 March 1848

| 24 February 1849

| {{ayd|1848|3|16|1849|2|24}}

| Non-partisan

| 80px

| Gustav Friedrich Held
{{small|(1804–1857)}}

| 24 February 1849

| 2 May 1849

| {{ayd|1849|2|24|1849|5|2}}

| Non-partisan

| 80px

| Ferdinand von Zschinsky
{{small|(1797–1858)}}

| 2 May 1849

| 28 October 1858

| {{ayd|1849|5|2|1858|10|28}}

| Non-partisan

| 80px

| Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust
{{small|(1809–1886)}}

| 28 October 1858

| 15 August 1866

| {{ayd|1858|10|28|1866|8|15}}

| Non-partisan

| 80px

| Johann Paul von Falkenstein
{{small|(1801–1882)}}

| October 1866

| 18 January 1871

| {{age in years and months|1866|10|1|1871|1|18}}

| Non-partisan

| 80px

| Johann Paul von Falkenstein
{{small|(1801–1882)}}

| 18 January 1871

| 1 October 1871

| {{ayd|1871|1|18|1871|10|1}}

| Non-partisan

| 80px

| Richard Freiherr von Friesen
{{small|(1808–1884)}}

| 1 October 1871

| 1 November 1876

| {{ayd|1871|10|1|1876|11|1}}

| Non-partisan

| 80px

| Georg Friedrich Alfred Graf von Fabrice
{{small|(1818–1891)}}

| 1 November 1876

| 25 March 1891

| {{ayd|1876|11|1|1891|3|25}}

| Non-partisan

| 80px

| Carl Friedrich Wilhelm von Gerber
{{small|(1823–1891)}}

| 25 March 1891

| 23 December 1891

| {{ayd|1891|3|25|1891|12|23}}

| Non-partisan

| 80px

| Hans von Thümmel
{{small|(1824–1895)}}

| December 1891

| 12 February 1895

| {{age in years and months|1891|12|1|1895|2|12}}

| Non-partisan

| 80px

| Heinrich Rudolf Schurig
{{small|(1835–1901)}}

| 12 February 1895

| 15 June 1901

| {{ayd|1895|2|12|1901|6|15}}

| Non-partisan

| 80px

| Karl Georg Levin von Metzsch-Reichenbach
{{small|(1836–1927)}}

| 15 June 1901

| 30 April 1906

| {{ayd|1901|6|15|1906|4|30}}

| Non-partisan

| 80px

| Konrad Wilhelm von Rüger
{{small|(1837–1916)}}

| 30 April 1906

| 1 December 1910

| {{ayd|1906|4|30|1910|12|1}}

| Non-partisan

| 80px

| Victor Alexander von Otto
{{small|(1852–1912)}}

| 1 December 1910

| 21 May 1912

| {{ayd|1910|12|1|1912|5|21}}

| Non-partisan

| 80px

| Max Clemens Lothar Freiherr von Hausen
{{small|(1846–1922)}}

| 26 July 1912

| 21 May 1914

| {{ayd|1912|7|26|1914|5|21}}

| Non-partisan

| 80px

| Heinrich Gustav Beck
{{small|(1854–1933)}}

| 21 May 1914

| 26 October 1918

| {{ayd|1914|5|21|1918|10|26}}

| Non-partisan

| 80px

| Rudolf Heinze
{{small|(1865–1928)}}

| 26 October 1918

| 13 November 1918

| {{ayd|1918|10|26|1918|11|13}}

| German People's Party

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

! colspan=3|Term of office

! rowspan=2|Political party

! rowspan=2|Cabinet

! rowspan=2|Landtag

! Left office

! Time in office

| 80px

| Richard Lipinski
{{small|(1867–1936)}}

| 15 November 1918

| 21 January 1919

| {{ayd|1918|11|15|1919|1|21}}

| Independent Social Democratic Party

| {{small|Council of People's Deputies}}
{{small|SPD–USPD}}

| rowspan=2| –

| rowspan=2| 80px

| rowspan=2| Georg Gradnauer
{{small|(1866–1946)}}

| rowspan=2| 21 January 1919

| rowspan=2| 4 May 1920

| rowspan=2| {{ayd|1919|1|21|1920|5|4}}

| rowspan=2| Social Democratic Party

| {{small|Council of People's Deputies
SPD}}

| rowspan=3| 80px

| rowspan=3| Wilhelm Buck
{{small|(1869–1945)}}

| rowspan=3| 4 May 1920

| rowspan=3| 21 March 1923

| rowspan=3| {{ayd|1920|5|4|1923|3|21}}

| rowspan=3| Social Democratic Party

| {{small|Buck I
SPD–DDP}}

| 80px

| Erich Zeigner
{{small|(1886–1949)}}

| 21 March 1923

| 29 October 1923

| {{ayd|1923|3|21|1923|10|29}}

| Social Democratic Party

| {{small|Zeigner
SPD
From 12 Oct. 1923:
SPD–KPD}}

| rowspan="2"|80px

| rowspan="2"|Rudolf Heinze
{{small|(1865–1928)}}

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

| rowspan="2"|{{ayd|1923|10|29|1923|10|31}}

| rowspan="2"|German People's Party

| rowspan="2"|–

| 80px

| Alfred Fellisch
{{small|(1884–1973)}}

| 31 October 1923

| 4 January 1924

| {{ayd|1923|10|31|1924|1|4}}

| Social Democratic Party

| {{small|Fellisch
SPD}}

| rowspan="5"|80px

| rowspan="5"|Max Heldt
{{small|(1872–1933)}}

| rowspan="5"|4 January 1924

| rowspan="5"|26 June 1929

| rowspan="5"|{{ayd|1924|1|4|1929|6|26}}

| Social Democratic Party

| rowspan=3| {{small|Heldt I
SPD–DVP–DDP
From 25 Mar. 1926:
ASPD–DVP–DDP}}

| {{small|After 25 Mar. 1926:}}
Non-partisan

| rowspan=3| {{small|After 6 Jun. 1926:}}
Old Social Democratic Party

| 80px

| Wilhelm Bünger
{{small|(1870–1937)}}

| 26 June 1929

| 18 February 1930

| {{ayd|1929|6|26|1930|2|18}}

| German People's Party

| {{small|Bünger
DVP–WP–DNVP–ASPD}}

| {{small|4
May 1929}}

| 80px

| Walther Schieck
{{small|(1874–1946)}}

| 6 May 1930

| 30 January 1933

| {{ayd|1930|5|6|1933|1|30}}

| German People's Party

| rowspan=4| {{small|Schieck
DVP–DDP}}

| rowspan=4| {{small|5
Jun. 1930}}

| 80px

| Walther Schieck
{{small|(1874–1946)}}

| 30 January 1933

| 10 March 1933

| {{ayd|1933|1|30|1933|3|10}}

| German People's Party

| rowspan="4"|80px

| rowspan="4"|Manfred Freiherr von Killinger
{{small|(1886–1944)}}

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

| rowspan="2"|{{ayd|1933|3|10|1933|5|5}}

| rowspan="4"|Nazi Party

| colspan="2" rowspan="4"|–

| rowspan="2"|{{ayd|1933|5|5|1935|2|28}}

| rowspan="4"|80px

| rowspan="4"|Martin Mutschmann
{{small|(1879–1947)}}

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

| rowspan="2"|{{ayd|1933|5|5|1945|5|8}}

| rowspan="4"|Nazi Party

| colspan="2" rowspan="4"|–

| rowspan="2"|{{ayd|1935|2|28|1945|5|8}}

| rowspan="3"|80px

| rowspan="3"|Rudolf Friedrichs
{{small|(1892–1947)}}

| rowspan="3"|1 July 1945

| rowspan="3"|13 June 1947

| rowspan="3"|{{ayd|1945|7|1|1947|6|13}}

| Social Democratic Party

| rowspan="2"|{{small|Friedrichs I
SPD–KPD–LDP–CDU
From 22 Apr. 1946:
SED–LDP–CDU}}

| rowspan="2"|{{small|Consultative Assembly}}

| rowspan="2"|{{small|After 22 April 1946:}}
Socialist Unity Party

| 80px

| Max Seydewitz
{{small|(1892–1987)}}

| 31 July 1947

| 7 October 1949

| {{ayd|1947|7|31|1949|10|7}}

| Socialist Unity Party

| {{small|Seydewitz I
SED–LDP–CDU–DBD}}

| 80px

| Max Seydewitz
{{small|(1892–1987)}}

| 7 October 1949

| 23 July 1952

| {{ayd|1949|10|7|1952|7|23}}

| Socialist Unity Party

| {{small|Seydewitz II
SED–CDU–LDP–DBD–NDPD–FDGB}}

| {{small|2
Oct. 1950}}

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

! colspan=3|Term of office

! rowspan=2|Political party

! rowspan=2|Cabinet

! rowspan=2|Landtag

! Left office

! Time in office

| rowspan=3| 80px

| rowspan=3| Kurt Biedenkopf
{{small|(1930–2021)}}

| rowspan=3| 27 October 1990

| rowspan=3| 18 April 2002

| rowspan=3| {{ayd|1990|10|27|2002|4|18}}

| rowspan=3| Christian Democratic Union

| {{small|Biedenkopf I
CDU}}

| {{small|1
Oct. 1990}}

| rowspan=2| 80px

| rowspan=2| Georg Milbradt
{{small|(born 1945)}}

| rowspan=2| 18 April 2002

| rowspan=2| 28 May 2008

| rowspan=2| {{ayd|2002|4|18|2008|5|28}}

| rowspan=2| Christian Democratic Union

| {{small|Milbradt I
CDU}}

| rowspan=3| 80px

| rowspan=3| Stanislaw Tillich
{{small|(born 1959)}}

| rowspan=3| 28 May 2008

| rowspan=3| 13 December 2017

| rowspan=3| {{ayd|2008|5|28|2017|12|13}}

| rowspan=3| Christian Democratic Union

| {{small|Tillich I
CDU–SPD}}

| rowspan=3| 80px

| rowspan=3| Michael Kretschmer
{{small|(born 1975)}}

| rowspan=3| 13 December 2017

| rowspan=3| Incumbent

| rowspan=3| {{ayd|2017|12|13}}

| rowspan=3| Christian Democratic Union

| {{small|Kretschmer I
CDU–SPD}}