List of ministers-president of Saxony
This article lists the leaders of the Government (German: Vorsitzende des Gesamtministeriums) in the Kingdom of Saxony from 1831 to 1918 and minister-presidents (German: Ministerpräsidenten) of the Free State of Saxony since 1918.
List of ministers-president
Kingdom of Saxony (until 1918)
Political party: DVP None
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Political party | |||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
Kingdom of Saxony (until 1871) | ||||||
Independent member state of the German Confederation and the North German Confederation. | ||||||
![]() | Bernhard August von Lindenau (1779–1854) | 1 December 1831 | September 1843 | 11 years, 9 months | Non-partisan | |
![]() | Julius Traugott Jakob von Könneritz (1792–1866) | September 1843 | 13 March 1848 | 4 years, 6 months | Non-partisan | |
![]() | Alexander Karl Hermann Braun (1807–1868) | 16 March 1848 | 24 February 1849 | 345 days | Non-partisan | |
![]() | Gustav Friedrich Held (1804–1857) | 24 February 1849 | 2 May 1849 | 67 days | Non-partisan | |
![]() | Ferdinand von Zschinsky (1797–1858) | 2 May 1849 | 28 October 1858 | 9 years, 179 days | Non-partisan | |
![]() | Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust (1809–1886) | 28 October 1858 | 15 August 1866 | 7 years, 291 days | Non-partisan | |
![]() | Johann Paul von Falkenstein (1801–1882) | October 1866 | 18 January 1871 | 4 years, 3 months | Non-partisan | |
Kingdom of Saxony (1871–1918) | ||||||
State of the German Reich during the period of the German Empire. | ||||||
![]() | Johann Paul von Falkenstein (1801–1882) | 18 January 1871 | 1 October 1871 | 256 days | Non-partisan | |
![]() | Richard Freiherr von Friesen (1808–1884) | 1 October 1871 | 1 November 1876 | 5 years, 31 days | Non-partisan | |
![]() | Georg Friedrich Alfred Graf von Fabrice (1818–1891) | 1 November 1876 | 25 March 1891 | 14 years, 144 days | Non-partisan | |
Carl Friedrich Wilhelm von Gerber (1823–1891) | 25 March 1891 | 23 December 1891 | 273 days | Non-partisan | ||
![]() | Hans von Thümmel (1824–1895) | December 1891 | 12 February 1895 | 3 years, 2 months | Non-partisan | |
![]() | Heinrich Rudolf Schurig (1835–1901) | 12 February 1895 | 15 June 1901 | 6 years, 123 days | Non-partisan | |
![]() | Karl Georg Levin von Metzsch-Reichenbach (1836–1927) | 15 June 1901 | 30 April 1906 | 4 years, 319 days | Non-partisan | |
![]() | Konrad Wilhelm von Rüger (1837–1916) | 30 April 1906 | 1 December 1910 | 4 years, 215 days | Non-partisan | |
![]() | Victor Alexander von Otto (1852–1912) | 1 December 1910 | 21 May 1912 | 1 year, 172 days | Non-partisan | |
![]() | Max Clemens Lothar Freiherr von Hausen (1846–1922) | 26 July 1912 | 21 May 1914 | 1 year, 299 days | Non-partisan | |
![]() | Heinrich Gustav Beck (1854–1933) | 21 May 1914 | 26 October 1918 | 4 years, 158 days | Non-partisan | |
![]() | Rudolf Heinze (1865–1928) | 26 October 1918 | 13 November 1918 | 18 days | German People's Party |
Free State of Saxony (1918–1952)
Political party: USPD SPD / ASPD DVP NSDAP SED
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Landtag | |||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
Free State of Saxony (1918–1933) | ||||||||
State of the German Reich during the period of the Weimar Republic. | ||||||||
![]() | Richard Lipinski (1867–1936) | 15 November 1918 | 21 January 1919 | 67 days | Independent Social Democratic Party | Council of People's Deputies SPD–USPD | – | |
![]() | Georg Gradnauer (1866–1946) | 21 January 1919 | 4 May 1920 | 1 year, 104 days | Social Democratic Party | Council of People's Deputies SPD | ||
Gradnauer SPD–DDP | People's Chamber Feb. 1919 | |||||||
![]() | Wilhelm Buck (1869–1945) | 4 May 1920 | 21 March 1923 | 2 years, 321 days | Social Democratic Party | Buck I SPD–DDP | ||
Buck II SPD–USPD | 1 Nov. 1920 | |||||||
Buck III SPD | 2 Nov. 1922 | |||||||
![]() | Erich Zeigner (1886–1949) | 21 March 1923 | 29 October 1923 | 222 days | Social Democratic Party | Zeigner SPD From 12 Oct. 1923: SPD–KPD | ||
![]() | Rudolf Heinze (1865–1928) | Reichskommissar | 2 days | German People's Party | – | |||
29 October 1923 | 31 October 1923 | |||||||
![]() | Alfred Fellisch (1884–1973) | 31 October 1923 | 4 January 1924 | 65 days | Social Democratic Party | Fellisch SPD | ||
![]() | Max Heldt (1872–1933) | 4 January 1924 | 26 June 1929 | 5 years, 173 days | Social Democratic Party | Heldt I SPD–DVP–DDP From 25 Mar. 1926: ASPD–DVP–DDP | ||
After 25 Mar. 1926: Non-partisan | ||||||||
After 6 Jun. 1926: Old Social Democratic Party | ||||||||
Heldt II DVP–WP–DDP–ASPD | 3 Oct. 1926 | |||||||
Heldt III DNVP–DVP–WP–DDP–VRP–ASPD | ||||||||
![]() | Wilhelm Bünger (1870–1937) | 26 June 1929 | 18 February 1930 | 237 days | German People's Party | Bünger DVP–WP–DNVP–ASPD | 4 May 1929 | |
![]() | Walther Schieck (1874–1946) | 6 May 1930 | 30 January 1933 | 2 years, 269 days | German People's Party | Schieck DVP–DDP | 5 Jun. 1930 | |
Free State of Saxony (1933–1945) | ||||||||
State of the German Reich during the period of Nazi Germany. | ||||||||
![]() | Walther Schieck (1874–1946) | 30 January 1933 | 10 March 1933 | 39 days | German People's Party | |||
![]() | Manfred Freiherr von Killinger (1886–1944) | Reichkomissar | 56 days | Nazi Party | – | |||
10 March 1933 | 5 May 1933 | |||||||
Ministerpräsident | 1 year, 299 days | |||||||
5 May 1933 | 28 February 1935 | |||||||
![]() | Martin Mutschmann (1879–1947) | Reichsstatthalter | 12 years, 3 days | Nazi Party | – | |||
5 May 1933 | 8 May 1945 | |||||||
Ministerpräsident | 10 years, 69 days | |||||||
28 February 1935 | 8 May 1945 | |||||||
Saxony (1945–1949) | ||||||||
Soviet occupation zone of Germany | ||||||||
![]() | Rudolf Friedrichs (1892–1947) | 1 July 1945 | 13 June 1947 | 1 year, 347 days | Social Democratic Party | Friedrichs I SPD–KPD–LDP–CDU From 22 Apr. 1946: SED–LDP–CDU | Consultative Assembly | |
After 22 April 1946: Socialist Unity Party | ||||||||
Friedrichs II SED–LDP–CDU | 1 Oct. 1946 | |||||||
![]() | Max Seydewitz (1892–1987) | 31 July 1947 | 7 October 1949 | 2 years, 68 days | Socialist Unity Party | Seydewitz I SED–LDP–CDU–DBD | ||
Saxony (1949–1952) | ||||||||
State of the German Democratic Republic (1949–1952) | ||||||||
![]() | Max Seydewitz (1892–1987) | 7 October 1949 | 23 July 1952 | 2 years, 290 days | Socialist Unity Party | Seydewitz II SED–CDU–LDP–DBD–NDPD–FDGB | 2 Oct. 1950 | |
From 23 July 1952 until 3 October 1990, Free State of Saxony was abolished. |
Free State of Saxony (1990–present)
Political party: CDU
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Landtag | |||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
Saxony (1990–present) | ||||||||
State of the Federal Republic of Germany | ||||||||
– | ![]() | Rudolf Krause (born 1939) as State Commissioner | 3 October 1990 | 27 October 1990 | 24 days | Christian Democratic Union | – | – |
1 | ![]() | Kurt Biedenkopf (1930–2021) | 27 October 1990 | 18 April 2002 | 11 years, 173 days | Christian Democratic Union | Biedenkopf I CDU | 1 Oct. 1990 |
Biedenkopf II CDU | 2 Sep. 1994 | |||||||
Biedenkopf III CDU | 3 Sep. 1999 | |||||||
2 | ![]() | Georg Milbradt (born 1945) | 18 April 2002 | 28 May 2008 | 6 years, 40 days | Christian Democratic Union | Milbradt I CDU | |
Milbradt II CDU–SPD | 4 Sep. 2004 | |||||||
3 | ![]() | Stanislaw Tillich (born 1959) | 28 May 2008 | 13 December 2017 | 9 years, 199 days | Christian Democratic Union | Tillich I CDU–SPD | |
Tillich II CDU–FDP | 5 Aug. 2009 | |||||||
Tillich III CDU–SPD | 6 Aug. 2014 | |||||||
4 | ![]() | Michael Kretschmer (born 1975) | 13 December 2017 | Incumbent | 6 years, 242 days | Christian Democratic Union | Kretschmer I CDU–SPD | |
Kretschmer II CDU–Green–SPD | 7 Sep. 2019 |
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Ministers-President of Saxony
- office established 1831
- Bernhard von Lindenau
- Julius Traugott von Könneritz
- Karl Braun
- Gustav Friedrich Held
- Ferdinand Zschinsky
- Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust
- Freiherr von Falkenstein
- Freiherr von Friesen
- Graf von Fabrice
- Karl von Gerber
- Julius Hans von Tümmel
- Heinrich Rudolf Schurig
- Karl von Metzsch-Reichenbach
- Konrad Wilhelm Rüger
- Victor Alexander von Otto
- Freiherr von Hausen
- Heinrich Gustav Beck
- Rudolf Heinze
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- Rudolf Friedrichs
- Max Seydewitz
- state abolished 1952–90