List of minister-presidents of Baden-Württemberg

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
181000000: 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: SPD Zentrum DDP NSDAP

Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party
Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Days	Political party
	Anton Geiss (1858–1944)	10 November 1918	14 August 1920	643	Social Democratic Party of Germany
	Gustav Trunk (1871–1936) First term	14 August 1920	23 November 1921	466	Centre Party
	Hermann Hummel (1876–1952)	23 November 1921	23 November 1922	365	German Democratic Party
	Adam Remmele (1877–1951) First term	23 November 1922	23 November 1923	365	Social Democratic Party of Germany
	Heinrich Köhler (1878–1949) First term	23 November 1923	23 November 1924	366	Centre Party
	Willy Hellpach (1877–1955)	23 November 1924	23 November 1925	365	German Democratic Party
	Gustav Trunk (1871–1936) Second term	23 November 1925	23 November 1926	365	Centre Party
	Heinrich Köhler (1878–1949) Second term	23 November 1926	3 February 1927	72	Centre Party
	Gustav Trunk (1871–1936) Third term	3 February 1927	23 November 1927	293	Centre Party
	Adam Remmele (1877–1951) Second term	23 November 1927	23 November 1928	366	Social Democratic Party of Germany
	Josef Schmitt [de] (1874–1939) First term	23 November 1928	20 November 1930	727	Centre Party
	Franz Josef Wittemann [de] (1866–1931)	20 November 1930	10 September 1931	294	Centre Party
	Josef Schmitt [de] (1874–1939) Second term	10 September 1931	11 March 1933	548	Centre Party
	Robert Heinrich Wagner (1895–1946)	Reichkomissar		3	Nazi Party
		8 March 1933	11 March 1933	3
		Präsident		58
		11 March 1933	8 May 1933	58
		Reichsstatthalter		4377
		5 May 1933	29 April 1945	4377
	Walter Köhler (1897–1989)	Ministerpräsident		4349	Nazi Party
	Walter Köhler (1897–1989)	8 May 1933	4 April 1945	4349	Nazi Party

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
191800000: Theodor Liesching

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

Political party: SPD DDP DNVP Zentrum NSDAP None

Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party
Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Days	Political party
	Wilhelm Blos (1849–1927)	9 November 1918	23 June 1920	592	Social Democratic Party of Germany
	Johannes von Hieber [de] (1862–1951)	23 June 1920	8 April 1924	1385	German Democratic Party
	Edmund Rau [de] (1868–1953) Acting	8 April 1924	3 June 1924	56	Non-partisan
	Wilhelm Bazille (1874–1934)	3 June 1924	8 June 1928	1466	German National People's Party
	Eugen Bolz (1881–1945)	8 June 1928	15 March 1933	1741	Centre Party
	Wilhelm Murr (1888–1945)	Reichskommissar		7	Nazi Party
		8 March 1933	15 March 1933	7
		Präsident		58
		15 March 1933	12 May 1933	58
		Reichsstatthalter		4368
		5 May 1933	20 April 1945	4368
	Christian Mergenthaler (1884–1980)	12 May 1933	April 1945	c. 4360	Nazi Party

Three States (1945–1952)

Minister-President of Württemberg-Baden

Political party: FDP SPD CDU

Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party
Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Days	Political party
Württemberg-Baden (1945–1949)
American-occupied zone of Germany
1	Reinhold Maier (1889–1971)	19 September 1945	23 May 1949	1342	Free Democratic Party
Württemberg-Baden (1949–1952)
State of the Federal Republic of Germany
1	Reinhold Maier (1889–1971)	23 May 1949	25 April 1952	1068	Free Democratic Party
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.

Minister-President of Württemberg-Hohenzollern

Political party: SPD CDU

Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party
Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Days	Political party
Württemberg-Hohenzollern (1945–1949)
French occupation zone in Germany
1	Carlo Schmid (1896–1979)	16 October 1945	22 July 1947	644	Social Democratic Party of Germany
2	Lorenz Bock (1883–1948)	22 July 1947	3 August 1948 †	378	Christian Democratic Union
–	Carlo Schmid (1896–1979) Acting	4 August 1948	13 August 1948	9	Social Democratic Party of Germany
3	Gebhard Müller (1900–1990)	13 August 1948	23 May 1949	283	Christian Democratic Union
Württemberg-Hohenzollern (1949–1952)
State of the Federal Republic of Germany
(3)	Gebhard Müller (1900–1990)	23 May 1949	25 April 1952	1068	Christian Democratic Union
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.

President of (South) Baden

Political party: CDU

Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party
Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Days	Political party
South Baden (1945–1946) Baden (1946–1949)
French occupation zone in Germany
For the first year of its existence, the state was directly governed by the French military administration.
1	Leo Wohleb [de] (1888–1955)	3 December 1946	23 May 1949	902	Baden Christian Social People's Party (until 1947) Christian Democratic Union (from 1947)
Baden (1949–1952)
State of the Federal Republic of Germany
(1)	Leo Wohleb [de] (1888–1955)	23 May 1949	25 April 1952	1068	Christian Democratic Union
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.

Baden-Württemberg (1952–present)

Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg

Political party: FDP CDU Green

Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party
Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Days	Political party
Baden-Württemberg (1952–present)
State of the Federal Republic of Germany
1	Reinhold Maier (1889–1971)	25 April 1952	30 September 1953 (resigned)	523	Free Democratic Party
2	Gebhard Müller (1900–1990)	30 September 1953	17 December 1958 (resigned)	1904	Christian Democratic Union
3	Kurt Georg Kiesinger (1904–1988)	17 December 1958	1 December 1966 (resigned to become Chancellor)	2906	Christian Democratic Union
4	Hans Filbinger (1913–2007)	16 December 1966	30 August 1978 (resigned)	4275	Christian Democratic Union
5	Lothar Späth (1937–2016)	30 August 1978	22 January 1991 (resigned)	4528	Christian Democratic Union
6	Erwin Teufel (born 1939)	22 January 1991	21 April 2005 (resigned)	5203	Christian Democratic Union
7	Günther Oettinger (born 1953)	21 April 2005	10 February 2010 (resigned)	1756	Christian Democratic Union
8	Stefan Mappus (born 1966)	10 February 2010	12 May 2011	456	Christian Democratic Union
9	Winfried Kretschmann (born 1948)	12 May 2011	Incumbent	4921	Alliance 90/The Greens

v t e State ministries of Württemberg
Kingdom of Württemberg	Frederick I (1806–1816) Privy Council (1816–1848) Römer (1848–1849) Schlayer (1849–1850) Linden (1850–1864) Varnbüler (1864–1870) Mittnacht (1870–1900) Schottenstein (1900–1901) Breitling (1901–1906) Weizsäcker (1906–1918) Liesching (1918–1918)
Free People's State of Württemberg	Blos (1918–1920) Hieber (1920–1924) Rau (1924–1924) Bazille (1924–1928) Bloz (1928–1933) Murr (1933–1933) Mergenthaler (1933–1945)
Württemberg-Baden	Maier (1945–1952)
Württemberg-Hohenzollern	Schmid (1945–1947) Bock (1947–1948) Müller (1948–1952)