The Minister-President of Thuringia, officially the Minister-President of the Free State of Thuringia (German: Ministerpräsident des Freistaats Thüringen), is the head of government of the German state of Thuringia. The position was re-established in 1990 after German reunification. The former districts Erfurt, Suhl, Gera and some adjacent areas of the Halle were incorporated into the new and re-established federal state of Thuringia.
| Minister-President of the Free State of Thuringia | |
|---|---|
| Ministerpräsident des Freistaats Thüringen | |
 Coat of arms of Thuringia | |
| Residence | Erfurt |
| Appointer | Landtag of Thuringia |
| Term length | Pending resignation or the election of a successor |
| Inaugural holder | Josef Duchač |
| Formation | 3 October 1990 |
| Salary | regulated by legislation |
| Website | https://www.staatskanzlei-thueringen.de/ |
The current Minister-President is Bodo Ramelow, heading a minority government between The Left, Social Democrats and the Alliance '90/The Greens.[1] Ramelow succeeded Thomas Kemmerich in March 2020.[2] Ramelow previously served as Minister-President from 5 December 2014 to 5 February 2020.
The office of the Minister-President is known as the State Chancellery (German: Staatskanzlei), and is located in the capital of Erfurt, along with the rest of the cabinet departments.
Title edit
The German title Ministerpräsident may be translated literally as Minister-President, although the state government sometimes uses the title Prime Minister in English.[3]
List edit
- 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) | |||||||
| State of the Federal Republic of Germany | |||||||
| 1 | .jpg)
|
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] | 4 March 2020 (resigned) |
28 | Free Democratic Party | |
| 7 (5) |
|
Bodo Ramelow (born 1956) Second term |
4 March 2020 | Incumbent | 1514 | The Left | |
- ^ Duchač previously acted before as the state commissioner from 3 October to 8 November 1990.
References edit
- ^ Das Thüringer Kabinett. 29 April 2022
- ^ "Left party politician Bodo Ramelow wins key German state vote". Deutsche Welle. 4 March 2020.
- ^ Premier of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
- ^ Kemmerich ist neuer Ministerpräsident. 5 February 2020