List of Ministers-President of Bavaria

This is a list of the men who have served in the capacity of Minister President or equivalent office in Bavaria from the 17th century to the present:

Geheime Ratskanzler

• Johann Rudolf von Wämpl 1695-1704
• Vacant 1704-1714
• Baron Franz Xaver Josef von Unertl 1726-1749
• Baron von Praidlohn 1749–1758
• Baron Wiguläus Xaverius Aloysius von Kreittmayr 1758-1790

Ministers of Foreign Affairs, since 1806 Ministers of the Royal House and of Foreign Affairs

Before 1849 Bavaria had no actual Prime Minister, but the Minister of Foreign Affairs was the most senior of the ministers.

• Count Franz Joseph von Berchem 1745-1777
• Count Matthäus von Vieregg 1777-1799
• Count Maximilian von Montgelas 1799-1817
• Count Heinrich Aloys von Reigersberg 1817-1825
• Baron Georg Friedrich von Zentner 1825-1832
• Friedrich August Koch 1832-1837
• Karl von Abel 1837-1847
• Baron Friedrich August von Zu Rhein 1847
• Prince Ludwig of Öttingen-Wallerstein 1847-1848
• Count Klemens von Waldkirch March 14, 1848-April 29, 1848
• Count Otto von Bray-Steinburg 1848-1849 (1st term)

Chairmen of the Council of Ministers

The office of Chairman of the Council of Ministers was established in 1849. With one exception (1880-1890), the Chairman was always the Foreign Minister.

• Baron Karl Ludwig von der Pfordten 1849-1859 (1st term)
• Baron Karl von Schrenck 1859-1864
• Max Ritter von Neumayr 1864
• Baron Karl Ludwig von der Pfordten 1864-1866 (2nd term)
• Prince Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst 1866-1870
• Count Otto von Bray-Steinburg 1870-1871 (2nd term)
• Baron Friedrich von Hegnenberg-Dux 1871-1872
• Adolph von Pfretzschner 1872-1880
• Baron Johann von Lutz 1880-1890
• Baron Krafft von Crailsheim 1890-1903
• Count Clemens von Podewils-Dürnitz 1903-1912
• Count Georg von Hertling 1912-1917
• Otto Ritter von Dandl 1917-1918

Ministers-President of the Free State of Bavaria

Name	Picture	Period of office	Party
Kurt Eisner		8 November 1918 - 21 February 1919	Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany
Johannes Hoffmann		17 March 1919 - 16 March 1920	Social Democratic Party of Germany
Gustav Ritter von Kahr		16 March 1920 - 21 September 1921	None (national conservative)
Hugo Graf von und zu Lerchenfeld auf Köfering und Schönberg		21 September 1921 - 8 November 1922	Bavarian People's Party
Eugen Ritter von Knilling		8 November 1922 - 1 July 1924	Bavarian People's Party
Gustav Ritter von Kahr		Generalstaatskommissar 25 September 1923 - 17 February 1924	None (national conservative)
Heinrich Held		2 July 1924 - 9 March 1933	Bavarian People's Party
Franz Ritter von Epp		Reichkomissar 10 March - 10 April 1933 Reichsstatthalter 10 April 1933 - April 1945	National Socialist German Workers' Party
Ludwig Siebert		12 April 1933 - 1 November 1942	National Socialist German Workers' Party
Paul Giesler		2 November 1942 - 29 April 1945	National Socialist German Workers' Party
Fritz Schäffer		28 May 1945 - 28 September 1945	Christian Social Union of Bavaria
Wilhelm Hoegner		28 September 1945 - 16 December 1946	Social Democratic Party of Germany
Hans Ehard		21 December 1946 - 14 December 1954	Christian Social Union of Bavaria
Wilhelm Hoegner		14 December 1954 - 8 October 1957	Social Democratic Party of Germany
Hanns Seidel		16 October 1957 - 22 January 1960	Christian Social Union of Bavaria
Hans Ehard		26 January 1960 - 11 December 1962	Christian Social Union of Bavaria
Alfons Goppel		11 December 1962 - 6 November 1978	Christian Social Union of Bavaria
Franz Josef Strauss		6 November 1978 - 3 October 1988	Christian Social Union of Bavaria
Max Streibl		19 October 1988 - 27 May 1993	Christian Social Union of Bavaria
Edmund Stoiber		28 May 1993 - 30 September 2007	Christian Social Union of Bavaria
Günther Beckstein		9 October 2007 - 27 October 2008	Christian Social Union of Bavaria
Horst Seehofer		27 October 2008 - Present	Christian Social Union of Bavaria

See also

• List of rulers of Bavaria

External links

"Die Bayerischen Ministerpräsidenten seit 1945 (in German)". Bavarian government. http://www.bayern.de/Ministerpraesidenten-seit-1945-.260/index.htm. Retrieved 2008-05-10.