List of Ministers-President of Bavaria

Below is a list of the men who have served in the capacity of Minister-President or equivalent office in the German state of Bavaria from the 17th century to the present.

Privy Council chancellor

Privy Council chancellors (Geheime Ratskanzler) were:

• 1650–1662: Johann Adlzreiter von Tettenweis (de)
• 1662–1667: Johann Georg Oexle
• 1667–1693: Kaspar von Schmid (de)
• 1695–1704: Johann Rudolf von Wämpl (de)
• 1704–1714: Vacant
• 1726–1749: Franz Xaver Josef von Unertl
• 1749–1758: Franz Xaver Andreas von Praidlohn (de)
• 1758–1790: Wiguläus von Kreittmayr

Ministers

Before 1849 Bavaria had no actual head of government, but the Minister of Foreign Affairs was the most senior of the ministers. In 1806, the office was given to the Minister of the Royal House and of Foreign Affairs.

• 1745–1777: Franz Joseph von Berchem
• 1777–1799: Matthäus von Vieregg
• 1799–1817: Maximilian von Montgelas
• 1817–1825: Heinrich Aloys von Reigersberg
• 1825–1832: Georg Friedrich von Zentner
• 1832–1837: Friedrich August Koch
• 1837–1847: Karl von Abel
• 184700000: Friedrich August von Zu Rhein
• 1847–1848: Ludwig von Oettingen-Wallerstein
• 184800000: Klemens von Waldkirch (14 March 1848 – 29 April 1848) (de)
• 1848–1849: Otto von Bray-Steinburg (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.

• 1849–1859: Ludwig von der Pfordten (1st term)
• 1859–1864: Karl von Schrenck von Notzing (de)
• 186400000: Max von Neumayr (de)
• 1864–1866: Ludwig von der Pfordten (2nd term)
• 1866–1870: Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
• 1870–1871: Otto von Bray-Steinburg (2nd term)
• 1871–1872: Friedrich von Hegnenberg-Dux (de)
• 1872–1880: Adolph von Pfretzschner
• 1880–1890: Johann von Lutz
• 1890–1903: Friedrich Krafft Graf von Crailsheim
• 1903–1912: Clemens von Podewils-Dürniz
• 1912–1917: Georg von Hertling
• 1917–1918: Otto von Dandl

Ministers-President of the Free State of Bavaria

Political Party:   USPD   SPD   BVP   NSDAP   CSU   None

Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Term of Office			Political Party
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
		Kurt Eisner (1867–1919)	8 November 1918	21 February 1919	105 days	Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany
		Martin Segitz (1853–1927) Acting Minister-President	1 March 1919	17 March 1919	16 days	Social Democratic Party of Germany
		Johannes Hoffmann (1867–1930)	17 March 1919	16 March 1920	365 days	Social Democratic Party of Germany
		Gustav Ritter von Kahr (1862–1934)	16 March 1920	21 September 1921	1 year, 189 days	Non-partisan
		Graf von Lerchenfeld-Köfering (1871–1944)	21 September 1921	8 November 1922	1 year, 48 days	Bavarian People's Party
		Eugen Ritter von Knilling (1856–1927)	8 November 1922	1 July 1924	1 year, 236 days	Bavarian People's Party
		Gustav Ritter von Kahr (1862–1934)	Generalstaatskommissar		136 days	Non-partisan
			25 September 1923	17 February 1924
		Heinrich Held (1868–1938)	2 July 1924	9 March 1933	8 years, 250 days	Bavarian People's Party
		Franz Ritter von Epp (1868–1947)	Reichkomissar		31 days	National Socialist German Workers' Party
			10 March 1933	10 April 1933
			Reichsstatthalter		12 years, 19 days
			10 April 1933	29 April 1945
		Ludwig Siebert (1874–1942)	12 April 1933	1 November 1942 †	9 years, 203 days	National Socialist German Workers' Party
		Paul Giesler (1895–1945)	2 November 1942	29 April 1945	2 years, 178 days	National Socialist German Workers' Party
		Fritz Schäffer (1888–1967)	28 May 1945	28 September 1945	123 days	Christian Social Union
		Wilhelm Hoegner (1887–1980) 1st term	28 September 1945	16 December 1946	1 year, 79 days	Social Democratic Party of Germany
		Hans Ehard (1887–1980) 1st term	21 December 1946	14 December 1954	7 years, 358 days	Christian Social Union
		Wilhelm Hoegner (1887–1980) 2nd term	14 December 1954	8 October 1957	2 years, 298 days	Social Democratic Party of Germany
		Hanns Seidel (1901–1961)	16 October 1957	22 January 1960	2 years, 98 days	Christian Social Union
		Hans Ehard (1887–1980) 2nd term	26 January 1960	11 December 1962	2 years, 319 days	Christian Social Union
		Alfons Goppel (1905–1991)	11 December 1962	6 November 1978	15 years, 330 days	Christian Social Union
		Franz Josef Strauss (1915–1988)	6 November 1978	3 October 1988	9 years, 332 days	Christian Social Union
		Max Streibl (1932–1998)	19 October 1988	27 May 1993	4 years, 220 days	Christian Social Union
		Edmund Stoiber (born 1941)	28 May 1993	30 September 2007	14 years, 126 days	Christian Social Union
		Günther Beckstein (born 1943)	9 October 2007	27 October 2008	1 year, 18 days	Christian Social Union
		Horst Seehofer (born 1949)	27 October 2008	13 March 2018	9 years, 140 days	Christian Social Union
		Markus Söder (born 1967)	16 March 2018	Incumbent	2 years, 322 days	Christian Social Union

Timeline

See also

• List of rulers of Bavaria

External links

• "Die Bayerischen Ministerpräsidenten seit 1945 (in German)". Bavarian government. Archived from the original on 2008-05-07. Retrieved 2008-05-10.