List of Ministers-President of Mecklenburg

This is a list of the men who have served in the capacity of Minister-President or equivalent office in the states within the region of Mecklenburg from the 18th century to 1945. The states in question were Duchy and Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Duchy and Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Free States of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz and unified state of Mecklenburg.

Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Duchy
Prime Ministers
  • 1783–1784: Carl Friedrich Graf von Bassewitz
  • 1784–1800: Stephan Werner von Dewitz auf Cölpin
  • 1800–1808: Bernhard Friedrich Graf von Bassewitz
  • 1808–1815: August Georg Freiherr von Brandenstein

Grand Duchy
Prime Ministers
  • 1815–1836: August Georg Freiherr von Brandenstein
  • 1836–1837: Leopold Engelke von Plessen
  • 1837–1840: Christian Friedrich Krüger
  • 1840–1850: Ludwig von Lützow
Presidents of the State Ministry
  • 1850–1858: Hans Adolf Karl Graf von Bülow
  • 1858–1869: Jasper Joachim Bernhard Wilhelm von Oertzen
  • 1869–1885: Henning Carl Friedrich Graf von Bassewitz
  • 1886–1901: Alexander Friedrich Wilhelm von Bülow
  • 1901–1914: Karl Heinrich Ludwig Graf von Bassewitz-Levetzow
  • 1914–1918: Adolf Ferdinand Helmut August Wilhelm Langfeld

Free State

Political Party:   DDP   DVP   SPD   DNVP   NSDAP

Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of Office Political Party
Took Office Left Office Days
President of the State Ministry
Hugo Wendorff
(1864–1945)		 9 November 1918 22 February 1919 105 German Democratic Party
Ministers-President
Hugo Wendorff
(1864–1945)		 22 February 1919 28 July 1920 522 German Democratic Party
Hermann Reincke-Bloch
(1867–1928)		 28 July 1920 14 January 1921 170 German People's Party
Johannes Stelling
(1877–1933)		 14 January 1921 18 March 1924 1159 Social Democratic Party of Germany
Joachim Freiherr von Brandenstein
(1864–1941)		 18 March 1924 8 July 1926 842 German National People's Party
Paul Schröder
(1875–1932)		 8 July 1926 10 July 1929 1098 Social Democratic Party of Germany
Karl Eschenburg
(1877–1943)		 10 July 1929 13 July 1932 1099 German National People's Party
Walter Granzow
(1887–1952)		 13 July 1932 10 August 1933 393 National Socialist German Workers' Party
Hans Egon Engell
(1897–1974)		 10 August 1933 31 December 1933 143 National Socialist German Workers' Party
Friedrich Hildebrandt
(1898–1948)		 Reichsstatthalter 219 National Socialist German Workers' Party
26 May 1933 31 December 1933

Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Duchy
Ministers of State (Staatsminister)
  • 1769–1784: Stephan Werner von Dewitz auf Cöpin
  • 1784–1795: Christoph Otto von Gamm
  • 1795–1800: Otto Ulrich von Dewitz
  • 1800–1815: Karl Wilhelm Friedrich David von Pentz

Grand Duchy
  • 1815–1827: Karl Wilhelm Friedrich David von Pentz
  • 1827–1836: August Otto Ernst Freiherr von Örtzen auf Klokow
  • 1837–1848: Otto Ludwig Christian von Dewitz auf Sallnow
  • 1848–1850: Vacant
  • 1850–1861: August Ludwig Wilhelm von Bernstorff
  • 1862–1868: Bernhard Ernst von Bülow
  • 1868–1872: Wilhelm Karl Konrad Freiherr von Hammerstein-Loxten
  • 1872–1885: Anton von Piper (acting)
  • 1885–1907: Friedrich Wilhelm Otto Ulrich Karl Helmut von Dewitz
  • 1907–1918: Heinrich Bossart

Free State

Political Party:   DDP   SPD   DNVP   NSDAP

Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of Office Political Party
Took Office Left Office Days
Chairmen of the State Ministry
Peter Franz Stubmann
(1876–1962)		 11 November 1918 7 January 1919 67 German Democratic Party
Hans Krüger
(1884–1933)		 7 January 1919 13 October 1919 279 Social Democratic Party of Germany
Ministers of State
Kurt Gustav Hans Otto Freiherr von Reibnitz
(1877–1937)
1st term		 13 October 1919 2 August 1923 1389 Social Democratic Party of Germany
Karl Schwabe
(1877–1938)		 2 August 1923 13 March 1928 1685 German National People's Party
Kurt Gustav Hans Otto Freiherr von Reibnitz
(1877–1937)
2nd term		 13 March 1928 12 April 1929 395 Social Democratic Party of Germany
Kurt Häntzschel
(1889–1941)		 Reichskommissar 4 German Democratic Party
12 April 1929 16 April 1929
Kurt Gustav Hans Otto Freiherr von Reibnitz
(1877–1937)
3rd term		 16 April 1929 4 December 1931 962 Social Democratic Party of Germany
Heinrich Wilhelm Ferdinand von Michael
(1888–1942)		 4 December 1931 27 May 1933 540 German National People's Party
Fritz Stichtenoth
(1895–1935)		 27 May 1933 31 December 1933 218 National Socialist German Workers' Party
Friedrich Hildebrandt
(1898–1948)		 Reichsstatthalter 219 National Socialist German Workers' Party
26 May 1933 31 December 1933

Mecklenburg

Political Party:   NSDAP

Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of Office Political Party
Took Office Left Office Days
Hans Egon Engell
(1897–1974)		 1 January 1934 25 October 1934 297 National Socialist German Workers' Party
Friedrich Scharf
(1897–1974)		 25 October 1934 1 May 1945 3841 National Socialist German Workers' Party
Friedrich Hildebrandt
(1898–1948)		 Reichsstatthalter 4138 National Socialist German Workers' Party
1 January 1934 1 May 1945

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