List of the presidents of the German federal states
The list of state presidents of the German states contains all state presidents of the German states since 1946 and 1990.
Acting state parliament presidents
The following table lists the incumbent state presidents of the federal states of the Federal Republic of Germany (as of September 1, 2020) .
countries
Baden-Württemberg
State parliament in the state capital Stuttgart
Term of office | President of the Landtag | Political party | Electoral term | image | |
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1952- 1960 |
Carl Neinhaus | CDU | 1st , 2nd |
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1960- 1968 |
Franz Gurk | CDU | 3rd , 4th |
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1968- 1976 |
Camill root | CDU | 5th , 6th |
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1976- 1980 |
Erich Ganzenmüller | CDU | 7th |
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1980- 1982 |
Lothar Gaa | CDU | 8th. |
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1982- 1992 |
Erich Schneider | CDU | 8th , 9th , 10th |
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1992- 1996 |
Fritz Hopmeier | CDU | 11. |
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1996– 2011 |
Peter Straub | CDU | 12th , 13th , 14th |
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2011 | Willi Stächele | CDU | 15th |
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2011– 2015 |
Guido Wolf | CDU | 15th |
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2015– 2016 |
Wilfried Klenk | CDU | 15th |
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2016- officiating |
Muhterem Macaws | Green | 16. |
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Bavaria
Maximilianeum , seat of the state parliament in the state capital Munich
Term of office | President of the Landtag | Political party | Electoral term | image | |
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December 16, 1946 - February 8, 1950 |
Michael Horlacher | CSU | 1. |
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February 8, 1950 - May 10, 1951 |
Georg Stang | CSU | 2. |
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June 19, 1951 - December 12, 1954 |
Alois Hundhammer | CSU | 2. |
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December 13, 1954 - January 26, 1960 |
Hans Ehard | CSU | 3rd , 4th |
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January 27, 1960 - October 29, 1978 |
Rudolf Hanauer | CSU | 4th , 5th , 6th , 7th , 8th |
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October 30, 1978 - October 23, 1990 |
Franz Heubl | CSU | 9th , 10th , 11th |
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October 24, 1990 - October 19, 1994 |
Wilhelm Vorndran | CSU | 12. |
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October 20, 1994 - October 5, 2003 |
Johann Boehm | CSU | 13. , 14. |
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October 6, 2003 - October 19, 2008 |
Alois luck | CSU | 15th |
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October 20, 2008 - November 5, 2018 |
Barbara Stamm | CSU | 16. , 17. |
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November 5, 2018 - acting |
Ilse Aigner | CSU | 18th |
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Berlin
Prussian Landtag , seat of the Berlin House of Representatives
Term of office | President of the Landtag | Political party | Electoral term | image | |
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January 11, 1951 - January 11, 1955 |
Otto Suhr | SPD | 1. |
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January 11, 1955 - October 2, 1957 |
Willy Brandt | SPD | 2. |
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October 19, 1957 - March 4, 1958 |
Kurt Landsberg | SPD | 2. |
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March 20, 1958 - September 17, 1961 |
Willy Henneberg | SPD | 2nd , 3rd |
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September 29, 1961 - April 6, 1967 |
Otto Friedrich Bach | SPD | 3rd , 4th |
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April 6, 1967 - April 24, 1975 |
Walter Sickert | SPD | 5th , 6th |
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April 24, 1975 - December 10, 1980 |
Peter Lorenz | CDU | 7th , 8th |
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December 10, 1980 - June 11, 1981 |
Heinrich Lummer | CDU | 8th. |
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June 11, 1981 - March 2, 1989 |
Peter Rebsch | CDU | 9th , 10th |
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March 2, 1989 - January 11, 1991 |
Jürgen Wohlrabe | CDU | 11. |
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January 11, 1991 - November 30, 1995 |
Hanna-Renate Laurien | CDU | 12. |
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November 30, 1995 - November 18, 1999 |
Herwig Haase | CDU | 13. |
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November 18, 1999 - November 29, 2001 |
Reinhard Führer | CDU | 14th |
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November 29, 2001 - October 27, 2011 |
Walter Momper | SPD | 15th , 16th |
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Oct. 27, 2011 - Acting |
Ralf Wieland | SPD | 17th , 18th |
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Brandenburg
City palace , seat of the state parliament in the state capital Potsdam
Term of office | President of the Landtag | Political party | Electoral term | image | |
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October 26, 1990 - October 13, 2004 |
Herbert Knoblich | SPD | 1st , 2nd , 3rd |
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October 13, 2004 - October 8, 2014 |
Gunter Fritsch | SPD | 4th , 5th |
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October 8, 2014 - September 25, 2019 |
Britta Stark | SPD | 6th |
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September 25, 2019 - acting |
Ulrike Liedtke | SPD | 7th |
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Bremen
House of Citizenship, seat of the Bremen Citizenship
Term of office | President of the Landtag | Political party | Electoral term | image | |
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April 17, 1946 - October 30, 1946 |
Wilhelm Kaisen | SPD | Appointed Bremen citizenship |
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October 30, 1946 - November 4, 1966 |
August hawthorn | SPD | 1st , 2nd , 3rd , 4th , 5th , 6th |
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November 9, 1966 - December 31, 1970 |
Hermann Engel | SPD | 6. , 7. |
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January 20, 1971 - June 7, 1995 |
Dieter Klink | SPD | 7th , 8th , 9th , 10th , 11th , 12th , 13th |
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July 4, 1995 - June 7, 1999 |
Reinhard Metz | CDU | 14th |
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July 7, 1999 - February 12, 2019 |
Christian Weber | SPD | 15th , 16th , 17th , 18th , 19th |
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March 27, 2019 - July 3, 2019 |
Antje Grotheer | SPD | 19th |
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July 3, 2019 - acting |
Frank Imhoff | CDU | 20th |
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Hamburg
Hamburg City Hall , seat of the citizenship and the Senate
Term of office | President of the Landtag | Political party | Electoral term | image | |
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1946- 1960 |
Adolph Schönfelder | SPD |
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1960- 1978 |
Herbert Dau | SPD |
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1978- 1982 |
Peter Schulz | SPD |
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1982- 1983 |
Martin Willich | CDU |
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1983- 1986 |
Peter Schulz | SPD |
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1986- 1987 |
Martin Willich | CDU |
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1987 | Elisabeth Kiausch | SPD |
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1987- 1991 |
Helga Elstner | SPD |
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1991- 1993 |
Elisabeth Kiausch | SPD |
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1993- 2000 |
Ute Pape | SPD |
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2000- 2004 |
Dorothee Stapelfeldt | SPD |
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2004– 2010 |
Berndt Röder | CDU |
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2010-2011 | Lutz Mohaupt | Non-party |
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2011 | Dorothee Stapelfeldt | SPD | 20th |
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2011- officiating |
Carola Veit | SPD | 20th , 21st |
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Hesse
City palace , seat of the state parliament in the state capital Wiesbaden
Term of office | President of the Landtag | Political party | Electoral term | image | |
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December 1, 1946 - December 16, 1954 |
Otto Witte | SPD | 1st , 2nd |
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December 16, 1954 - December 1, 1962 |
Heinrich Zinnkann | SPD | 3rd , 4th |
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December 1, 1962 - December 1, 1966 |
Franz Fuchs | SPD | 5. |
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December 1, 1966 - December 3, 1974 |
Georg book | SPD | 6. , 7. |
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December 3, 1974 - December 1, 1982 |
Hans Wagner | CDU | 8th , 9th |
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December 1, 1982 - October 13, 1983 |
Jochen Lengemann | CDU | 10. |
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October 13, 1983 - April 23, 1987 |
Erwin Lang | SPD | 11. |
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April 23, 1987 - July 22, 1988 |
Jochen Lengemann | CDU | 12. |
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July 28, 1988 - April 5, 1991 |
Klaus Peter Möller | CDU | 12. |
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April 5, 1991 - April 5, 1995 |
Karl Starzacher | SPD | 13. |
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April 5, 1995 - April 5, 2003 |
Klaus Peter Möller | CDU | 14. , 15. |
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April 5, 2003 - January 17, 2019 |
Norbert Kartmann | CDU | 16. , 17. , 18. , 19. |
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January 18, 2019 - acting |
Boris Rhein | CDU | 20th |
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Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Schwerin Castle , seat of the state parliament in the state capital Schwerin
Term of office | President of the Landtag | Political party | Electoral term | image | |
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October 26, 1990 - October 26, 1998 |
Rainer Prachtl | CDU | 1st , 2nd |
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October 26, 1998 - October 22, 2002 |
Hinrich Kuessner | SPD | 3. |
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October 22, 2002 - April 28, 2019 |
Sylvia Bretschneider | SPD | 4th , 5th , 6th , 7th |
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May 22, 2019 - acting |
Birgit Hesse | SPD | 7th |
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Lower Saxony
Leineschloss , seat of the state parliament in the state capital Hanover
Term of office | President of the Landtag | Political party | Electoral term | image | |
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December 9, 1946 - May 5, 1955 |
Karl Olfers | SPD | Appointed state parliament , 1st , 2nd |
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May 6, 1955 - December 4, 1957 |
Werner Hofmeister | CDU | 3. |
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December 4, 1957 - May 5, 1959 |
Paul Oskar Schuster | CDU | 3. |
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May 6, 1959 - May 5, 1963 |
Karl Olfers | SPD | 4th |
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May 20, 1963 - June 5, 1967 |
Richard Lehners | SPD | 5. |
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June 6, 1967 - June 20, 1974 |
Wilhelm Baumgarten | SPD | 6. , 7. |
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June 21, 1974 - June 20, 1982 |
Heinz Müller (politician, 1920) | CDU | 8th , 9th |
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June 21, 1982 - June 21, 1985 |
Bruno Brandes | CDU | 10. |
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July 10, 1985 - June 20, 1990 |
Edzard Blanke | CDU | 10. , 11. |
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June 21, 1990 - March 29, 1998 |
Horst Milde | SPD | 12. , 13. |
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March 30, 1998 - March 3, 2003 |
Rolf Wernstedt | SPD | 14th |
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March 4, 2003 - February 25, 2008 |
Jürgen Gansäuer | CDU | 15th |
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February 26, 2008 - February 18, 2013 |
Hermann Dinkla | CDU | 16. |
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February 19, 2013 - November 13, 2017 |
Bernd Busemann | CDU | 17th |
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November 14, 2017 - acting |
Gabriele Andretta | SPD | 18th |
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North Rhine-Westphalia
State parliament in the state capital Düsseldorf
Term of office | President of the Landtag | Political party | Electoral term | image | |
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October 2, 1946 - December 19, 1946 |
Ernst Gnoss | SPD | 1. Appointed Landtag |
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December 19, 1946 - April 19, 1947 |
Robert Lehr | CDU | 2. Appointed Landtag |
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April 19, 1947 - December 6, 1958 |
Josef Gockeln | CDU | 1st , 2nd , 3rd , 4th |
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January 13, 1959 - April 19, 1966 |
Wilhelm Johnen | CDU | 5. |
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April 19, 1966 - July 23, 1966 |
Josef Hermann Dufhues | CDU | 5. |
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July 25, 1966 - July 25, 1970 |
John van Nes Ziegler | SPD | 6th |
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July 27, 1970 - May 28, 1980 |
Wilhelm Lenz | CDU | 7th , 8th |
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May 29, 1980 - May 29, 1985 |
John van Nes Ziegler | SPD | 9. |
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May 30, 1985 - May 29, 1990 |
Karl Josef Denzer | SPD | 10. |
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May 31, 1990 - May 31, 1995 |
Ingeborg Friebe | SPD | 11. |
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June 1, 1995 - June 2, 2005 |
Ulrich Schmidt | SPD | 12. , 13. |
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June 8, 2005 - June 10, 2010 |
Regina van Dinther | CDU | 14th |
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June 10, 2010 - July 13, 2010 |
Edgar Moron (acting) | SPD | 15th |
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July 13, 2010 - May 31, 2012 |
Eckhard Uhlenberg | CDU | 15th |
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May 31, 2012 - May 31, 2017 |
Carina Goecke | SPD | 16. |
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June 1, 2017 - acting |
André Kuper | CDU | 17th |
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Rhineland-Palatinate
Deutschhaus , seat of the state parliament in the state capital Mainz
Term of office | President of the Landtag | Political party | Electoral term | image | |
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1947- 1948 |
Jakob Diel | CDU | 1. |
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1948- 1959 |
August Wolters | CDU | 1st , 2nd , 3rd |
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1959- 1971 |
Otto van Volxem | CDU | 4th , 5th , 6th |
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1971- 1974 |
Johannes Baptist Rösler | CDU | 7th |
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1974- 1985 |
Albrecht Martin | CDU | 7th , 8th , 9th , 10th |
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1985- 1991 |
Heinz Peter Volkert | CDU | 10. , 11. |
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1991– 2006 |
Christoph Grimm | SPD | 12th , 13th , 14th |
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2006- 2016 |
Joachim Mertes | SPD | 15th , 16th |
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2016- officiating |
Hendrik Hering | SPD | 17th |
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Saarland
State parliament in the state capital Saarbrücken
Term of office | President of the Landtag | Political party | Electoral term | image | |
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October 14, 1947 - December 15, 1947 |
Johannes Hoffmann | CVP | Legislative Assembly |
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December 15, 1947 - December 17, 1955 |
Peter's room | PLC | 1st , 2nd |
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Jan. 2, 1956 - December 13, 1956 |
Heinrich Schneider | DPS | 3. |
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March 18, 1957 - February 26, 1959 |
Wilhelm Kratz | CDU | 3. |
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February 26, 1959 - April 30, 1959 |
Julius von Lautz | CDU | 3. |
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November 4, 1959 - January 3, 1961 |
Alfons Dawo | CDU | 3. |
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January 3, 1961 - February 3, 1966 |
Josef Schmitt | CDU | 4th |
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February 3, 1966 - October 14, 1974 |
Hans Maurer | CDU | 5th , 6th |
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November 6, 1974 - July 14, 1975 |
Franz Schneider | CDU | 6th |
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July 14, 1975 - May 21, 1980 |
Ludwig Schnur | CDU | 7th |
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May 21, 1980 - November 9, 1994 |
Albrecht Herold | SPD | 8th , 9th , 10th |
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November 9, 1994 - September 29, 1999 |
Hans Kasper | SPD | 11. |
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September 29, 1999 - July 16, 2015 |
Hans Ley | CDU | 12th , 13th , 14th , 15th |
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November 11, 2015 - March 1, 2018 |
Klaus Meiser | CDU | 15th , 16th |
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March 1, 2018 - acting |
Stephan Toscani | CDU | 16. |
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Saxony
State parliament in the state capital Dresden
Term of office | President of the Landtag | Political party | Electoral term | image | |
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October 27, 1990 - September 29, 2009 |
Erich Iltgen | CDU | 1st , 2nd , 3rd , 4th |
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September 29, 2009 - acting |
Matthias Roessler | CDU | 5th , 6th |
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Saxony-Anhalt
State parliament in the state capital Magdeburg
Term of office | President of the Landtag | Political party | Electoral term | image | |
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October 28, 1990 - May 24, 1998 |
Klaus Keitel | CDU | 1st , 2nd |
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May 25, 1998 - May 15, 2002 |
Wolfgang Schaefer | SPD | 3. |
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May 16, 2002 - April 23, 2006 |
Adolf Spotka | CDU | 4th |
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April 24, 2006 - April 18, 2011 |
Dieter Steinecke | CDU | 5. |
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April 19, 2011 - December 1, 2015 |
Detlef Gürth | CDU | 6th |
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December 9, 2015 - April 11, 2016 |
Dieter Steinecke | CDU | 6th |
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April 12, 2016 - August 21, 2016 |
Hardy Güssau | CDU | 7th |
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September 1, 2016 - acting |
Gabriele Brakebusch | CDU | 7th |
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Schleswig-Holstein
State House , seat of the State Parliament in the state capital Kiel
Term of office | President of the Landtag | Political party | Electoral term | image | |
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May 8, 1947 - August 6, 1954 |
Karl Ratz | SPD | 1st , 2nd |
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August 6, 1954 - September 29, 1959 |
Walther Böttcher | CDU | 3rd , 4th |
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September 29, 1959 - April 6, 1964 |
Claus-Joachim von Heydebreck | CDU | 4th , 5th |
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April 6, 1964 - May 5, 1971 |
Paul Rohloff | CDU | 5th , 6th |
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May 15, 1971 - April 12, 1983 |
Helmut Lemke | CDU | 7th , 8th , 9th |
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April 12, 1983 - October 2, 1987 |
Rudolf Titzck | CDU | 10. |
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October 2, 1987 - May 5, 1992 |
Lianne Paulina-Mürl | SPD | 11. , 12. |
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May 5, 1992 - April 23, 1996 |
Ute Erdsiek rave | SPD | 13. |
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April 23, 1996 - March 17, 2005 |
Heinz-Werner Arens | SPD | 14. , 15. |
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March 17, 2005 - October 27, 2009 |
Martin Kayenburg | CDU | 16. |
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October 27, 2009 - June 5, 2012 |
Torsten Geerdts | CDU | 17th |
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Jun. 05, 2012 - Acting |
Klaus Schlie | CDU | 18th , 19th |
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Thuringia
State parliament in the state capital Erfurt
Term of office | President of the Landtag | Political party | Electoral term | image | |
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1990- 1994 |
Gottfried Mueller | CDU | 1. |
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1994- 1999 |
Frank-Michael Pietzsch | CDU | 2. |
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1999- 2004 |
Christine Lieberknecht | CDU | 3. |
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2004- 2009 |
Dagmar Schipanski | CDU | 4th |
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2009- 2014 |
Birgit Diezel | CDU | 5. |
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2014– 2018 |
Christian Carius | CDU | 6th |
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2018- 2019 |
Birgit Diezel | CDU | 6th |
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since 2019- officiating |
Birgit Keller | LEFT | 7th |
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See also
Party affiliations
Number of state parliament presidents per party at the beginning of the year. The party (s) with the highest number is (are) highlighted.
year | CDU | CSU | SPD | GREEN | Otherwise. |
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1947 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
1948 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
1949 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
1950 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
1951 | 2 | 1 | 6th | 1 | |
1952 | 3 | 1 | 6th | 1 | |
1953 | 3 | 1 | 6th | 1 | |
1954 | 4th | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
1955 | 5 | 1 | 4th | 1 | |
1956 | 5 | 1 | 4th | 1 | |
1957 | 6th | 1 | 4th | ||
1958 | 6th | 1 | 4th | ||
1959 | 5 | 1 | 5 | ||
1960 | 5 | 1 | 5 | ||
1961 | 5 | 1 | 5 | ||
1962 | 5 | 1 | 5 | ||
1963 | 5 | 1 | 5 | ||
1964 | 5 | 1 | 5 | ||
1965 | 5 | 1 | 5 | ||
1966 | 4th | 1 | 6th | ||
1967 | 4th | 1 | 6th | ||
1968 | 4th | 1 | 6th | ||
1969 | 4th | 1 | 6th | ||
1970 | 5 | 1 | 5 | ||
1971 | 5 | 1 | 5 | ||
1972 | 5 | 1 | 5 | ||
1973 | 5 | 1 | 5 | ||
1974 | 7th | 1 | 3 | ||
1975 | 8th | 1 | 2 | ||
1976 | 8th | 1 | 2 | ||
1977 | 8th | 1 | 2 | ||
1978 | 8th | 1 | 2 | ||
1979 | 8th | 1 | 2 | ||
1980 | 6th | 1 | 4th | ||
1981 | 6th | 1 | 4th | ||
1982 | 7th | 1 | 3 |
year | CDU | CSU | SPD | GREEN | Otherwise. |
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1983 | 5 | 1 | 5 | ||
1984 | 5 | 1 | 5 | ||
1985 | 5 | 1 | 5 | ||
1986 | 6th | 1 | 4th | ||
1987 | 5 | 1 | 5 | ||
1988 | 5 | 1 | 5 | ||
1989 | 5 | 1 | 5 | ||
1990 | 8th | 1 | 7th | ||
1991 | 6th | 1 | 9 | ||
1992 | 6th | 1 | 9 | ||
1993 | 6th | 1 | 9 | ||
1994 | 6th | 1 | 9 | ||
1995 | 8th | 1 | 7th | ||
1996 | 8th | 1 | 7th | ||
1997 | 8th | 1 | 7th | ||
1998 | 6th | 1 | 9 | ||
1999 | 6th | 1 | 9 | ||
2000 | 6th | 1 | 9 | ||
2001 | 5 | 1 | 10 | ||
2002 | 6th | 1 | 9 | ||
2003 | 7th | 1 | 8th | ||
2004 | 8th | 1 | 7th | ||
2005 | 10 | 1 | 6th | ||
2006 | 10 | 1 | 6th | ||
2007 | 10 | 1 | 6th | ||
2008 | 10 | 1 | 6th | ||
2009 | 9 | 1 | 6th | ||
2010 | 8th | 1 | 6th | ||
2011 | 8th | 1 | 7th | ||
2012 | 8th | 1 | 7th | ||
2013 | 8th | 1 | 7th | ||
2014 | 8th | 1 | 7th | ||
2015 | 8th | 1 | 7th | ||
2016 | 8th | 1 | 7th | ||
2017 | 7th | 1 | 7th | 1 | |
2018 | 7th | 1 | 7th | 1 |