List of Prime Ministers of Lower Saxony

The list of Prime Ministers of Lower Saxony lists all of the Prime Ministers since Lower Saxony was founded on November 1, 1946.

Prime Minister	Political party	cabinet	Ruling parties	Term of office
Hinrich Wilhelm Kopf	SPD	Head I. Head II Head III Head IV	SPD, CDU , FDP , NLP , KPD SPD, CDU, FDP, DP , center , KPD SPD, CDU, center SPD, BHE , center	1946-1947 1947-1948 1948-1951 1951-1955
Heinrich Hellwege	DP	Hellwege I Hellwege II	DP, CDU, GB / BHE , FDP DP, SPD, CDU	1955-1957 1957-1959
Hinrich Wilhelm Kopf	SPD	Head V	SPD, FDP, GB / BHE	1959-1961
Georg Diederichs	SPD	Diederichs I Diederichs II Diederichs III Diederichs IV	SPD, FDP, GB / BHE SPD, FDP SPD, CDU SPD, CDU	1961-1963 1963-1965 1965-1967 1967-1970
Alfred Kubel	SPD	Kubel I. Kubel II	SPD SPD, FDP	1970-1974 1974-1976
Ernst Albrecht	CDU	Albrecht I Albrecht II Albrecht III Albrecht IV Albrecht V	CDU CDU, FDP CDU CDU CDU, FDP	1976-1977 1977-1988 1978-1982 1982-1986 1986-1990
Gerhard Schröder	SPD	Schröder I Schröder II Schröder III	SPD, Alliance 90 / The Greens SPD SPD	1990-1994 1994-1998 1998
Gerhard Glogowski	SPD	Glogowski	SPD	1998-1999
Sigmar Gabriel	SPD	Gabriel	SPD	1999-2003
Christian Wulff	CDU	Wulff I. Wulff II	CDU, FDP CDU, FDP	2003-2008 2008-2010
David McAllister	CDU	McAllister	CDU, FDP	2010-2013
Stephan Weil	SPD	Because I Because II	SPD, Alliance 90 / The Greens SPD, CDU	2013-2017 since 2017

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