List of minister-presidents of Thuringia facts for kids
The Minister-President of Thuringia is like the head of government for the German state of Thuringia. This important job was first created in 1920 when Thuringia became a state.
Later, on July 23, 1952, Thuringia was part of East Germany, which was a socialist country. At that time, the state was actually dissolved. But on October 3, 1990, Thuringia was brought back as a state and joined the Federal Republic of Germany. Since then, it has been one of Germany's sixteen states, called Länder.
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Thuringia's First Years (1920–1945)
This section lists the leaders of Thuringia from its first creation until the end of World War II.
Leaders of Thuringia
Here are the political parties that these leaders belonged to: SPD DDP Military DVP Landbund NSDAP
| Picture | Name (Born–Died) |
Time in Office | Political Party | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Started | Ended | Days | |||||
| Thuringia as part of the German Reich | |||||||
| 1 | August Frölich (1867–1964) First time in office |
1 May 1920 | 11 November 1920 | 194 | Social Democratic Party | ||
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Arnold Paulssen (1864–1942) First time in office |
11 November 1920 | 6 October 1921 | 329 | German Democratic Party | |
| 3 (1) |
August Frölich (1867–1964) Second time in office |
7 October 1921 | 21 February 1924 | 867 | Social Democratic Party | ||
| – |  |
Paul Hasse (1864–1945) as Military Leader |
8 November 1923 | 24 February 1924 | 108 | Martial law controlled by the Reichswehr |
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| 4 | Richard Leutheußer (1867–1942) |
21 February 1924 | 6 November 1928 | 1720 | German People's Party | ||
| 5 (2) |
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Arnold Paulssen (1864–1942) Second time in office |
6 November 1928 | 22 January 1930 | 442 | German Democratic Party | |
| 6 |  |
Erwin Baum (1868–1950) |
23 January 1930 | 26 August 1932 | 946 | Landbund | |
| 7 |  |
Fritz Sauckel (1894–1946) |
26 August 1932 | 8 May 1933 | 255 | National Socialist German Workers' Party | |
| 8 | |
Willy Marschler (1893–1952) |
8 May 1933 | 12 April 1945 | 4357 | National Socialist German Workers' Party | |
Thuringia (1945–1952)
After World War II, Thuringia was part of the Soviet occupation zone. Later, it became a state within East Germany.
Political Parties in This Era
Here are the political parties that these leaders belonged to: SPD SED
| Picture | Name (Born–Died) |
Time in Office | Political Party | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Started | Ended | Days | |||||
| Thuringia (1945–1949) | |||||||
| Part of the Soviet occupation zone | |||||||
| 1 |  |
Hermann Brill (1895–1959) as District President |
7 May 1945 | 16 July 1945 (removed by the Soviets) | 70 | Social Democratic Party | |
| 2 | |
Rudolf Paul (1893–1978) as State President |
16 July 1945 | 1 September 1947 (left office) | 777 | Not part of a party (until 1946) |
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| Socialist Unity Party (1946–1947) |
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| 3 |  |
Werner Eggerath (1900–1977) as Minister-President |
2 September 1947 | 7 October 1949 | 766 | Socialist Unity Party | |
| Thuringia (1949–1952) | |||||||
| Part of the German Democratic Republic | |||||||
| (3) | |
Werner Eggerath (1900–1977) as Minister-President |
7 October 1949 | 23 July 1952 | 1020 | Socialist Unity Party | |
| From July 23, 1952, until October 3, 1990, Thuringia was not a state. | |||||||
Free State of Thuringia (1990–Present)
Thuringia was re-established in 1990 and became one of the states in the reunited Germany.
Leaders of the Free State of Thuringia
Here are the political parties that these leaders belonged to: CDU The Left FDP
| Picture | Name (Born–Died) |
Time in Office | Political Party | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Started | Ended | Days | |||||
| Thuringia (1990–Present) | |||||||
| A State of the Federal Republic of Germany | |||||||
| 1 | .jpg) |
Josef Duchač (born 1938) |
8 November 1990 | 5 February 1992 (stepped down) |
454 | Christian Democratic Union | |
| 2 |  |
Bernhard Vogel (born 1932) |
5 February 1992 | 5 June 2003 (stepped down) |
4138 | Christian Democratic Union | |
| 3 |  |
Dieter Althaus (born 1958) |
5 June 2003 | 30 October 2009 (stepped down) |
2339 | Christian Democratic Union | |
| 4 |  |
Christine Lieberknecht (born 1958) |
30 October 2009 | 5 December 2014 | 1862 | Christian Democratic Union | |
| 5 |  |
Bodo Ramelow (born 1956) First time in office |
5 December 2014 | 5 February 2020 | 1888 | The Left | |
| 6 |  |
Thomas Kemmerich (born 1965) |
5 February 2020 | 4 March 2020 (stepped down) |
28 | Free Democratic Party | |
| 7 (5) |
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Bodo Ramelow (born 1956) Second time in office |
4 March 2020 | Incumbent | 1940 | The Left | |
See also
- Thuringia
- Landtag of Thuringia
