The Minister-President of Thuringia, officially the Minister-President of the Free State of Thuringia (German: Ministerpräsident des Freistaats Thüringen), is the head of government of the German state of Thuringia. The position was re-established in 1990 after German reunification. The former districts Erfurt, Suhl, Gera and some adjacent areas of the Halle were incorporated into the new and re-established federal state of Thuringia.
| Minister-President of the Free State of Thuringia | |
|---|---|
| Ministerpräsident des Freistaats Thüringen | |
 Coat of arms of Thuringia | |
 | |
| Residence | Erfurt |
| Appointer | Landtag of Thuringia |
| Term length | Pending resignation or the election of a successor |
| Inaugural holder | Josef Duchač |
| Formation | 3 October 1990 |
| Salary | regulated by legislation |
| Website | https://www.staatskanzlei-thueringen.de/ |
The current Minister-President is Bodo Ramelow, heading a minority government between The Left, Social Democrats and the Alliance '90/The Greens.[1] Ramelow succeeded Thomas Kemmerich in March 2020.[2] Ramelow previously served as Minister-President from 5 December 2014 to 5 February 2020.
The office of the Minister-President is known as the State Chancellery (German: Staatskanzlei), and is located in the capital of Erfurt, along with the rest of the cabinet departments.
Title
editThe German title Ministerpräsident may be translated literally as Minister-President, although the state government sometimes uses the title Prime Minister in English.[3]
List
edit- Minister-President of the Free State of Thuringia
Political party: CDU The Left FDP
| Portrait | Name (Born–Died) |
Term of office | Election | Political party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Days | |||||
| Thuringia (1990–present) | |||||||
| State of the Federal Republic of Germany | |||||||
| 1 | .jpg)
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Josef Duchač (born 1938) |
8 November 1990[a] | 5 February 1992 (resigned) |
454 | 1990 | Christian Democratic Union |
| 2 | 
|
Bernhard Vogel (born 1932) |
5 February 1992 | 5 June 2003 (resigned) |
4138 | 1994 1999 |
Christian Democratic Union |
| 3 | 
|
Dieter Althaus (born 1958) |
5 June 2003 | 30 October 2009 (resigned) |
2339 | 2004 | Christian Democratic Union |
| 4 | 
|
Christine Lieberknecht (born 1958) |
30 October 2009 | 5 December 2014 | 1862 | 2009 | Christian Democratic Union |
| 5 | 
|
Bodo Ramelow (born 1956) First term |
5 December 2014 | 5 February 2020 | 1888 | 2014 | The Left |
| 6 | 
|
Thomas Kemmerich (born 1965) |
5 February 2020[4] | 4 March 2020 (resigned) |
28 | 2019 | Free Democratic Party |
| 5 |
|
Bodo Ramelow (born 1956) Second term |
4 March 2020 | Incumbent | 1725 | — | The Left |
- ^ Duchač previously acted before as the state commissioner from 3 October to 8 November 1990.
Timeline
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References
edit- ^ Das Thüringer Kabinett. 29 April 2022
- ^ "Left party politician Bodo Ramelow wins key German state vote". Deutsche Welle. 4 March 2020.
- ^ Premier of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
- ^ Kemmerich ist neuer Ministerpräsident. 5 February 2020