List of Ministers-President of Bavaria

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This is a list of the men who have served in the capacity of Minister President or equivalent office in Bavaria from the mid-18th century to the present:

1 Bavaria under the monarchy
2 Bavaria in the German Revolution and the Weimar Republic
3 Bavaria in Nazi Germany
4 Modern Bavaria

[edit] Bavaria under the monarchy

Under Maximilian III, Elector of Bavaria 1745-1777

Count Franz Joseph von Berchem 1745-1777

Under Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria 1777-1799

Count Matthäus von Vieregg 1777-1799

Under Maximilian Joseph, Elector and King of Bavaria 1799-1825

Count Maximilian von Montgelas 1799-1817
Count Heinrich Aloys von Reigersberg 1817-1825

Under Ludwig Augustus, King of Bavaria 1825-1848

Baron Georg Friedrich von Zentner 1825-1832
Friedrich August Koch 1832-1837
Karl von Abel 1837-1847
Baron Friedrich August von Zu Rhein 1847
Prince Ludwig of Öttingen-Wallerstein 1847-1848
Count Klemens von Waldkirch March 14, 1848-April 29, 1848

Under Maximilian II, King of Bavaria 1848-1864

Count Klemens von Waldkirch March 14, 1848-April 29, 1848
Count Otto von Bray-Steinburg 1848-1849 (1st term)
Baron Karl Ludwig von der Pfordten 1849-1859 (1st term)
Baron Karl von Schrenck 1859-1864

Under Ludwig Friedrich Wilhelm, King of Bavaria 1864-1886

Baron Karl von Schrenck 1859-1864
Max Ritter von Neumayr 1864
Baron Karl Ludwig von der Pfordten 1864-1866 (2nd term)
Prince Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst 1866-1870
Count Otto von Bray-Steinburg 1870-1871 (2nd term)
Baron Friedrich von Hegnenberg-Dux 1871-1872
Adolph von Pfretzschner 1872-1880
Baron Johann von Lutz 1880-1890

Under Otto, King of Bavaria 1886-1913

Baron Johann von Lutz 1880-1890
Baron Krafft von Crailsheim 1890-1903
Count Clemens von Podewils-Dürnitz 1903-1912
Count Georg von Hertling 1912-1917

Under Ludwig III, King of Bavaria 1913-1918

Count Georg von Hertling 1912-1917
Otto Ritter von Dandl 1917-1918

[edit] Bavaria in the German Revolution and the Weimar Republic

Kurt Eisner (USPD) 1918-1919
Johannes Hoffmann (SPD) 1919-1920
Gustav von Kahr (non-partisan) 1920-1921
Graf von Lerchenfeld-Köfering (BVP) 1921-1922
Eugen von Knilling (BVP) 1922-1924
Heinrich Held (BVP) 1924-1933

[edit] Bavaria in Nazi Germany

Ludwig Siebert(NSDAP) 1933-1942
Paul Giesler (NSDAP) 1942-1945

[edit] Modern Bavaria

Name	Party	Took office	Left office	Birth date and place	Death date and place	Profession	Religion
Fritz Schäffer	CSU	28 May 1945	28 September 1945	12 May 1888, München	29 March 1967, Berchtesgaden	Lawyer	Catholic
Wilhelm Hoegner	SPD	28 September 1945	21 December 1946	23 September 1887, München	5 March 1980, München	Lawyer	Catholic
Hans Ehard	CSU	21 December 1946	14 December 1954	10 November 1887, Bamberg	18 October 1980, München	Lawyer	Catholic
Wilhelm Hoegner (2nd term)	SPD	14 December 1954	16 October 1957	23 September 1887, München	5 March 1980, München	Lawyer	Catholic
Hanns Seidel	CSU	16 October 1957	21 January 1960	12 October 1901, Aschaffenburg	5 August 1961, München	Lawyer	Catholic
Hans Ehard (2nd term)	CSU	26 January 1960	11 December 1962	10 November 1887, Bamberg	18 October 1980, München	Lawyer	Catholic
Alfons Goppel	CSU	11 December 1962	7 November 1978	1 October 1905, Reinhausen	24 December 1991, Johannesberg	Lawyer	Catholic
Franz Josef Strauß	CSU	7 November 1978	3 October 1988	6 September 1915, München	3 October 1988, Regensburg	Politician	Catholic
Max Streibl	CSU	19 Oktober 1988	27 May 1993	6 January 1932, Oberammergau	11 December 1998, München	Lawyer	Catholic
Edmund Stoiber	CSU	17 June 1993	30 September 2007	28 September 1941, Oberaudorf	N/A	Lawyer	Catholic
Günther Beckstein	CSU	9 October 2007	in office	23 November 1943, Hersbruck	N/A	Lawyer	Protestant