The Ministers-President of Schleswig-Holstein since 1946 have been:
| Minister-presidents of Schleswig-Holstein | |||||
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| No. | Name | Born-Died | Party affiliation | Begin of Tenure | End of Tenure |
| 1 | Theodor Steltzer | 1885–1967 | CDU | 1946 | 1947 |
| 2 | Hermann Lüdemann | 1880– 1959 | SPD | 1947 | 1949 |
| 3 | Bruno Diekmann | 1897–1982 | SPD | 1949 | 1950 |
| 4 | Walter Bartram | 1893–1971 | CDU | 1950 | 1951 |
| 5 | Friedrich-Wilhelm Lübke | 1887–1954 | CDU | 1951 | 1954 |
| 6 | Kai-Uwe von Hassel | 1913–1997 | CDU | 1954 | 1963 |
| 7 | Helmut Lemke | 1907–1990 | CDU | 1963 | 1971 |
| 8 | Gerhard Stoltenberg | 1928–2001 | CDU | 1971 | 1982 |
| 9 | Uwe Barschel | 1944–1987 | CDU | 1982 | 1987 |
| 10 | Henning Schwarz | 1928–1993 | CDU | 1987 | 1988 |
| 11 | Björn Engholm | *1939 | SPD | 1988 | 1993 |
| 12 | Heide Simonis | *1943 | SPD | 1993 | 2005 |
| 13 | Peter Harry Carstensen | *1947 | CDU | 2005 | incumbent |
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