List of Ministers-President of Hesse

The Ministers-President of Hesse (hessischen Ministerpräsidenten) since 1919 have been:

Term Name (life) Party Cabinet(s)
People's State of Hesse
21 February 1919 14 February 1928 Carl Ulrich (1853–1933) SPD
14 February 1928 13 March 1933 Bernhard Adelung (1876–1943) SPD
13 March 1933 20 September 1933 Ferdinand Werner (1876–1961) NSDAP
20 September 1933 1 March 1935 Philipp Wilhelm Jung (1884–1965) NSDAP
1 March 1935 March 1945 Jakob Sprenger (1884–1945) NSDAP
Greater Hesse, since 1 December 1946 Hesse
19 September 1945 16 October 1945 Ludwig Bergsträsser (1883–1960) SPD
16 October 1945 20 December 1946 Karl Geiler (1878–1953) I
20 December 1946 14 December 1950 Christian Stock (1884–1967) SPD I
14 December 1950 3 October 1969 Georg August Zinn (1901–1976) SPD I, II, III, IV, V
3 October 1969 16 October 1976 Albert Osswald (1919–1996) SPD I, II, III
16 October 1976 23 April 1987 Holger Börner (1931-2006) SPD I, II, IIa, IIb, III
23 April 1987 5 April 1991 Walter Wallmann (1932-2013) CDU I
1 April 1991 7 April 1999 Hans Eichel (b. 1941) SPD I, II
7 April 1999 31 August 2010 Roland Koch (b. 1958) CDU I, II, IIa, III
31 August 2010 Present Volker Bouffier (b. 1951) CDU I

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