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 17th century to the present:

Geheime Ratskanzler

Privy Council chancellors (Geheime Ratskanzler) were:

1650–1662: Johann Adlzreiter von Tettenweis (de)
1662–1667: Johann Georg Oexle
1667–1693: Kaspar von Schmid (de)
1695–1704: Johann Rudolf von Wämpl (de)
1704–1714: Vacant
1726–1749: Franz Xaver Josef von Unertl
1749–1758: Franz Xaver Andreas von Praidlohn (de)
1758–1790: Wiguläus von Kreittmayr (de)

Ministers of Foreign Affairs (since 1806, Ministers of the Royal House and of Foreign Affairs)

Before 1849 Bavaria had no actual head of government, but the Minister of Foreign Affairs was the most senior of the ministers.

1745–1777: Franz Joseph von Berchem
1777–1799: Matthäus von Vieregg
1799–1817: Maximilian von Montgelas
1817–1825: Heinrich Aloys von Reigersberg
1825–1832: Georg Friedrich von Zentner
1832–1837: Friedrich August Koch
1837–1847: Karl von Abel
184700000: Friedrich August von Zu Rhein
1847–1848: Ludwig von Oettingen-Wallerstein
184800000: Klemens von Waldkirch (14 March 1848 – 29 April 1848) (de)
1848–1849: Otto von Bray-Steinburg (1st term)

Chairmen of the Council of Ministers

The office of Chairman of the Council of Ministers was established in 1849. With one exception (1880–1890), the Chairman was always the Foreign Minister.

1849–1859: Ludwig von der Pfordten (1st term)
1859–1864: Karl von Schrenck von Notzing (de)
186400000: Max von Neumayr (de)
1864–1866: Ludwig von der Pfordten (2nd term)
1866–1870: Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
1870–1871: Otto von Bray-Steinburg (2nd term)
1871–1872: Friedrich von Hegnenberg-Dux (de)
1872–1880: Adolph von Pfretzschner
1880–1890: Johann von Lutz (de)
1890–1903: Friedrich Krafft von Crailsheim (de)
1903–1912: Clemens von Podewils-Dürniz (de)
1912–1917: Georg von Hertling
1917–1918: Otto von Dandl

Ministers-President of the Free State of Bavaria

Political Party: USPD SPD BVP NSDAP CSU None

Portrait	Name (Born–Died)	Term of Office			Political Party
Portrait	Name (Born–Died)	Took Office	Left Office	Days	Political Party
	Kurt Eisner (1867–1919)	8 November 1918	21 February 1919	105	Independent Social Democrats
	Martin Segitz (1853–1927) (Acting Minister-President)	1 March 1919	17 March 1919	16	Social Democrats
	Johannes Hoffmann (1867–1930)	17 March 1919	16 March 1920	365	Social Democrats
	Gustav Ritter von Kahr (1862–1934)	16 March 1920	21 September 1921	554	Non-partisan
	Graf von Lerchenfeld-Köfering (1871–1944)	21 September 1921	8 November 1922	413	Bavarian People's Party
	Eugen Ritter von Knilling (1856–1927)	8 November 1922	1 July 1924	601	Bavarian People's Party
	Gustav Ritter von Kahr (1862–1934)	Generalstaatskommissar		136	Non-partisan
	Gustav Ritter von Kahr (1862–1934)	25 September 1923	17 February 1924	136	Non-partisan
	Heinrich Held (1868–1938)	2 July 1924	9 March 1933	3172	Bavarian People's Party
	Franz Ritter von Epp (1868–1946)	Reichkomissar		31	National Socialist German Workers' Party
		10 March 1933	10 April 1933	31
		Reichsstatthalter		4402
		10 April 1933	29 April 1945	4402
	Ludwig Siebert (1874–1942)	12 April 1933	1 November 1942	3490	National Socialist German Workers' Party
	Paul Giesler (1895–1945)	2 November 1942	29 April 1945	909	National Socialist German Workers' Party
	Fritz Schäffer (1888–1967)	28 May 1945	28 September 1945	123	Christian Social Union in Bavaria
	Wilhelm Hoegner (1st term) (1887–1980)	28 September 1945	16 December 1946	444	Social Democratic Party of Germany
	Hans Ehard (1st term) (1887–1980)	21 December 1946	14 December 1954	2915	Christian Social Union in Bavaria
	Wilhelm Hoegner (2nd term) (1887–1980)	14 December 1954	8 October 1957	1029	Social Democratic Party of Germany
	Hanns Seidel (1901–1961)	16 October 1957	22 January 1960	828	Christian Social Union in Bavaria
	Hans Ehard (2nd term) (1887–1980)	26 January 1960	11 December 1962	1050	Christian Social Union in Bavaria
	Alfons Goppel (1905–1991)	11 December 1962	6 November 1978	5809	Christian Social Union in Bavaria
	Franz Josef Strauss (1915–1988)	6 November 1978	3 October 1988	3619	Christian Social Union in Bavaria
	Max Streibl (1932–1998)	19 October 1988	27 May 1993	1681	Christian Social Union in Bavaria
	Edmund Stoiber (born 1941)	28 May 1993	30 September 2007	5239	Christian Social Union in Bavaria
	Günther Beckstein (born 1943)	9 October 2007	27 October 2008	384	Christian Social Union in Bavaria
	Horst Seehofer (born 1949)	27 October 2008	Incumbent	2620	Christian Social Union in Bavaria

External links

"Die Bayerischen Ministerpräsidenten seit 1945 (in German)". Bavarian government. Retrieved 2008-05-10.

Ministers-President of the Free State of Bavaria

Revolutionary period (1918–1919)	Kurt Eisner Martin Segitz (acting)

Weimar period (1919–1933)	Johannes Hoffmann Gustav Ritter von Kahr Graf von Lerchenfeld-Köfering Eugen von Knilling Heinrich Held

Nazi period (1933–1945)	Ludwig Siebert Paul Giesler

Modern Bavaria (since 1945)	Fritz Schäffer Wilhelm Hoegner Hans Ehard Wilhelm Hoegner Hanns Seidel Hans Ehard Alfons Goppel Franz Josef Strauss Max Streibl Edmund Stoiber Günther Beckstein Horst Seehofer

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