This is a list of the men who have served in the capacity of Minister-President or equivalent office in the states within the region of Mecklenburg from the 18th century to 1952. The states in question were Duchy and Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Duchy and Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Free States of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz and unified state of Mecklenburg.
In 1990, with German reunification, the state was re-established as Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
Political party:
| width=80px rowspan=2 colspan=2 | Portrait | width=30% rowspan=2 | Name | width=35% colspan=3 | Term of office | width=28% rowspan=2 | Political party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Days | |||||
| President of the State Ministry | |||||||
| Hugo Wendorff | 9 November 1918 | 22 February 1919 | German Democratic Party | ||||
| Ministers-President | |||||||
| Hugo Wendorff | 22 February 1919 | 28 July 1920 | German Democratic Party | ||||
| Hermann Reincke-Bloch | 28 July 1920 | 14 January 1921 | German People's Party | ||||
| Johannes Stelling | 14 January 1921 | 18 March 1924 | Social Democratic Party of Germany | ||||
| Joachim Freiherr von Brandenstein | 18 March 1924 | 8 July 1926 | German National People's Party | ||||
| Paul Schröder | 8 July 1926 | 10 July 1929 | Social Democratic Party of Germany | ||||
| Karl Eschenburg | 10 July 1929 | 13 July 1932 | German National People's Party | ||||
| Walter Granzow | 13 July 1932 | 10 August 1933 | National Socialist German Workers' Party | ||||
| Hans Egon Engell | 10 August 1933 | 31 December 1933 | National Socialist German Workers' Party | ||||
| Friedrich Hildebrandt | National Socialist German Workers' Party | ||||||
| 26 May 1933 | 31 December 1933 | ||||||
Political party:
| width=80px rowspan=2 colspan=2 | Portrait | width=30% rowspan=2 | Name | width=35% colspan=3 | Term of office | width=28% rowspan=2 | Political party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Days | |||||
| Chairmen of the State Ministry | |||||||
| Peter Franz Stubmann | 11 November 1918 | 7 January 1919 | German Democratic Party | ||||
| Hans Krüger | 7 January 1919 | 13 October 1919 | Social Democratic Party of Germany | ||||
| Ministers of State | |||||||
| Kurt Gustav Hans Otto Freiherr von Reibnitz | 13 October 1919 | 2 August 1923 | Social Democratic Party of Germany | ||||
| Karl Schwabe | 2 August 1923 | 13 March 1928 | German National People's Party | ||||
| Kurt Gustav Hans Otto Freiherr von Reibnitz | 13 March 1928 | 12 April 1929 | Social Democratic Party of Germany | ||||
| Kurt Häntzschel | German Democratic Party | ||||||
| 12 April 1929 | 16 April 1929 | ||||||
| Kurt Gustav Hans Otto Freiherr von Reibnitz | 16 April 1929 | 4 December 1931 | Social Democratic Party of Germany | ||||
| Heinrich Wilhelm Ferdinand von Michael | 4 December 1931 | 27 May 1933 | German National People's Party | ||||
| Fritz Stichtenoth | 27 May 1933 | 31 December 1933 | National Socialist German Workers' Party | ||||
| Friedrich Hildebrandt | National Socialist German Workers' Party | ||||||
| 26 May 1933 | 31 December 1933 | ||||||
| width=80px rowspan=2 colspan=2 | Portrait | width=30% rowspan=2 | Name | width=35% colspan=3 | Term of office | width=28% rowspan=2 | Political party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Days | |||||
| Friedrich Hildebrandt | 1 January 1934 | 1 May 1945 | National Socialist German Workers' Party | ||||
| width=80px rowspan=2 colspan=2 | Portrait | width=30% rowspan=2 | Name | width=35% colspan=3 | Term of office | width=28% rowspan=2 | Political party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Days | |||||
| Nazi Germany (1933–1945) | |||||||
| Hans Egon Engell | 1 January 1934 | 25 October 1934 | National Socialist German Workers' Party | ||||
| Friedrich Scharf | 25 October 1934 | 1 May 1945 | National Socialist German Workers' Party | ||||
| width=80px rowspan=2 colspan=2 | Portrait | width=30% rowspan=2 | Name | width=35% colspan=3 | Term of office | width=28% rowspan=2 | Political party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Days | |||||
| Mecklenburg (1945–1949) | |||||||
| bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan=8 | Soviet occupation zone in Allied-occupied Germany | ||||||
| 1 | Wilhelm Höcker (1886–1955) | 9 December 1946 | 7 October 1949 | Socialist Unity Party | |||
| Mecklenburg (1949–1952) | |||||||
| bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan=8 | State of the German Democratic Republic | ||||||
| (1) | Wilhelm Höcker (1886–1955) | 9 December 1946 | 20 July 1951 | Socialist Unity Party | |||
| 2 | Kurt Bürger (1894–1951) | 20 July 1951 | 30 July 1951 | Socialist Unity Party | |||
| 3 | Bernhard Quandt (1903–1999) | 30 July 1951 | 23 July 1952 | Socialist Unity Party | |||
| On 23 July 1952, Mecklenburg was abolished. | |||||||
The Minister-President of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (German: Ministerpräsidentin des Landes Mecklenburg-Vorpommern), is the head of government of the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The position was created in 1990 after German reunification. The former districts Rostock, Schwerin, Neubrandenburg and the northern part of Potsdam were merged into the new federal state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and the borders was redrawn.
The current and first female Minister-President is Manuela Schwesig, since 2021 heading a coalition government between the Social Democrats and The Left.[1] Schwesig succeeded Erwin Sellering in July 2017.
The office of the Minister-President is known as the State Chancellery (German: Staatskanzlei), and is located in the capital of Schwerin, along with the rest of the cabinet departments.
| width=80px rowspan=2 colspan=2 | Portrait | width=30% rowspan=2 | Name (Born–Died) | width=35% colspan=3 | Term | width=28% rowspan=2 | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Days | |||||
| Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (1990–present) | |||||||
| bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan=8 | State of the Federal Republic of Germany | ||||||
| – | Martin Brick (born 1939) as State Commissioner | 3 October 1990 | 27 October 1990 | ||||
| 1 | Alfred Gomolka (1942–2020) | 27 October 1990 | 19 March 1992 | Christian Democratic Union | |||
| 2 | Berndt Seite (born 1940) | 19 March 1992 | 3 November 1998 | Christian Democratic Union | |||
| 3 | Harald Ringstorff (1939–2020) | 3 November 1998 | 6 October 2008 | Social Democratic Party | |||
| 4 | Erwin Sellering (born 1949) | 6 October 2008 | 4 July 2017 | Social Democratic Party | |||
| 5 | Manuela Schwesig (born 1974) | 4 July 2017 | Incumbent | Social Democratic Party | |||