List of minister-presidents of Rhineland-Palatinate explained

Post:Minister-President
Body:Rhineland-Palatinate
Native Name:Ministerpräsidentin des Landes Rheinland-Pfalz
Insignia:Coat of arms of Rhineland-Palatinate.svg
Insigniacaption:Coat of arms of Rhineland-Palatinate
Incumbent:Alexander Schweitzer
Incumbentsince:10 July 2024
Residence:Mainz
Appointer:Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate
Termlength:Pending resignation or the election of a successor
Formation:18 May 1947
Salary:regulated by legislation
Inaugural:Wilhelm Boden

The minister-president of Rhineland-Palatinate (German: Ministerpräsident des Landes Rheinland-Pfalz), is the head of government of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The position was created in 1946, through the unification of the southern part of the Prussian Rhine Province, the Bavarian administrative district Circle of the Rhine and western parts of Hesse like Rheinhessen to form the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The current minister-president is Alexander Schweitzer, heading a coalition government between the Social Democrats, Greens and the FDP. Schweitzer succeeded Malu Dreyer in 2024.

The office of the minister-president is known as the State Chancellery (German: Staatskanzlei) and is located in the capital of Mainz, along with the rest of the cabinet departments.

List

Political party:

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(Born–Died)
width=35% colspan=3Term of officewidth=28% rowspan=2Political party
Took officeLeft officeDays
Rhineland-Palatinate (1946–present)
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bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan=8 State of the Federal Republic of Germany (as of 23 May 1949)
1Wilhelm Boden
(1890–1961)
1 December 19469 July 1947Christian Democratic Union
2Peter Altmeier
(1899–1977)
9 July 1947 19 May 1969Christian Democratic Union
3Helmut Kohl
(1930–2017)
19 May 19692 December 1976
Christian Democratic Union
4Bernhard Vogel
(born 1932)
2 December 19768 December 1988
Christian Democratic Union
5Carl-Ludwig Wagner
(1930–2012)
8 December 198821 May 1991Christian Democratic Union
6Rudolf Scharping
(born 1947)
21 May 199126 October 1994
Social Democratic Party
7Kurt Beck
(born 1949)
26 October 199416 January 2013
Social Democratic Party
8Malu Dreyer
(born 1961)
16 January 201310 July 2024
Social Democratic Party
9Alexander Schweitzer
(born 1973)
10 July 2024IncumbentSocial Democratic Party

See also