The office of Minister-President of Thuringia was established at the state's first formation in 1920. On 23 July 1952 the state, then part of the socialist German Democratic Republic (East Germany), was abolished. On 3 October 1990, the state was re-established and joined the Federal Republic of Germany; since then it has been one of the country's sixteen constituent states (Länder).
| width=80px rowspan=2 colspan=2 | Portrait | width=30% rowspan=2 | Name (Born–Died) | width=35% colspan=3 | Term of office | width=28% rowspan=2 | Political party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Days | |||||
| bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan=8 | State of the German Reich | ||||||
| 1 | August Frölich (1867–1964) | 1 May 1920 | 11 November 1920 | Social Democratic Party | |||
| 2 | Arnold Paulssen (1864–1942) | 11 November 1920 | 6 October 1921 | German Democratic Party | |||
| 3 | August Frölich (1867–1964) | 7 October 1921 | 21 February 1924 | Social Democratic Party | |||
| – | Paul Hasse (1864–1945) as Military Administrator | 8 November 1923 | 24 February 1924 | Martial law enforced by Reichswehr | |||
| 4 | Richard Leutheußer (1867–1942) | 21 February 1924 | 6 November 1928 | German People's Party | |||
| 5 | Arnold Paulssen (1864–1942) | 6 November 1928 | 22 January 1930 | German Democratic Party | |||
| 6 | Erwin Baum (1868–1950) | 23 January 1930 | 26 August 1932 | Landbund | |||
| 7 | Fritz Sauckel (1894–1946) | 26 August 1932 | 8 May 1933 | National Socialist German Workers' Party | |||
| 8 | Willy Marschler (1893–1952) | 8 May 1933 | 12 April 1945 | National Socialist German Workers' Party | |||
Political Party:
| width=80px rowspan=2 colspan=2 | Portrait | width=30% rowspan=2 | Name (Born–Died) | width=35% colspan=3 | Term of office | width=28% rowspan=2 | Political party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Days | |||||
| Thuringia (1945–1949) | |||||||
| bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan=8 | Soviet occupation zone in Allied-occupied Germany | ||||||
| 1 | Hermann Brill (1895–1959) | 7 May 1945 | 16 July 1945 | Social Democratic Party | |||
| 2 | Rudolf Paul (1893–1978) | 16 July 1945 | 1 September 1947 | Non-partisan (until 1946) | |||
| Socialist Unity Party (1946–1947) | |||||||
| 3 | Werner Eggerath (1900–1977) | 2 September 1947 | 7 October 1949 | Socialist Unity Party | |||
| Thuringia (1949–1952) | |||||||
| bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan=8 | State of the German Democratic Republic | ||||||
| (3) | Werner Eggerath (1900–1977) | 7 October 1949 | 23 July 1952 | Socialist Unity Party | |||
| From 23 July 1952 until 3 October 1990, Thuringia was abolished. | |||||||
See also: Minister-President of Thuringia.
| width=80px rowspan=2 colspan=2 | Portrait | width=30% rowspan=2 | Name (Born–Died) | width=35% colspan=3 | Term of office | width=28% rowspan=2 | Political party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Days | |||||
| Thuringia (1990–present) | |||||||
| bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan=8 | State of the Federal Republic of Germany | ||||||
| 1 | Josef Duchač (born 1938) | 8 November 1990 | 5 February 1992 | ||||
| 2 | Bernhard Vogel (born 1932) | 5 February 1992 | 5 June 2003 | ||||
| 3 | Dieter Althaus (born 1958) | 5 June 2003 | 30 October 2009 | ||||
| 4 | Christine Lieberknecht (born 1958) | 30 October 2009 | 5 December 2014 | ||||
| 5 | Bodo Ramelow (born 1956) | 5 December 2014 | 5 February 2020 | The Left | |||
| 6 | Thomas Kemmerich (born 1965) | 5 February 2020 | 4 March 2020 | Free Democratic Party | |||
| 7 | Bodo Ramelow (born 1956) | 4 March 2020 | Incumbent | The Left | |||