List of ministers-president of Baden-Württemberg explained

This is a list of the men who have served in the capacity of Minister-President or equivalent office in Baden, Württemberg and Baden-Württemberg from the 19th century to the present.

Baden

Political party:

Took office	Left office	Days
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		Anton Geiss	10 November 1918	14 August 1920		Social Democratic Party of Germany
		Gustav Trunk	14 August 1920	23 November 1921		Centre Party
		Hermann Hummel	23 November 1921	23 November 1922		German Democratic Party
		Adam Remmele	23 November 1922	23 November 1923		Social Democratic Party of Germany
		Heinrich Köhler	23 November 1923	23 November 1924		Centre Party
		Willy Hellpach	23 November 1924	23 November 1925		German Democratic Party
		Gustav Trunk	23 November 1925	23 November 1926		Centre Party
		Heinrich Köhler	23 November 1926	3 February 1927		Centre Party
		Gustav Trunk	3 February 1927	23 November 1927		Centre Party
		Adam Remmele	23 November 1927	23 November 1928		Social Democratic Party of Germany
			23 November 1928	20 November 1930		Centre Party
			20 November 1930	10 September 1931		Centre Party
			10 September 1931	11 March 1933		Centre Party
		Robert Heinrich Wagner				Nazi Party
			8 March 1933	11 March 1933

			11 March 1933	8 May 1933

			5 May 1933	29 April 1945
		Walter Köhler				Nazi Party
		Walter Köhler	8 May 1933	4 April 1945		Nazi Party

Political party:

Took office	Left office	Days
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		Wilhelm Blos	9 November 1918	23 June 1920		Social Democratic Party of Germany
			23 June 1920	8 April 1924		German Democratic Party
			8 April 1924	3 June 1924		Non-partisan
		Wilhelm Bazille	3 June 1924	8 June 1928		German National People's Party
		Eugen Bolz	8 June 1928	15 March 1933		Centre Party
		Wilhelm Murr				Nazi Party
			8 March 1933	15 March 1933

			15 March 1933	12 May 1933

			5 May 1933	20 April 1945
		Christian Mergenthaler	12 May 1933	April 1945	4360	Nazi Party

Political party:

Took office	Left office	Days
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Württemberg-Baden (1945–1949)
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1		Reinhold Maier	19 September 1945	23 May 1949		Free Democratic Party
Württemberg-Baden (1949–1952)
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1		Reinhold Maier	23 May 1949	25 April 1952		Free Democratic Party
The state of Württemberg-Baden was dissolved on 25 April 1952 and with the merge of Württemberg-Hohenzollern and Baden re-founded as the new federal state of Baden-Württemberg.

Political party:

Took office	Left office	Days
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Württemberg-Hohenzollern (1945–1949)
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1		Carlo Schmid	16 October 1945	22 July 1947		Social Democratic Party of Germany
2		Lorenz Bock	22 July 1947	3 August 1948 †		Christian Democratic Union
–		Carlo Schmid	4 August 1948	13 August 1948		Social Democratic Party of Germany
3		Gebhard Müller	13 August 1948	23 May 1949		Christian Democratic Union
Württemberg-Hohenzollern (1949–1952)
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(3)		Gebhard Müller	23 May 1949	25 April 1952		Christian Democratic Union
The state of Württemberg-Hohenzollern was dissolved on 25 April 1952 and with the merge of Württemberg-Baden and Baden re-founded as the new federal state of Baden-Württemberg.

Political party:

Took office	Left office	Days
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South Baden (1945–1946) Baden (1946–1949)
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For the first year of its existence, the state was directly governed by the French military administration.
1			3 December 1946	23 May 1949		Baden Christian Social People's Party Christian Democratic Union
Baden (1949–1952)
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(1)			23 May 1949	25 April 1952		Christian Democratic Union
The state of Baden was dissolved on 25 April 1952 and with the merge of Württemberg-Baden and Württemberg-Hohenzollern re-founded as the new federal state of Baden-Württemberg.

Took office	Left office	Days
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Baden-Württemberg (1952–present)
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1		Reinhold Maier	25 April 1952	30 September 1953		Free Democratic Party
2		Gebhard Müller	30 September 1953	17 December 1958		Christian Democratic Union
3		Kurt Georg Kiesinger	17 December 1958	1 December 1966		Christian Democratic Union
4		Hans Filbinger	16 December 1966	30 August 1978		Christian Democratic Union
5		Lothar Späth	30 August 1978	22 January 1991		Christian Democratic Union
6		Erwin Teufel	22 January 1991	21 April 2005		Christian Democratic Union
7		Günther Oettinger	21 April 2005	10 February 2010		Christian Democratic Union
8		Stefan Mappus	10 February 2010	12 May 2011		Christian Democratic Union
9		Winfried Kretschmann	12 May 2011	Incumbent		Alliance 90/The Greens