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The following is a list of heads of government of the sixteen states of Germany.

State Portrait Head of government[a]
Date of birth 		Party Took office Time in office Election(s) Current cabinet
Baden-Württemberg

Baden-Württemberg 		Winfried Kretschmann
(1948-05-17) 17 May 1948 (age 75) 		Greens 12 May 2011 12 years, 333 days 2021
2016
2011 		Kretschmann III
  
Bavaria

Bavaria 		Markus Söder
(1967-01-05) 5 January 1967 (age 57) 		CSU 16 March 2018 6 years, 24 days 2023
2018 		Söder III
  
Berlin

Berlin 		Governing Mayor
Kai Wegner
(1972-09-15) 15 September 1972 (age 51) 		CDU 27 April 2023 348 days 2023 Wegner
  
Brandenburg

Brandenburg 		Dietmar Woidke
(1961-10-22) 22 October 1961 (age 62) 		SPD 28 August 2013 10 years, 225 days 2019
2014 		Woidke III
   
Bremen (state)

Bremen 		President of the Senate and Mayor
Andreas Bovenschulte
(1965-08-11) 11 August 1965 (age 58) 		SPD 15 August 2019 4 years, 238 days 2023
2019 		Bovenschulte II
   
Hamburg

Hamburg 		First Mayor
Peter Tschentscher
(1966-01-20) 20 January 1966 (age 58) 		SPD 28 March 2018 6 years, 12 days 2020 Tschentscher II
  
Hesse

Hesse 		Boris Rhein
(1972-01-02) 2 January 1972 (age 52) 		CDU 31 May 2022 1 year, 314 days 2023 Rhein II
  
Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony 		Stephan Weil
(1958-12-15) 15 December 1958 (age 65) 		SPD 19 February 2013 11 years, 50 days 2022
2017
2013 		Weil III
  
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 		Manuela Schwesig
(1974-05-23) 23 May 1974 (age 49) 		SPD 4 July 2017 6 years, 280 days 2021 Schwesig II
  
North Rhine-Westphalia

North Rhine-Westphalia 		Hendrik Wüst
(1975-07-19) 19 July 1975 (age 48) 		CDU 27 October 2021 2 years, 165 days 2022 Wüst II
  
Rhineland-Palatinate

Rhineland-Palatinate 		Malu Dreyer
(1961-02-06) 6 February 1961 (age 63) 		SPD 16 January 2013 11 years, 84 days 2021
2016 		Dreyer III
   
Saarland

Saarland 		Anke Rehlinger
(1976-04-06) 6 April 1976 (age 48) 		SPD 25 April 2022 1 year, 350 days 2022 Rehlinger
 
Saxony

Saxony 		Michael Kretschmer
(1975-05-07) 7 May 1975 (age 48) 		CDU 13 December 2017 6 years, 118 days 2019 Kretschmer II
   
Saxony-Anhalt

Saxony-Anhalt 		Reiner Haseloff
(1954-02-19) 19 February 1954 (age 70) 		CDU 19 April 2011 12 years, 356 days 2021
2016
2011 		Haseloff III
   
Schleswig-Holstein

Schleswig-Holstein 		Daniel Günther
(1973-07-24) 24 July 1973 (age 50) 		CDU 28 June 2017 6 years, 286 days 2022
2017 		Günther II
  
Thuringia

Thuringia 		Bodo Ramelow
(1956-02-16) 16 February 1956 (age 68) 		The Left 4 March 2020 9 years, 98 days[b] 2019
2014 		Ramelow II
   

Current Deputy Minister Presidents

State Deputy Party Current cabinet
Baden-Württemberg Thomas Strobl CDU Kretschmann III
Bavaria Hubert Aiwanger Free Voters Söder III
Berlin Franziska Giffey SPD Wegner
Brandenburg Michael Stübgen CDU Woidke III
Bremen Björn Fecker [de] Greens Bovenschulte II
Hamburg Katharina Fegebank Greens Tschentscher II
Hesse Kaweh Mansoori SPD Rhein II
Lower Saxony Julia Hamburg Greens Weil III
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Simone Oldenburg The Left Schwesig II
North Rhine-Westphalia Mona Neubaur Greens Wüst II
Rhineland-Palatine Katharina Binz Greens Dreyer III
Saarland Jürgen Barke [de] SPD Rehlinger
Saxony Wolfram Günther Greens Kretschmer II
Saxony-Anhalt Armin Willingmann SPD Haseloff III
Schleswig-Holstein Monika Heinold Greens Günther II
Thuringia Georg Maier SPD Ramelow II

See also

Notes

  1. ^ All heads of government are styled "Minister-President" unless otherwise indicated.
  2. ^ Ramelow had already been Minister-President of Thuringia from December 2014 to February 2020.
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