Minister-President of Schleswig-Holstein
The Minister-President of Schleswig-Holstein (German: Ministerpräsident des Landes Schleswig-Holstein), also referred to as Premier or Prime Minister, is the head of government of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. The position was created, after the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein was founded in 1946 and emerged from the province of the same name, which existed between 1867 and 1946.
Minister-President of Schleswig-Holstein | |
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Ministerpräsident des Landes Schleswig-Holstein | |
![]() Coat of arms of Schleswig-Holstein | |
Residence | Kiel |
Appointer | Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein |
Term length | Pending resignation or the election of a successor |
Inaugural holder | Theodor Steltzer |
Formation | 23 August 1946 |
Salary | regulated by legislation |
Website | https://www.schleswig-holstein.de |
The current Minister President is Daniel Günther, heading a coalition government between the CDU, Alliance '90/The Greens and Free Democratic Party. Günther succeeded Torsten Albig following the 2017 state election.
The office of the Minister President is known as the State Chancellery (German: Staatskanzlei), and is located in the capital of Kiel, along with the rest of the cabinet departments.
List
Portrait | Name (Born–Died) |
Term of office | Political party | ||||
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Took office | Left office | Days | |||||
Schleswig-Holstein (1946–1949) | |||||||
British occupation zone in Allied-occupied Germany | |||||||
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Theodor Steltzer (1885–1967) |
12 September 1946 | 29 April 1947 | 229 | Christian Democratic Union | |
2 | ![]() |
Hermann Lüdemann (1880–1959) |
29 April 1947 | 23 May 1949 | 755 | Social Democratic Party | |
Schleswig-Holstein (1949–present) | |||||||
State of the Federal Republic of Germany | |||||||
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Hermann Lüdemann (1880–1959) |
23 May 1949 | 29 August 1949 | 98 | Social Democratic Party | |
3 | ![]() |
Bruno Diekmann (1897–1982) |
29 August 1949 | 5 September 1950 | 372 | Social Democratic Party | |
4 | ![]() |
Walter Bartram (1893–1971) |
5 September 1950 | 25 June 1951 | 293 | Christian Democratic Union | |
5 | ![]() |
Friedrich-Wilhelm Lübke (1887–1954) |
25 June 1951 | 2 October 1954 | 1195 | Christian Democratic Union | |
6 | ![]() |
Kai-Uwe von Hassel (1913–1997) |
11 October 1954 | 14 January 1963 | 3017 | Christian Democratic Union | |
7 | ![]() |
Helmut Lemke (1907–1990) |
14 January 1963 | 24 May 1971 | 3052 | Christian Democratic Union | |
8 | ![]() |
Gerhard Stoltenberg (1928–2001) |
24 May 1971 | 14 October 1982 | 4161 | Christian Democratic Union | |
9 | ![]() |
Uwe Barschel (1944–1987) |
14 October 1982 | 2 October 1987 (resigned) |
1814 | Christian Democratic Union | |
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Henning Schwarz (1928–1993) Acting |
2 October 1987 | 31 May 1988 | 242 | Christian Democratic Union | |
10 | ![]() |
Björn Engholm (born 1939) |
31 May 1988 | 19 May 1993 | 1814 | Social Democratic Party | |
11 | ![]() |
Heide Simonis (born 1943) |
19 May 1993 | 27 April 2005 | 4361 | Social Democratic Party | |
12 | ![]() |
Peter Harry Carstensen (born 1947) |
27 April 2005 | 12 June 2012 | 2603 | Christian Democratic Union | |
13 | ![]() |
Torsten Albig (born 1963) |
12 June 2012 | 28 June 2017 | 1842 | Social Democratic Party | |
14 | ![]() |
Daniel Günther (born 1973) |
28 June 2017 | Incumbent | 1770 | Christian Democratic Union | |