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).

State of Thuringia (1920–1945)

Minister-President of the State of Thuringia

Political Party:   SPD   DDP   Military   DVP   Landbund   NSDAP

Portrait Name
(Born–Died)		 Term of office Political party
Took office Left office Days
State of the German Reich
1 August Frölich
(1867–1964)
First term		 1 May 1920 11 November 1920 194 Social Democratic Party
2 Arnold Paulssen
(1864–1942)
First term		 11 November 1920 6 October 1921 329 German Democratic Party
3
(1)		 August Frölich
(1867–1964)
Second term		 7 October 1921 21 February 1924 867 Social Democratic Party
– Paul Hasse
(1864–1945)
as Military Administrator		 8 November 1923 24 February 1924 108 Martial law
enforced by Reichswehr
4 Richard Leutheußer
(1867–1942)		 21 February 1924 6 November 1928 1720 German People's Party
5
(2)		 Arnold Paulssen
(1864–1942)
Second term		 6 November 1928 22 January 1930 442 German Democratic Party
6 Erwin Baum
(1868–1950)		 23 January 1930 26 August 1932 946 Landbund
7 Fritz Sauckel
(1894–1946)		 26 August 1932 8 May 1933 255 National Socialist German Workers' Party
8 Willy Marschler
(1893–1952)		 8 May 1933 12 April 1945 4357 National Socialist German Workers' Party

Thuringia (1945–1952)

Political Party:   SPD   SED

Portrait Name
(Born–Died)		 Term of office Political party
Took office Left office Days
Thuringia (1945–1949)
Soviet occupation zone in Allied-occupied Germany
1 Hermann Brill
(1895–1959)
as District President		 7 May 1945 16 July 1945 (removed by the Soviets) 70 Social Democratic Party
2 Rudolf Paul
(1893–1978)
as State President		 16 July 1945 1 September 1947 (fled from the Soviets) 777 Non-partisan
(until 1946)
Socialist Unity Party
(1946–1947)
3 Werner Eggerath
(1900–1977)
as Minister-President		 2 September 1947 7 October 1949 766 Socialist Unity Party
Thuringia (1949–1952)
State of the German Democratic Republic
(3) Werner Eggerath
(1900–1977)
as Minister-President		 7 October 1949 23 July 1952 1020 Socialist Unity Party
From 23 July 1952 until 3 October 1990, Thuringia was abolished.

Free State of Thuringia (1990–present)

Minister-President of the Free State of Thuringia

Political Party:   CDU   The Left   FDP

Portrait Name
(Born–Died)		 Term of office Political party
Took office Left office Days
Thuringia (1990–present)
State of the Federal Republic of Germany
1 Josef Duchač
(born 1938)		 8 November 1990[lower-alpha 1] 5 February 1992
(resigned)		 454 Christian Democratic Union
2 Bernhard Vogel
(born 1932)		 5 February 1992 5 June 2003
(resigned)		 4138 Christian Democratic Union
3 Dieter Althaus
(born 1958)		 5 June 2003 30 October 2009
(resigned)		 2339 Christian Democratic Union
4 Christine Lieberknecht
(born 1958)		 30 October 2009 5 December 2014 1862 Christian Democratic Union
5 Bodo Ramelow
(born 1956)
First term		 5 December 2014 5 February 2020 1888 The Left
6 Thomas Kemmerich
(born 1965)		 5 February 2020 4 March 2020
(resigned)		 28 Free Democratic Party
7
(5)		 Bodo Ramelow
(born 1956)
Second term		 4 March 2020 Incumbent 1412 The Left
  1. ↑ Duchač previously acted before as the state commissioner from 3 October to 8 November 1990.

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