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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	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	12 December 2024	1744	The Left
8		Mario Voigt (born 1977)	12 December 2024	Incumbent	12	Christian Democratic Union

1. Duchač previously acted before as the state commissioner from 3 October to 8 November 1990.

See also

• Thuringia
• Landtag of Thuringia

v t e Minister-presidents of the Free State of Thuringia
Weimar Republic (1920–1933)	August Frölich Arnold Paulssen August Frölich Richard Leutheußer Arnold Paulssen Erwin Baum
Nazi Germany (1933–1945)	Fritz Sauckel Willy Marschler
Soviet administration / DDR (1945–1952)	Hermann Brill Rudolf Paul Werner Eggerath state abolished 1952–1990
Federal Republic of Germany (since 1990)	Josef Duchac Bernhard Vogel Dieter Althaus Christine Lieberknecht Bodo Ramelow Thomas Kemmerich Bodo Ramelow Mario Voigt

v t e Heads of government of the states of Germany
Minister-presidents	Current Baden-Württemberg Bavaria Brandenburg Hesse Lower Saxony Mecklenburg-Vorpommern North Rhine-Westphalia Rhineland-Palatinate Saarland Saxony Saxony-Anhalt Schleswig-Holstein Thuringia Former Anhalt (1918–45) Brunswick (1918–46) Prussia (1848–1945)
Mayors	Berlin Governing Mayor Bremen President of the Senate and Mayor Hamburg First Mayor

• Minister-presidents of Thuringia
• Politics of Thuringia
• Lists of minister-presidents of German states
• Thuringia-related lists