Minister-President of Thuringia

The Minister-President of Thuringia, officially the Minister-President of the Free State of Thuringia (German: Ministerpräsident des Freistaats Thüringen), is the head of government of the German state of Thuringia. The position was re-established in 1990 after German reunification. The former districts Erfurt, Suhl, Gera and some adjacent areas of the Halle were incorporated into the new and re-established federal state of Thuringia.

Minister-President of the Free State of Thuringia
Ministerpräsident des Freistaats Thüringen
Coat of arms of Thuringia
Incumbent
Bodo Ramelow
since 4 March 2020
ResidenceErfurt
AppointerLandtag of Thuringia
Term lengthPending resignation or the election of a successor
Inaugural holderJosef Duchač
Formation3 October 1990
Salaryregulated by legislation
Websitehttps://www.staatskanzlei-thueringen.de/

The current Minister-President is Bodo Ramelow, heading a minority government between The Left, Social Democrats and the Alliance '90/The Greens.[1] Ramelow succeeded Thomas Kemmerich in March 2020.[2] Ramelow previously served as Minister-President from 5 December 2014 to 5 February 2020.

The office of the Minister-President is known as the State Chancellery (German: Staatskanzlei), and is located in the capital of Erfurt, along with the rest of the cabinet departments.

Title

The German title Ministerpräsident may be translated literally as Minister-President, although the state government sometimes uses the title Prime Minister in English.[3]

List
See also: List of Minister-Presidents of Thuringia
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] 4 March 2020
(resigned)		 28 Free Democratic Party
7
(5)		 Bodo Ramelow
(born 1956)
Second term		 4 March 2020 Incumbent 1332 The Left
  1. Duchač previously acted before as the state commissioner from 3 October to 8 November 1990.

References
  1. Das Thüringer Kabinett. 29 April 2022
  2. "Left party politician Bodo Ramelow wins key German state vote". Deutsche Welle. 4 March 2020.
  3. Premier of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
  4. Kemmerich ist neuer Ministerpräsident. 5 February 2020
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