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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 76)
Greens 12 May 2011 13 years, 110 days 2021
2016
2011
Kretschmann III
  
Bavaria

Bavaria
Markus Söder
(1967-01-05) 5 January 1967 (age 57)
CSU 16 March 2018 6 years, 167 days 2023
2018
Söder III
  
Berlin

Berlin
Governing Mayor
Kai Wegner
(1972-09-15) 15 September 1972 (age 51)
CDU 27 April 2023 1 year, 125 days 2023 Wegner
  
Brandenburg

Brandenburg
Dietmar Woidke
(1961-10-22) 22 October 1961 (age 62)
SPD 28 August 2013 11 years, 2 days 2019
2014
Woidke III
   
Bremen (state)

Bremen
President of the Senate and Mayor
Andreas Bovenschulte
(1965-08-11) 11 August 1965 (age 59)
SPD 15 August 2019 5 years, 15 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, 155 days 2020 Tschentscher II
  
Hesse

Hesse
Boris Rhein
(1972-01-02) 2 January 1972 (age 52)
CDU 31 May 2022 2 years, 91 days 2023 Rhein II
  
Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony
Stephan Weil
(1958-12-15) 15 December 1958 (age 65)
SPD 19 February 2013 11 years, 193 days 2022
2017
2013
Weil III
  
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Manuela Schwesig
(1974-05-23) 23 May 1974 (age 50)
SPD 4 July 2017 7 years, 57 days 2021 Schwesig II
  
North Rhine-Westphalia

North Rhine-Westphalia
Hendrik Wüst
(1975-07-19) 19 July 1975 (age 49)
CDU 27 October 2021 2 years, 308 days 2022 Wüst II
  
Rhineland-Palatinate

Rhineland-Palatinate
Alexander Schweitzer
(1973-09-17) 17 September 1973 (age 50)
SPD 10 July 2024 51 days 2021 Schweitzer
   
Saarland

Saarland
Anke Rehlinger
(1976-04-06) 6 April 1976 (age 48)
SPD 25 April 2022 2 years, 127 days 2022 Rehlinger
 
Saxony

Saxony
Michael Kretschmer
(1975-05-07) 7 May 1975 (age 49)
CDU 13 December 2017 6 years, 261 days 2019 Kretschmer II
   
Saxony-Anhalt

Saxony-Anhalt
Reiner Haseloff
(1954-02-19) 19 February 1954 (age 70)
CDU 19 April 2011 13 years, 133 days 2021
2016
2011
Haseloff III
   
Schleswig-Holstein

Schleswig-Holstein
Daniel Günther
(1973-07-24) 24 July 1973 (age 51)
CDU 28 June 2017 7 years, 63 days 2022
2017
Günther II
  
Thuringia

Thuringia
Bodo Ramelow
(1956-02-16) 16 February 1956 (age 68)
The Left 4 March 2020 9 years, 241 days[b] 2019
2014
Ramelow II
   

Current Deputy Minister Presidents

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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

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Notes

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  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.