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Predecessors in office

Minister-Presidents since 1952

Entrance facade of the Villa Reitzenstein in Stuttgart, official seat of the Minister-President.

Since the formation of the Southwest State in 1952, there have been nine Minister Presidents at the head of the State of Baden-Württemberg. This timeline presents our successive Heads of Government, from Reinhold Maier to Winfried Kretschmann.

1952-1953
Reinhold Maier
1953-1958
Gebhard Müller
1958-1966
Kurt Georg Kiesinger
1966-1978
Hans Filbinger
1978-1991
Lothar Späth
1991-2005
Erwin Teufel
2005-2010
Günther H. Oettinger
2010-2011
Stefan Mappus
Since 2011
Winfried Kretschmann
Reinhold Maier (Bild: Landesmedienzentrum Baden-Württemberg)
Landesmedienzentrum Baden-Württemberg

: Reinhold Maier

Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg

1952 - 1953

Ministerpräsident Winfried Kretschmann im Gespräch
Staatsministerium Baden-Württemberg
  • Head of Government

Minister-President Winfried Kretschmann

Winfried Kretschmann is the ninth Minister President of Baden-Württemberg. He was re-elected as the Head of Government by the State Parliament on May 12, 2016. Kretschmann heads a coalition made up of two parliamentary parties: The Green Party and the CDU.

Das Staatsministerium in der Villa Reitzenstein (Parkansicht)

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