List of Ministers-President of Bavaria
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This is a list of the men who have served in the capacity of Minister President or equivalent office in Bavaria from the mid-18th century to the present:
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[edit] Bavaria under the monarchy
Under Maximilian III, Elector of Bavaria 1745-1777
- Count Franz Joseph von Berchem 1745-1777
Under Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria 1777-1799
- Count Matthäus von Vieregg 1777-1799
Under Maximilian Joseph, Elector and King of Bavaria 1799-1825
- Count Maximilian von Montgelas 1799-1817
- Count Heinrich Aloys von Reigersberg 1817-1825
Under Ludwig Augustus, King of Bavaria 1825-1848
- Baron Georg Friedrich von Zentner 1825-1832
- Friedrich August Koch 1832-1837
- Karl von Abel 1837-1847
- Baron Friedrich August von Zu Rhein 1847
- Prince Ludwig of Öttingen-Wallerstein 1847-1848
- Count Klemens von Waldkirch March 14, 1848-April 29, 1848
Under Maximilian II, King of Bavaria 1848-1864
- Count Klemens von Waldkirch March 14, 1848-April 29, 1848
- Count Otto von Bray-Steinburg 1848-1849 (1st term)
- Baron Karl Ludwig von der Pfordten 1849-1859 (1st term)
- Baron Karl von Schrenck 1859-1864
Under Ludwig Friedrich Wilhelm, King of Bavaria 1864-1886
- Baron Karl von Schrenck 1859-1864
- Max Ritter von Neumayr 1864
- Baron Karl Ludwig von der Pfordten 1864-1866 (2nd term)
- Prince Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst 1866-1870
- Count Otto von Bray-Steinburg 1870-1871 (2nd term)
- Baron Friedrich von Hegnenberg-Dux 1871-1872
- Adolph von Pfretzschner 1872-1880
- Baron Johann von Lutz 1880-1890
Under Otto, King of Bavaria 1886-1913
- Baron Johann von Lutz 1880-1890
- Baron Krafft von Crailsheim 1890-1903
- Count Clemens von Podewils-Dürnitz 1903-1912
- Count Georg von Hertling 1912-1917
Under Ludwig III, King of Bavaria 1913-1918
- Count Georg von Hertling 1912-1917
- Otto Ritter von Dandl 1917-1918
[edit] Bavaria in the German Revolution and the Weimar Republic
- Kurt Eisner (USPD) 1918-1919
- Johannes Hoffmann (SPD) 1919-1920
- Gustav von Kahr (non-partisan) 1920-1921
- Graf von Lerchenfeld-Köfering (BVP) 1921-1922
- Eugen von Knilling (BVP) 1922-1924
- Heinrich Held (BVP) 1924-1933
[edit] Bavaria in Nazi Germany
- Ludwig Siebert(NSDAP) 1933-1942
- Paul Giesler (NSDAP) 1942-1945
[edit] Modern Bavaria
| Name | Party | Took office | Left office | Birth date and place | Death date and place | Profession | Religion |
| Fritz Schäffer | CSU | 28 May 1945 | 28 September 1945 | 12 May 1888, München | 29 March 1967, Berchtesgaden | Lawyer | Catholic |
| Wilhelm Hoegner | SPD | 28 September 1945 | 21 December 1946 | 23 September 1887, München | 5 March 1980, München | Lawyer | Catholic |
| Hans Ehard | CSU | 21 December 1946 | 14 December 1954 | 10 November 1887, Bamberg | 18 October 1980, München | Lawyer | Catholic |
| Wilhelm Hoegner (2nd term) | SPD | 14 December 1954 | 16 October 1957 | 23 September 1887, München | 5 March 1980, München | Lawyer | Catholic |
| Hanns Seidel | CSU | 16 October 1957 | 21 January 1960 | 12 October 1901, Aschaffenburg | 5 August 1961, München | Lawyer | Catholic |
| Hans Ehard (2nd term) | CSU | 26 January 1960 | 11 December 1962 | 10 November 1887, Bamberg | 18 October 1980, München | Lawyer | Catholic |
| Alfons Goppel | CSU | 11 December 1962 | 7 November 1978 | 1 October 1905, Reinhausen | 24 December 1991, Johannesberg | Lawyer | Catholic |
| Franz Josef Strauß | CSU | 7 November 1978 | 3 October 1988 | 6 September 1915, München | 3 October 1988, Regensburg | Politician | Catholic |
| Max Streibl | CSU | 19 Oktober 1988 | 27 May 1993 | 6 January 1932, Oberammergau | 11 December 1998, München | Lawyer | Catholic |
| Edmund Stoiber | CSU | 17 June 1993 | 30 September 2007 | 28 September 1941, Oberaudorf | N/A | Lawyer | Catholic |
| Günther Beckstein | CSU | 9 October 2007 | in office | 23 November 1943, Hersbruck | N/A | Lawyer | Protestant |
Source:Die Bayerischen Ministerpräsidenten seit 1945 (in German). Bavarian government. Retrieved on 2008-05-10.
