List of minister-presidents of the Saarland
The minister-president of the Saarland (German: Ministerpräsident des Saarlandes), is the head of government of the German state of the Saarland. The position was created in 1946. The current minister president is Anke Rehlinger, heading a Social Democratic Party government. Rehlinger succeeded Tobias Hans following the 2022 Saarland state election.
| Minister-President of the Saarland | |
|---|---|
| Ministerpräsident des Saarlandes | |
Coat of arms of the Saarland | |
| Residence | Saarbrücken |
| Appointer | Landtag of Saarland |
| Term length | Pending resignation or the election of a successor |
| Inaugural holder | Johannes Hoffmann |
| Formation | 15 December 1947 |
| Salary | regulated by legislation |
| Website | www |
After World War II, the Saarland became a French protectorate. With the negative result of the 1955 Saar Statute referendum, the Saarland joined the Federal Republic of Germany as a state on 1 January 1957. Saarland used its own currency, the Saar franc, and postage stamps issued specially for the territory until 1959.
The office of the Minister President is known as the State Chancellery (German: Staatskanzlei), and is located in the capital of Saarbrücken, along with the rest of the cabinet departments.
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Political party: CVP / CDU SPD None
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Political party | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Days | |||||
| Saar Protectorate (1947–1956) | |||||||
| Protectorate of the French Fourth Republic | |||||||
| 1 | Johannes Hoffmann (1890–1967) | 20 December 1947 | 29 October 1955 | 2870 | Christian People's Party | ||
| 2 | Heinrich Welsch (1888–1976) | 29 October 1955 | 10 January 1956 | 73 | Independent | ||
| 3 | Hubert Ney (1892–1984) | 10 January 1956 | 31 December 1956 | 356 | Christian Democratic Union | ||
| Saarland (1957–present) | |||||||
| State of the Federal Republic of Germany | |||||||
| (3) | Hubert Ney (1892–1984) | 1 January 1957 | 4 June 1957 | 154 | Christian Democratic Union | ||
| 4 | Egon Reinert (1908–1959) | 4 June 1957 | 23 April 1959 (died in office) | 688 | Christian Democratic Union | ||
| 5 | Franz-Josef Röder (1909–1979) | 23 April 1959 | 26 June 1979 (died in office) | 7369 | Christian Democratic Union | ||
| 6 | Werner Zeyer (1929–2000) | 5 July 1979 | 9 April 1985 | 2105 | Christian Democratic Union | ||
| 7 | Oskar Lafontaine (born 1943) | 9 April 1985 | 9 November 1998 (resigned) | 4963 | Social Democratic Party | ||
| 8 | Reinhard Klimmt (born 1942) | 10 November 1998 | 29 September 1999 | 323 | Social Democratic Party | ||
| 9 | Peter Müller (born 1955) | 29 September 1999 | 10 August 2011 (resigned) | 4333 | Christian Democratic Union | ||
| 10 | Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (born 1962) | 10 August 2011 | 28 February 2018 (resigned) | 2394 | Christian Democratic Union | ||
| 11 | Tobias Hans (born 1978) | 1 March 2018 | 25 April 2022 | 1516 | Christian Democratic Union | ||
| 12 | Anke Rehlinger (born 1976) | 25 April 2022 | Incumbent | 733 | Social Democratic Party | ||