List of Ministers-President of Bavaria
Below is a list of the men who have served in the capacity of Minister-President or equivalent office in the German state of Bavaria from the 17th century to the present.Privy Council chancellors were:
Before 1849 Bavaria had no actual head of government, but the Minister of Foreign Affairs was the most senior of the ministers. In 1806, the office was given to the Minister of the Royal House and of Foreign Affairs.
The office of Chairman of the Council of Ministers was established in 1849. With one exception, the Chairman was always the Foreign Minister.
Political Party:Timeline
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from: 08/11/1918 till: 21/02/1919 color: USPD text:"Kurt Eisner"
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from: 01/03/1919 till: 17/03/1919 color: SPD text:"Martin Segitz"
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from: 17/03/1919 till: 16/03/1920 color: SPD text:"Johannes Hoffmann"
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from: 16/03/1920 till: 21/09/1921 color: None
from: 25/09/1923 till: 17/02/1924 color: None text:"Gustav Ritter von Kahr"
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from: 21/09/1921 till: 08/11/1922 color: BVP text:"Graf von Lerchenfeld-Köfering"
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from: 08/11/1922 till: 01/07/1924 color: BVP text:"Eugen Ritter von Knilling"
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from: 02/07/1924 till: 09/03/1933 color: BVP text:"Heinrich Held"
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from: 09/03/1933 till: 10/04/1933
from: 10/04/1933 till: 29/04/1945 color: NSDAP text:"Franz Ritter von Epp"
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from: 12/04/1933 till: 01/11/1942 color: NSDAP text:"Ludwig Siebert"
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from: 02/11/1942 till: 29/04/1945 color: NSDAP text:"Paul Giesler"
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from: 29/04/1945 till: 28/09/1945 color: CSU text:"Fritz Schäffer"
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from: 28/09/1945 till: 16/12/1946 color: SPD
from: 14/12/1954 till: 08/10/1957 color: SPD text:"Wilhelm Hoegner"
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from: 21/12/1946 till: 14/12/1954 color: CSU
from: 26/01/1960 till: 11/12/1962 color: CSU text:"Hans Ehard"
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from: 16/10/1957 till: 22/01/1960 color: CSU text:"Hanns Seidel"
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from: 11/12/1962 till: 06/11/1978 color: CSU text:"Alfons Goppel"
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from: 06/11/1978 till: 03/10/1988 color: CSU text:"Franz Josef Strauss"
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from: 19/10/1988 till: 27/05/1993 color: CSU text:"Max Streibl"
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from: 28/05/1993 till: 30/09/2007 color: CSU text:"Edmund Stoiber"
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from: 09/10/2007 till: 27/10/2008 color: CSU text:"Günther Beckstein"
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from: 27/10/2008 till: 13/03/2018 color: CSU text:"Horst Seehofer"
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from: 16/03/2018 till: end color: CSU text:"Markus Söder"
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