List of Minister-Presidents of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

The Minister President of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, anglicized Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (German: Ministerpräsidentin des Landes Mecklenburg-Vorpommern), is the head of government of the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The position was created in 1990 after German reunification. The former districts Rostock, Schwerin, Neubrandenburg and the northern part of Potsdam were merged into the new federal state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and the borders was redrawn.

Minister President of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Ministerpräsidentin des Landes Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Coat of arms of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Incumbent
Manuela Schwesig
since 16 January 2013
ResidenceSchwerin
AppointerLandtag of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Term lengthPending resignation or the election of a successor
Inaugural holderAlfred Gomolka
Formation3 October 1990
Salaryregulated by legislation

The current and first female Minister-President is Manuela Schwesig, heading a coalition government between the Social Democrats and the CDU. Schwesig succeeded Erwin Sellering in July 2017.

The office of the Minister-President is known as the State Chancellery (German: Staatskanzlei), and is located in the capital of Schwerin, along with the rest of the cabinet departments.

List

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (1990–present)

  CDU   SPD

Portrait Name
(Born–Died)		 Term Party
Took office Left office Days
Martin Brick
(born 1939) 		Landesbevollmächtigter 24 Christian Democratic Union
3 October 1990 27 October 1990
1 Alfred Gomolka
(1942–2020)		 27 October 1990 19 March 1992 509 Christian Democratic Union
2 Berndt Seite
(born 1940)		 19 March 1992 3 November 1998 2420 Christian Democratic Union
3 Harald Ringstorff
(1939–2020)		 3 November 1998 6 October 2008 3625 Social Democratic Party
4 Erwin Sellering
(born 1949)		 6 October 2008 4 July 2017 3193 Social Democratic Party
5 Manuela Schwesig
(born 1974)		 4 July 2017 Incumbent 1624 Social Democratic Party

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