List of Minister-Presidents of North Rhine-Westphalia

The Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia (Ministerpräsident des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen) is the head of government of the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW). The current Minister-President is Hendrik Wüst.

Minister-President of
the State of North Rhine-Westphalia[1]
Ministerpräsident
Incumbent
Hendrik Wüst

since 27 October 2021
ResidenceState Chancellery
NominatorPresident of the Landtag
AppointerLandtag of North Rhine-Westphalia
Inaugural holderRudolf Amelunxen
Formation24 July 1946
DeputyJoachim Stamp
Websiteland.nrw

List

Political Party:   CDU   SPD   Green   FDP

Portrait Name
(Born–Died)
Term of Office Political Party
Took Office Left Office Days
1 Rudolf Amelunxen
(1888–1969)
23 August 1946 16 June 1947 297 Non-partisan (until 1947)
Centre Party (from 1947)
2 Karl Arnold
(1901–1958)
17 June 1947 20 February 1956 3170 Christian Democratic Union
3 Fritz Steinhoff
(1897–1969)
20 February 1956 21 July 1958 882 Social Democratic Party
4 Franz Meyers
(1908–2002)
21 July 1958 8 December 1966 3062 Christian Democratic Union
5 Heinz Kühn
(1912–1992)
8 December 1966 20 September 1978 4304 Social Democratic Party
6 Johannes Rau
(1931–2006)
20 September 1978 27 May 1998 7189 Social Democratic Party
7 Wolfgang Clement
(1940–2020)
27 May 1998 22 October 2002
(resigned)
1609 Social Democratic Party
Michael Vesper
(born 1952)
21 October 2002 5 November 2002 15 Alliance 90/The Greens
8 Peer Steinbrück
(born 1947)
6 November 2002 22 June 2005 959 Social Democratic Party
9 Jürgen Rüttgers
(born 1951)
22 June 2005 14 July 2010 1848 Christian Democratic Union
10 Hannelore Kraft
(born 1961)
14 July 2010 27 June 2017 2540 Social Democratic Party
11 Armin Laschet
(born 1961)
27 June 2017 26 October 2021
(resigned)
1582 Christian Democratic Union
Joachim Stamp
(born 1970)
Acting
26 October 2021 27 October 2021 1 Free Democratic Party
12 Hendrik Wüst
(born 1975)
27 October 2021 Incumbent 51 Christian Democratic Union

See also

References

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