List of ministers-president of Saxony

This article lists the Leaders of the Government (German: Vorsitzende des Gesamtministeriums) in the Kingdom of Saxony from 1831 to 1918 and Minister-presidents (German: Ministerpräsidenten) of the Free State of Saxony since 1918.

List of Minister-Presidents

Kingdom of Saxony (until 1918)
Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of Office
Kingdom of Saxony (until 1871)
Bernhard August von Lindenau
(1779–1854)		 December 1, 1831 – September 1843
Julius Traugott Jakob von Könneritz
(1792–1866)		 September 1843 – March 13, 1848
Alexander Karl Hermann Braun
(1807–1868)		 March 16, 1848 – February 24, 1849
Gustav Friedrich Held
(1804–1857)		 February 24, 1849 – May 2, 1849
Ferdinand von Zschinsky
(1797–1858)		 May 2, 1849 – October 28, 1858
Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust
(1809–1886)		 October 28, 1858 – August 15, 1866
Johann Paul von Falkenstein
(1801–1882)		 October 1866 – 18 January 1871
Kingdom of Saxony (1871–1918)
Part of the German Empire
Johann Paul von Falkenstein
(1801–1882)		 18 January 1871 – 1 October 1871
Richard Freiherr von Friesen
(1808–1884)		 October 1, 1871 – November 1, 1876
Georg Friedrich Alfred Graf von Fabrice
(1818–1891)		 November 1, 1876 – March 25, 1891
Karl Friedrich Wilhelm von Gerber
(1823–1891)		 March 25, 1891 – December 23, 1891
Hans von Thümmel
(1824–1895)		 December 1891 – February 12, 1895
Heinrich Rudolf Schurig
(1835–1901)		 February 12, 1895 – June 15, 1901
Karl Georg Levin von Metzsch-Reichenbach
(1836–1927)		 June 15, 1901 – April 30, 1906
Konrad Wilhelm von Rüger
(1837–1916)		 April 30, 1906 – December 1, 1910
Victor Alexander von Otto
(1852–1912)		 December 1, 1910 – May 21, 1912
Max Clemens Lothar Freiherr von Hausen
(1846–1922)		 July 26, 1912 – May 21, 1914
Heinrich Gustav Beck
(1854–1933)		 May 21, 1914 – October 26, 1918
Rudolf Heinze
(1865–1928)		 October 26, 1918 – November 13, 1918

Free State of Saxony (1918–1952)

Political Party:   USPD   SPD / ASPD   DVP   NSDAP   SED

Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of Office Political Party
Took Office Left Office Days
Weimar Republic (1918–1933)
Richard Lipinski
Richard Lipinski
(1867–1936)		15 November 191821 January 191967 daysUSPD
Georg Gradnauer
(1866–1946)		 21 January 1919 4 May 1920 1 year, 104 days Social Democratic Party
Wilhelm Buck
(1869–1945)		 4 May 1920 21 March 1923 2 years, 321 days Social Democratic Party
Erich Zeigner
(1886–1949)		 21 March 1923 29 October 1923 222 days Social Democratic Party
Rudolf Heinze
(1865–1928)		 Reichskommissar 2 days German People's Party
29 October 1923 31 October 1923
Alfred Fellisch
(1884–1973)		 31 October 1923 4 January 1924 65 days Social Democratic Party
Max Heldt
(1872–1933)		 4 January 1924 26 June 1929 5 years, 173 days Social Democratic Party
(until 1926)
Old Social Democratic Party
(from 1926)
Wilhelm Bünger
(1870–1937)		 26 June 1929 18 February 1930 237 days German People's Party
Walther Schieck
(1874–1946)		 6 May 1930 30 January 1933 2 years, 269 days German People's Party
Nazi Germany (1933–1945)
Walther Schieck
(1874–1946)		 30 January 1933 10 March 1933 39 days German People's Party
Manfred Freiherr von Killinger
(1886–1944)		 Reichkomissar 56 days National Socialist German Workers' Party
10 March 1933 5 May 1933
Ministerpräsident 1 year, 299 days
5 May 1933 28 February 1935
Martin Mutschmann
(1879–1947)		 Reichsstatthalter 12 years, 3 days National Socialist German Workers' Party
5 May 1933 8 May 1945
Ministerpräsident 10 years, 69 days
28 February 1935 8 May 1945
Saxony (1945–1949)
Soviet occupation zone in Allied-occupied Germany
Rudolf Friedrichs
(1892–1947)		 1 July 1945 13 June 1947 1 year, 347 days Social Democratic Party
(until 1946)
Socialist Unity Party
(from 1946)
Max Seydewitz
(1892–1987)		 31 July 1947 7 October 1949 2 years, 68 days Socialist Unity Party
Saxony (1949–1952)
State of the German Democratic Republic
Max Seydewitz
(1892–1987)		 7 October 1949 23 July 1952 2 years, 290 days Socialist Unity Party
From 23 July 1952 until 3 October 1990, Free State of Saxony was abolished.

Free State of Saxony (1990–present)

Political Party:   CDU

Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of Office Political Party
Took Office Left Office Days
Saxony (1990–present)
State of the Federal Republic of Germany
– Rudolf Krause
(born 1939)
as State Commissioner		 3 October 1990 27 October 1990 24 days Christian Democratic Union
1 Kurt Biedenkopf
(1930–2021)		 27 October 1990 18 April 2002 11 years, 173 days Christian Democratic Union
2 Georg Milbradt
(born 1945)		 18 April 2002 28 May 2008 6 years, 40 days Christian Democratic Union
3 Stanislaw Tillich
(born 1959)		 28 May 2008 13 December 2017 9 years, 199 days Christian Democratic Union
4 Michael Kretschmer
(born 1975)		 13 December 2017 Incumbent 5 years, 158 days Christian Democratic Union

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