Bavaria: Heads of Government: 1945-2023 Bayerischer Ministerpräsident [1] 28 May 1945 - 28 Sep 1945 Fritz Schäffer [2] 28 Sep 1945 - 21 Dec 1946 Wilhelm Hoegner 21 Dec 1946 - 14 Dec 1954 Hans Ehard 14 Dec 1954 - 16 Oct 1957 Wilhelm Hoegner 16 Oct 1957 - 26 Jan 1960 Franz Wendelin Seidel 26 Jan 1960 - 11 Dec 1962 Hans Ehard 11 Dec 1962 - 6 Nov 1978 Alfons Goppel 6 Nov 1978 - 3 Oct 1988 Franz Josef Strauß Stellvertreter des Ministerpräsidenten (ex officio) 3 Oct 1988 - 19 Oct 1988 Max Balthasar Streibl [3] Bayerischer Ministerpräsident [1] 19 Oct 1988 - 28 May 1993 Max Balthasar Streibl 28 May 1993 - 9 Oct 2007 Edmund Rüdiger Stoiber 9 Oct 2007 - 27 Oct 2008 Günther Beckstein 27 Oct 2008 - 13 Mar 2018 Horst Lorenz Seehofer [4] Stellvertreterin des Ministerpräsidenten (ex officio) 13 Mar 2018 - 16 Mar 2018 Ilse Aigner [5] Bayerischer Ministerpräsident 16 Mar 2018 - Markus Söder [1] Art. 44 (3) of the Constitution of Bavaria of 1946 and the Law of 4 Dec 1961 allow Bayerischer Ministerpräsident to exercise the functions of office in the period between the resignation of the incumbent and the date of the swearing-in of his/her successor except for the matters of foreign representation of Bavaria devolving for the time being on Präsident des Bayerischen Landtags: Hans Ehard (9 Oct 1957 - 16 Oct 1957, 21 Jan 1960 - 26 Jan 1960), Wilhelm Vorndran (27 May 1993 - 28 May 1993), Alois Glück (30 Sep 2007 - 9 Oct 2007). [2] Also in official use (English): Temporary Minister President of Bavaria (1945) and Bavarian Minister-President (1945-1946). [3] In office: 12 Jul 1988 - 19 Oct 1988 [4] Also in Germany. [5] In office: from 10 Oct 2013. Last updated on: 29 Nov 2023; URL: www.archontology.org/nations/german/bavaria/00_1945_td_g.php
