Bavaria: Heads of Government: 1945-2026

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Bavaria: Heads of Government: 1945-2026
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 update: 08 May 2025