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This is a list of the men who have served in the capacity of Minister-President or equivalent office in the states within the region of Mecklenburg from the 18th century to 1952. The states in question were Duchy and Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Duchy and Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Free States of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz and unified state of Mecklenburg.
In 1990, with German reunification, the state was re-established as Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
Political party: DDP DVP SPD DNVP NSDAP
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Political party | |||
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Took office | Left office | Days | ||||
President of the State Ministry | ||||||
Hugo Wendorff (1864–1945) | 9 November 1918 | 22 February 1919 | 105 | German Democratic Party | ||
Ministers-President | ||||||
Hugo Wendorff (1864–1945) | 22 February 1919 | 28 July 1920 | 522 | German Democratic Party | ||
Hermann Reincke-Bloch (1867–1928) | 28 July 1920 | 14 January 1921 | 170 | German People's Party | ||
Johannes Stelling (1877–1933) | 14 January 1921 | 18 March 1924 | 1159 | Social Democratic Party of Germany | ||
Joachim Freiherr von Brandenstein (1864–1941) | 18 March 1924 | 8 July 1926 | 842 | German National People's Party | ||
Paul Schröder (1875–1932) | 8 July 1926 | 10 July 1929 | 1098 | Social Democratic Party of Germany | ||
Karl Eschenburg (1877–1943) | 10 July 1929 | 13 July 1932 | 1099 | German National People's Party | ||
Walter Granzow (1887–1952) | 13 July 1932 | 10 August 1933 | 393 | National Socialist German Workers' Party | ||
Hans Egon Engell (1897–1974) | 10 August 1933 | 31 December 1933 | 143 | National Socialist German Workers' Party | ||
Friedrich Hildebrandt (1898–1948) | Reichsstatthalter | 219 | National Socialist German Workers' Party | |||
26 May 1933 | 31 December 1933 |
Political party: DDP SPD DNVP NSDAP
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Political party | |||
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Took office | Left office | Days | ||||
Chairmen of the State Ministry | ||||||
Peter Franz Stubmann (1876–1962) | 11 November 1918 | 7 January 1919 | 67 | German Democratic Party | ||
Hans Krüger (1884–1933) | 7 January 1919 | 13 October 1919 | 279 | Social Democratic Party of Germany | ||
Ministers of State | ||||||
Kurt Gustav Hans Otto Freiherr von Reibnitz (1877–1937) 1st term | 13 October 1919 | 2 August 1923 | 1389 | Social Democratic Party of Germany | ||
Karl Schwabe (1877–1938) | 2 August 1923 | 13 March 1928 | 1685 | German National People's Party | ||
Kurt Gustav Hans Otto Freiherr von Reibnitz (1877–1937) 2nd term | 13 March 1928 | 12 April 1929 | 395 | Social Democratic Party of Germany | ||
Kurt Häntzschel (1889–1941) | Reichskommissar | 4 | German Democratic Party | |||
12 April 1929 | 16 April 1929 | |||||
Kurt Gustav Hans Otto Freiherr von Reibnitz (1877–1937) 3rd term | 16 April 1929 | 4 December 1931 | 962 | Social Democratic Party of Germany | ||
Heinrich Wilhelm Ferdinand von Michael (1888–1942) | 4 December 1931 | 27 May 1933 | 540 | German National People's Party | ||
Fritz Stichtenoth (1895–1935) | 27 May 1933 | 31 December 1933 | 218 | National Socialist German Workers' Party | ||
Friedrich Hildebrandt (1898–1948) | Reichsstatthalter | 219 | National Socialist German Workers' Party | |||
26 May 1933 | 31 December 1933 |
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Political party | |||
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Took office | Left office | Days | ||||
Friedrich Hildebrandt (1898–1948) as Reichsstatthalter | 1 January 1934 | 1 May 1945 | 4138 | National Socialist German Workers' Party | ||
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Political party | |||
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Took office | Left office | Days | ||||
Nazi Germany (1933–1945) | ||||||
Hans Egon Engell (1897–1974) | 1 January 1934 | 25 October 1934 | 297 | National Socialist German Workers' Party | ||
Friedrich Scharf (1897–1974) | 25 October 1934 | 1 May 1945 | 3841 | National Socialist German Workers' Party | ||
Political party: SED
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Political party | ||||
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Took office | Left office | Days | |||||
Mecklenburg (1945–1949) | |||||||
Soviet occupation zone in Allied-occupied Germany | |||||||
1 | Wilhelm Höcker (1886–1955) | 9 December 1946 | 7 October 1949 | 1035 | Socialist Unity Party | ||
Mecklenburg (1949–1952) | |||||||
State of the German Democratic Republic | |||||||
(1) | Wilhelm Höcker (1886–1955) | 9 December 1946 | 20 July 1951 | 588 | Socialist Unity Party | ||
2 | Kurt Bürger (1894–1951) | 20 July 1951 | 30 July 1951 | 10 | Socialist Unity Party | ||
3 | Bernhard Quandt (1903–1999) | 30 July 1951 | 23 July 1952 | 359 | Socialist Unity Party | ||
On 23 July 1952, Mecklenburg was abolished. | |||||||
The Minister-President of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (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.
The current and first female Minister-President is Manuela Schwesig, since 2021 heading a coalition government between the Social Democrats and The Left. [1] 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.
Portrait | Name (Born–Died) | Term | Party | ||||
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Took office | Left office | Days | |||||
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (1990–present) | |||||||
State of the Federal Republic of Germany | |||||||
– | Martin Brick (born 1939) as State Commissioner | 3 October 1990 | 27 October 1990 | 24 | Christian Democratic Union | ||
1 | Alfred Gomolka (1942–2020) | 27 October 1990 | 19 March 1992 (resigned) | 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 (resigned) | 3625 | Social Democratic Party | ||
4 | Erwin Sellering (born 1949) | 6 October 2008 | 4 July 2017 (resigned) | 3193 | Social Democratic Party | ||
5 | Manuela Schwesig (born 1974) | 4 July 2017 | Incumbent | 2672 | Social Democratic Party |
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