# List of minister-presidents 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)

Political party:  DVP  None
| Portrait | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party |
| Portrait | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Political party |
| Kingdom of Saxony (until 1871) |||||||
| Independent member state of the German Confederation and the North German Confederation. |||||||
| | | Bernhard August von Lindenau (1779–1854) | 1 December 1831 | September 1843 | 11 years, 9 months | Non-partisan |
| | | Julius Traugott Jakob von Könneritz (1792–1866) | September 1843 | 13 March 1848 | 4 years, 6 months | Non-partisan |
| | | Alexander Karl Hermann Braun (1807–1868) | 16 March 1848 | 24 February 1849 | 345 days | Non-partisan |
| | | Gustav Friedrich Held (1804–1857) | 24 February 1849 | 2 May 1849 | 67 days | Non-partisan |
| | | Ferdinand von Zschinsky (1797–1858) | 2 May 1849 | 28 October 1858 | 9 years, 179 days | Non-partisan |
| | | Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust (1809–1886) | 28 October 1858 | 15 August 1866 | 7 years, 291 days | Non-partisan |
| | | Johann Paul von Falkenstein (1801–1882) | October 1866 | 18 January 1871 | 4 years, 3 months | Non-partisan |
| Kingdom of Saxony (1871–1918) |||||||
| State of the German Reich during the period of the German Empire. |||||||
| | | Johann Paul von Falkenstein (1801–1882) | 18 January 1871 | 1 October 1871 | 256 days | Non-partisan |
| | | Richard Freiherr von Friesen (1808–1884) | 1 October 1871 | 1 November 1876 | 5 years, 31 days | Non-partisan |
| | | Georg Friedrich Alfred Graf von Fabrice (1818–1891) | 1 November 1876 | 25 March 1891 | 14 years, 144 days | Non-partisan |
| | | Carl Friedrich Wilhelm von Gerber (1823–1891) | 25 March 1891 | 23 December 1891 | 273 days | Non-partisan |
| | | Hans von Thümmel (1824–1895) | December 1891 | 12 February 1895 | 3 years, 2 months | Non-partisan |
| | | Heinrich Rudolf Schurig (1835–1901) | 12 February 1895 | 15 June 1901 | 6 years, 123 days | Non-partisan |
| | | Karl Georg Levin von Metzsch-Reichenbach (1836–1927) | 15 June 1901 | 30 April 1906 | 4 years, 319 days | Non-partisan |
| | | Konrad Wilhelm von Rüger (1837–1916) | 30 April 1906 | 1 December 1910 | 4 years, 215 days | Non-partisan |
| | | Victor Alexander von Otto (1852–1912) | 1 December 1910 | 21 May 1912 | 1 year, 172 days | Non-partisan |
| | | Max Clemens Lothar Freiherr von Hausen (1846–1922) | 26 July 1912 | 21 May 1914 | 1 year, 299 days | Non-partisan |
| | | Heinrich Gustav Beck (1854–1933) | 21 May 1914 | 26 October 1918 | 4 years, 158 days | Non-partisan |
| | | Rudolf Heinze (1865–1928) | 26 October 1918 | 13 November 1918 | 18 days | German People's Party |

### Free State of Saxony (1918–1952)

Political party:  USPD  SPD / ASPD  DVP  NSDAP  SED
| Portrait | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Landtag |
| Portrait | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Political party | Cabinet | Landtag |
| Free State of Saxony (1918–1933) |||||||||
| State of the German Reich during the period of the Weimar Republic. |||||||||
| | | Richard Lipinski (1867–1936) | 15 November 1918 | 21 January 1919 | 67 days | Independent Social Democratic Party | Council of People's Deputies SPD–USPD | – |
| | | Georg Gradnauer (1866–1946) | 21 January 1919 | 4 May 1920 | 1 year, 104 days | Social Democratic Party | Council of People's Deputies SPD | – |
| | | Georg Gradnauer (1866–1946) | 21 January 1919 | 4 May 1920 | 1 year, 104 days | Social Democratic Party | Gradnauer SPD–DDP | People's Chamber Feb. 1919 |
| | | Wilhelm Buck (1869–1945) | 4 May 1920 | 21 March 1923 | 2 years, 321 days | Social Democratic Party | Buck I SPD–DDP | People's Chamber Feb. 1919 |
| | | Wilhelm Buck (1869–1945) | 4 May 1920 | 21 March 1923 | 2 years, 321 days | Social Democratic Party | Buck II SPD–USPD | 1 Nov. 1920 |
| | | Wilhelm Buck (1869–1945) | 4 May 1920 | 21 March 1923 | 2 years, 321 days | Social Democratic Party | Buck III SPD | 2 Nov. 1922 |
| | | Erich Zeigner (1886–1949) | 21 March 1923 | 29 October 1923 | 222 days | Social Democratic Party | Zeigner SPD From 12 Oct. 1923: SPD–KPD | 2 Nov. 1922 |
| | | Rudolf Heinze (1865–1928) | Reichskommissar | Reichskommissar | 2 days | German People's Party | – | 2 Nov. 1922 |
| | | Rudolf Heinze (1865–1928) | 29 October 1923 | 31 October 1923 | 2 days | German People's Party | – | 2 Nov. 1922 |
| | | Alfred Fellisch (1884–1973) | 31 October 1923 | 4 January 1924 | 65 days | Social Democratic Party | Fellisch SPD | 2 Nov. 1922 |
| | | Max Heldt (1872–1933) | 4 January 1924 | 26 June 1929 | 5 years, 173 days | Social Democratic Party | Heldt I SPD–DVP–DDP From 25 Mar. 1926: ASPD–DVP–DDP | 2 Nov. 1922 |
| | | Max Heldt (1872–1933) | 4 January 1924 | 26 June 1929 | 5 years, 173 days | After 25 Mar. 1926: Non-partisan | Heldt I SPD–DVP–DDP From 25 Mar. 1926: ASPD–DVP–DDP | 2 Nov. 1922 |
| | | Max Heldt (1872–1933) | 4 January 1924 | 26 June 1929 | 5 years, 173 days | After 6 Jun. 1926: Old Social Democratic Party | Heldt I SPD–DVP–DDP From 25 Mar. 1926: ASPD–DVP–DDP | 2 Nov. 1922 |
| | | Max Heldt (1872–1933) | 4 January 1924 | 26 June 1929 | 5 years, 173 days | After 6 Jun. 1926: Old Social Democratic Party | Heldt II DVP–WP–DDP–ASPD | 3 Oct. 1926 |
| | | Max Heldt (1872–1933) | 4 January 1924 | 26 June 1929 | 5 years, 173 days | After 6 Jun. 1926: Old Social Democratic Party | Heldt III DNVP–DVP–WP–DDP–VRP–ASPD | 3 Oct. 1926 |
| | | Wilhelm Bünger (1870–1937) | 26 June 1929 | 18 February 1930 | 237 days | German People's Party | Bünger DVP–WP–DNVP–ASPD | 4 May 1929 |
| | | Walther Schieck (1874–1946) | 6 May 1930 | 30 January 1933 | 2 years, 269 days | German People's Party | Schieck DVP–DDP | 5 Jun. 1930 |
| 5 Jun. 1930 |||||||
| 5 Jun. 1930 |||||||
| | | Walther Schieck (1874–1946) | 30 January 1933 | 10 March 1933 | 39 days | German People's Party | Schieck DVP–DDP | 5 Jun. 1930 |
| | | Manfred Freiherr von Killinger (1886–1944) | Reichkomissar | Reichkomissar | 56 days | Nazi Party | – | – |
| | | Manfred Freiherr von Killinger (1886–1944) | 10 March 1933 | 5 May 1933 | 56 days | Nazi Party | – | – |
| | | Manfred Freiherr von Killinger (1886–1944) | Ministerpräsident | Ministerpräsident | 1 year, 299 days | Nazi Party | – | – |
| | | Manfred Freiherr von Killinger (1886–1944) | 5 May 1933 | 28 February 1935 | 1 year, 299 days | Nazi Party | – | – |
| | | Martin Mutschmann (1879–1947) | Reichsstatthalter | Reichsstatthalter | 12 years, 3 days | Nazi Party | – | – |
| | | Martin Mutschmann (1879–1947) | 5 May 1933 | 8 May 1945 | 12 years, 3 days | Nazi Party | – | – |
| | | Martin Mutschmann (1879–1947) | Ministerpräsident | Ministerpräsident | 10 years, 69 days | Nazi Party | – | – |
| | | Martin Mutschmann (1879–1947) | 28 February 1935 | 8 May 1945 | 10 years, 69 days | Nazi Party | – | – |
| Saxony (1945–1949) |||||||||
| Soviet occupation zone of Germany |||||||||
| | | Rudolf Friedrichs (1892–1947) | 1 July 1945 | 13 June 1947 | 1 year, 347 days | Social Democratic Party | Friedrichs I SPD–KPD–LDP–CDU From 22 Apr. 1946: SED–LDP–CDU | Consultative Assembly |
| | | Rudolf Friedrichs (1892–1947) | 1 July 1945 | 13 June 1947 | 1 year, 347 days | After 22 April 1946: Socialist Unity Party | Friedrichs I SPD–KPD–LDP–CDU From 22 Apr. 1946: SED–LDP–CDU | Consultative Assembly |
| | | Rudolf Friedrichs (1892–1947) | 1 July 1945 | 13 June 1947 | 1 year, 347 days | After 22 April 1946: Socialist Unity Party | Friedrichs II SED–LDP–CDU | 1 Oct. 1946 |
| | | Max Seydewitz (1892–1987) | 31 July 1947 | 7 October 1949 | 2 years, 68 days | Socialist Unity Party | Seydewitz I SED–LDP–CDU–DBD | 1 Oct. 1946 |
| Saxony (1949–1952) |||||||||
| State of the German Democratic Republic (1949–1952) |||||||||
| | | Max Seydewitz (1892–1987) | 7 October 1949 | 23 July 1952 | 2 years, 290 days | Socialist Unity Party | Seydewitz II SED–CDU–LDP–DBD–NDPD–FDGB | 2 Oct. 1950 |
| From 23 July 1952 until 3 October 1990, Free State of Saxony was abolished. |||||||||

### Free State of Saxony (1990–present)

Political party:  CDU
| Portrait | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Landtag |
| Portrait | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Political party | Cabinet | Landtag |
| 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 | Biedenkopf I CDU | 1 Oct. 1990 |
| 1 | | Kurt Biedenkopf (1930–2021) | 27 October 1990 | 18 April 2002 | 11 years, 173 days | Christian Democratic Union | Biedenkopf II CDU | 2 Sep. 1994 |
| 1 | | Kurt Biedenkopf (1930–2021) | 27 October 1990 | 18 April 2002 | 11 years, 173 days | Christian Democratic Union | Biedenkopf III CDU | 3 Sep. 1999 |
| 2 | | Georg Milbradt (born 1945) | 18 April 2002 | 28 May 2008 | 6 years, 40 days | Christian Democratic Union | Milbradt I CDU | 3 Sep. 1999 |
| 2 | | Georg Milbradt (born 1945) | 18 April 2002 | 28 May 2008 | 6 years, 40 days | Christian Democratic Union | Milbradt II CDU–SPD | 4 Sep. 2004 |
| 3 | | Stanislaw Tillich (born 1959) | 28 May 2008 | 13 December 2017 | 9 years, 199 days | Christian Democratic Union | Tillich I CDU–SPD | 4 Sep. 2004 |
| 3 | | Stanislaw Tillich (born 1959) | 28 May 2008 | 13 December 2017 | 9 years, 199 days | Christian Democratic Union | Tillich II CDU–FDP | 5 Aug. 2009 |
| 3 | | Stanislaw Tillich (born 1959) | 28 May 2008 | 13 December 2017 | 9 years, 199 days | Christian Democratic Union | Tillich III CDU–SPD | 6 Aug. 2014 |
| 4 | | Michael Kretschmer (born 1975) | 13 December 2017 | Incumbent | 6 years, 319 days | Christian Democratic Union | Kretschmer I CDU–SPD | 6 Aug. 2014 |
| 4 | | Michael Kretschmer (born 1975) | 13 December 2017 | Incumbent | 6 years, 319 days | Christian Democratic Union | Kretschmer II CDU–Green–SPD | 7 Sep. 2019 |