# List of minister-presidents of Bavaria

Below is a list of the men who have served in the capacity of Minister-President or equivalent office in the German state of Bavaria from the 17th century to the present.

## Privy Council chancellor

Privy Council chancellors (Geheime Ratskanzler) were:
| Portrait | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Note |
| Portrait | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Note |
| | | Johann Adlzreiter von Tettenweis (1596–1662) | 1650 | 11 May 1662 | 12 years | |
| | | Johann Georg Oexle (1605–1675) | 11 May 1662 | 1667 | c. 5 years | |
| | | Kaspar von Schmid (1622–1693) | 1667 | 3 September 1693 | c. 26 years | |
| | | Johann Rudolf von Wämpl (1638–1704) | 1695 | 9 December 1704 | c. 9 years | |
| | | Franz Xaver Josef von Unertl (1675–1750) | 3 March 1726 | 6 March 1749 | 23 years, 3 days | |
| | | Franz Xaver Andreas von Praidlohn (1689–1757) | 7 March 1749 | 20 September 1758 | 9 years, 197 days | |
| | | Wiguläus von Kreittmayr (1705–1790) | 20 September 1758 | 21 October 1790 | 32 years, 31 days | |
| | | Johann Friedrich von Hertling (1729–1806) | 21 October 1790 | 13 February 1806 | 15 years, 115 days | |

## Ministers of Foreign Affairs

Before 1849 Bavaria had no actual head of government, but the Minister of Foreign Affairs was the most senior of the ministers. In 1806, the office was given to the Minister of the Royal House and of Foreign Affairs.
| Portrait | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Note |
| Portrait | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Note |
| Electorate of Bavaria (until 1805) |||||||
| Part of the Holy Roman Empire |||||||
| 1 | | Maximilian Franz Joseph von Berchem (1702–1777) | 1745 | 18 November 1777 | c. 32 years | |
| 2 | | Matthäus von Vieregg (1719–1802) | 18 November 1777 | 21 February 1799 | 21 years, 95 days | |
| 3 | | Maximilian Graf von Montgelas (1759–1838) | 21 February 1799 | 26 December 1805 | 6 years, 308 days | |
| Kingdom of Bavaria (1805–1918) |||||||
| 3 | | Maximilian Graf von Montgelas (1759–1838) | 26 December 1805 | 2 February 1817 | 11 years, 38 days | |
| 4 | | Heinrich Alois von Reigersberg (1770–1865) | 2 February 1817 | 1823 | c. 5 years | |
| 5 | | Aloys Graf von Rechberg und Rothenlöwen (1766–1849) | 2 Februar 1817 | 13 Oktober 1825 | 8 years, 253 days | |
| 6 | | Friedrich Karl von Thürheim (1763–1832) | 1 Januar 1827 | 28 April 1827 | 117 days | |
| 7 | | Georg Friedrich von Zentner (1752–1835) | 28 April 1827 | 1 September 1828 | 1 year, 132 days | |
| 8 | | Josef Ludwig von Armansperg (1787–1853) | 1 September 1828 | 31 December 1831 | 3 years, 121 days | |
| 9 | | Friedrich August von Gise (1783–1860) | 2 January 1832 | 26 May 1846 | 14 years, 144 days | |
| 10 | | Count Otto von Bray-Steinburg (1807–1899) | 26 May 1846 | 13 February 1847 | 263 days | |
| 11 | | Georg Ludwig von Maurer (1790–1872) | 1 March 1847 | 29 November 1847 | 273 days | |
| 12 | | Ludwig von Oettingen-Wallerstein (1791–1870) | 1 December 1847 | 12 March 1848 | 102 days | |
| 13 | | Klemens August Graf von Waldkirch (1806–1858) | 14 March 1848 | 29 April 1848 | 46 days | |
| 14 | | Count Otto von Bray-Steinburg (1807–1899) | 29 April 1848 | 18 April 1849 | 354 days | |

## Chairmen of the Council of Ministers

The office of Chairman of the Council of Ministers was established in 1849. With one exception (1880–1890), the Chairman was always the Foreign Minister.
| 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 |
| 15/1 | | Baron Ludwig von der Pfordten (1811–1880) | 22 December 1849 | 1 May 1859 | 9 years, 130 days | Non-partisan |
| 16/2 | | Karl von Schrenck von Notzing (1806–1884) | 1 May 1859 | 4 October 1864 | 5 years, 156 days | Non-partisan |
| 17/3 | | Max von Neumayr (1808–1881) | 4 October 1864 | 4 December 1864 | 61 days | Non-partisan |
| 18/4 | | Baron Ludwig von der Pfordten (1811–1880) | 4 December 1864 | 29 December 1866 | 2 years, 25 days | Non-partisan |
| 19/5 | | Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1819–1901) | 31 December 1866 | 7 March 1870 | 3 years, 66 days | Non-partisan |
| 20/6 | | Count Otto von Bray-Steinburg (1807–1899) | 8 March 1870 | 18 January 1871 | 316 days | Non-partisan |
| Kingdom of Bavaria (1871–1918) |||||||
| State of the German Reich during the period of the German Empire. |||||||
| (20/6) | | Count Otto von Bray-Steinburg (1807–1899) | 18 January 1871 | 25 June 1871 | 158 days | Non-partisan |
| 21/7 | | Friedrich von Hegnenberg-Dux (1810–1872) | 21 August 1871 | 2 June 1872 | 286 days | Non-partisan |
| 22/8 | | Adolph von Pfretzschner (1820–1901) | 1 October 1872 | 4 March 1880 | 7 years, 155 days | Non-partisan |
| 9 | | Johann von Lutz (1826–1890) | 4 March 1880 | 1 June 1890 | 10 years, 89 days | Non-partisan |
| 23/10 | | Friedrich Krafft Graf von Crailsheim (1841–1926) | 1 June 1890 | 1 March 1903 | 12 years, 273 days | Non-partisan |
| 24/11 | | Clemens von Podewils-Dürniz (1850–1922) | 1 March 1903 | 9 February 1912 | 8 years, 345 days | Non-partisan |
| 25/12 | | Georg von Hertling (1843–1919) | 9 February 1912 | 10 November 1917 | 5 years, 274 days | Centre Party |
| 26/13 | | Otto Ritter von Dandl (1868–1942) | 11 November 1917 | 7 November 1918 | 361 days | Non-partisan |

## Minister-presidents
### Free State of Bavaria (1918–1945)
#### Minister-President of the Free State of Bavaria

Political party:  USPD  SPD  BVP  NSDAP  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 |
| Free State of Bavaria (1918–1945) |||||||
| State of the German Reich during the period of the Weimar Republic. |||||||
| 1 | | Kurt Eisner (1867–1919) | 8 November 1918 | 21 February 1919 † | 105 days | Independent Social Democratic Party |
| – | | Martin Segitz (1853–1927) Acting | 1 March 1919 | 17 March 1919 | 16 days | Social Democratic Party |
| 2 | | Johannes Hoffmann (1867–1930) | 17 March 1919 | 16 March 1920 | 365 days | Social Democratic Party |
| 3 | | Gustav Ritter von Kahr (1862–1934) | 16 March 1920 | 21 September 1921 | 1 year, 189 days | Bavarian People's Party |
| 4 | | Hugo Graf von Lerchenfeld-Köfering (1871–1944) | 21 September 1921 | 8 November 1922 | 1 year, 48 days | Bavarian People's Party |
| 5 | | Eugen Ritter von Knilling (1856–1927) | 8 November 1922 | 1 July 1924 | 1 year, 236 days | Bavarian People's Party |
| – | | Gustav Ritter von Kahr (1862–1934) as Generalstaatskommissar | 25 September 1923 | 17 February 1924 | 145 days | Bavarian People's Party |
| 6 | | Heinrich Held (1868–1938) | 2 July 1924 | 30 January 1933 | 8 years, 212 days | Bavarian People's Party |
| State of the German Reich during the period of Nazi Germany. |||||||
| (6) | | Heinrich Held (1868–1938) | 30 January 1933 | 9 March 1933 | 38 days | Bavarian People's Party |
| 7 | | Franz Ritter von Epp (1868–1947) | Reichskommissar | Reichskommissar | 31 days | Nazi Party |
| 7 | | Franz Ritter von Epp (1868–1947) | 10 March 1933 | 10 April 1933 | 31 days | Nazi Party |
| 7 | | Franz Ritter von Epp (1868–1947) | Reichsstatthalter | Reichsstatthalter | 12 years, 19 days | Nazi Party |
| 7 | | Franz Ritter von Epp (1868–1947) | 10 April 1933 | 29 April 1945 | 12 years, 19 days | Nazi Party |
| 8 | | Ludwig Siebert (1874–1942) | 12 April 1933 | 1 November 1942 † | 9 years, 203 days | Nazi Party |
| 9 | | Paul Giesler (1895–1945) | 2 November 1942 | 29 April 1945 | 2 years, 178 days | Nazi Party |

### Free State of Bavaria (1945–present)
#### Minister-President of Free State of Bavaria

Political party:  CSU  SPD
| 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 |
| Free State of Bavaria (1945–present) |||||||
| American-occupied zone of Germany (1945–1949) |||||||
| State of the Federal Republic of Germany (as of 23 May 1949) |||||||
| 1 | | Fritz Schäffer (1888–1967) | 28 May 1945 | 28 September 1945 | 123 days | Christian Social Union |
| 2 | | Wilhelm Hoegner (1887–1980) First term | 28 September 1945 | 16 December 1946 | 1 year, 79 days | Social Democratic Party |
| 3 | | Hans Ehard (1887–1980) First term | 21 December 1946 | 14 December 1954 | 7 years, 358 days | Christian Social Union |
| 4 (2) | | Wilhelm Hoegner (1887–1980) Second term | 14 December 1954 | 8 October 1957 (resigned) | 2 years, 298 days | Social Democratic Party |
| 5 | | Hanns Seidel (1901–1961) | 16 October 1957 | 22 January 1960 (resigned) | 2 years, 98 days | Christian Social Union |
| 6 (3) | | Hans Ehard (1887–1980) Second term | 26 January 1960 | 11 December 1962 | 2 years, 319 days | Christian Social Union |
| 7 | | Alfons Goppel (1905–1991) | 11 December 1962 | 6 November 1978 | 15 years, 330 days | Christian Social Union |
| 8 | | Franz Josef Strauss (1915–1988) | 6 November 1978 | 3 October 1988 † | 9 years, 332 days | Christian Social Union |
| 9 | | Max Streibl (1932–1998) | 19 October 1988 | 27 May 1993 (resigned) | 4 years, 220 days | Christian Social Union |
| 10 | | Edmund Stoiber (born 1941) | 28 May 1993 | 30 September 2007 (resigned) | 14 years, 126 days | Christian Social Union |
| 11 | | Günther Beckstein (born 1943) | 9 October 2007 | 27 October 2008 | 1 year, 18 days | Christian Social Union |
| 12 | | Horst Seehofer (born 1949) | 27 October 2008 | 13 March 2018 (resigned) | 9 years, 140 days | Christian Social Union |
| 13 | | Markus Söder (born 1967) | 16 March 2018 | Incumbent | 6 years, 265 days | Christian Social Union |