# List of minister-presidents of Thuringia

The office of Minister-President of Thuringia was established at the state's first formation in 1920. On 23 July 1952 the state, then part of the socialist German Democratic Republic (East Germany), was abolished. On 3 October 1990, the state was re-established and joined the Federal Republic of Germany; since then it has been one of the country's sixteen constituent states (Länder).

## State of Thuringia (1920–1945)
### Minister-President of the State of Thuringia

Political Party:  SPD  DDP  Military  DVP  Landbund  NSDAP
| Portrait | Portrait | Name (Born–Died) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party |
| Portrait | Portrait | Name (Born–Died) | Took office | Left office | Days | Political party |
| State of the German Reich |||||||
| 1 | | August Frölich (1867–1964) First term | 1 May 1920 | 11 November 1920 | 194 | Social Democratic Party |
| 2 | | Arnold Paulssen (1864–1942) First term | 11 November 1920 | 6 October 1921 | 329 | German Democratic Party |
| 3 (1) | | August Frölich (1867–1964) Second term | 7 October 1921 | 21 February 1924 | 867 | Social Democratic Party |
| – | | Paul Hasse (1864–1945) as Military Administrator | 8 November 1923 | 24 February 1924 | 108 | Martial law enforced by Reichswehr |
| 4 | | Richard Leutheußer (1867–1942) | 21 February 1924 | 6 November 1928 | 1720 | German People's Party |
| 5 (2) | | Arnold Paulssen (1864–1942) Second term | 6 November 1928 | 22 January 1930 | 442 | German Democratic Party |
| 6 | | Erwin Baum (1868–1950) | 23 January 1930 | 26 August 1932 | 946 | Landbund |
| 7 | | Fritz Sauckel (1894–1946) | 26 August 1932 | 8 May 1933 | 255 | National Socialist German Workers' Party |
| 8 | | Willy Marschler (1893–1952) | 8 May 1933 | 12 April 1945 | 4357 | National Socialist German Workers' Party |

## Thuringia (1945–1952)

Political Party:  SPD  SED
| Portrait | Portrait | Name (Born–Died) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party |
| Portrait | Portrait | Name (Born–Died) | Took office | Left office | Days | Political party |
| Thuringia (1945–1949) |||||||
| Soviet occupation zone in Allied-occupied Germany |||||||
| 1 | | Hermann Brill (1895–1959) as District President | 7 May 1945 | 16 July 1945 (removed by the Soviets) | 70 | Social Democratic Party |
| 2 | | Rudolf Paul (1893–1978) as State President | 16 July 1945 | 1 September 1947 (fled from the Soviets) | 777 | Non-partisan (until 1946) |
| 2 | | Rudolf Paul (1893–1978) as State President | 16 July 1945 | 1 September 1947 (fled from the Soviets) | 777 | Socialist Unity Party (1946–1947) |
| 3 | | Werner Eggerath (1900–1977) as Minister-President | 2 September 1947 | 7 October 1949 | 766 | Socialist Unity Party |
| Thuringia (1949–1952) |||||||
| State of the German Democratic Republic |||||||
| (3) | | Werner Eggerath (1900–1977) as Minister-President | 7 October 1949 | 23 July 1952 | 1020 | Socialist Unity Party |
| From 23 July 1952 until 3 October 1990, Thuringia was abolished. |||||||

## Free State of Thuringia (1990–present)
### Minister-President of the Free State of Thuringia

Political Party:  CDU  The Left  FDP
| Portrait | Portrait | Name (Born–Died) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party |
| Portrait | Portrait | Name (Born–Died) | Took office | Left office | Days | Political party |
| Thuringia (1990–present) |||||||
| State of the Federal Republic of Germany |||||||
| 1 | | Josef Duchač (born 1938) | 8 November 1990 | 5 February 1992 (resigned) | 454 | Christian Democratic Union |
| 2 | | Bernhard Vogel (1932–2025) | 5 February 1992 | 5 June 2003 (resigned) | 4138 | Christian Democratic Union |
| 3 | | Dieter Althaus (born 1958) | 5 June 2003 | 30 October 2009 (resigned) | 2339 | Christian Democratic Union |
| 4 | | Christine Lieberknecht (born 1958) | 30 October 2009 | 5 December 2014 | 1862 | Christian Democratic Union |
| 5 | | Bodo Ramelow (born 1956) First term | 5 December 2014 | 5 February 2020 | 1888 | The Left |
| 6 | | Thomas Kemmerich (born 1965) | 5 February 2020 | 4 March 2020 (resigned) | 28 | Free Democratic Party |
| 7 (5) | | Bodo Ramelow (born 1956) Second term | 4 March 2020 | 12 December 2024 | 1744 | The Left |
| 8 | | Mario Voigt (born 1977) | 12 December 2024 | Incumbent | 81 | Christian Democratic Union |
* ↑ Duchač previously acted before as the state commissioner from 3 October to 8 November 1990.