List of minister-presidents of the Saarland

Minister-President of the Saarland
Ministerpräsident des Saarlandes
Coat of arms of the Saarland
since 25 April 2022
ResidenceSaarbrücken
AppointerLandtag of Saarland
Term lengthPending resignation or the election of a successor
Inaugural holderJohannes Hoffmann
Formation15 December 1947
Salaryregulated by legislation
Websitewww.saarland.de/EN/politics/the-state-government/the-state-government_node.html

The minister-president of the Saarland (German: Ministerpräsident des Saarlandes), is the head of government of the German state of the Saarland. The position was created in 1946. The current minister president is Anke Rehlinger, heading a Social Democratic Party government. Rehlinger succeeded Tobias Hans following the 2022 Saarland state election.

After World War II, the Saarland became a French protectorate. With the negative result of the 1955 Saar Statute referendum, the Saarland joined the Federal Republic of Germany as a state on 1 January 1957. Saarland used its own currency, the Saar franc, and postage stamps issued specially for the territory until 1959.

The office of the Minister President is known as the State Chancellery (German: Staatskanzlei), and is located in the capital of Saarbrücken, along with the rest of the cabinet departments.

List

Political party:   CVP / CDU   SPD   None

Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office Political party
Took office Left office Days
Saar Protectorate (1947–1956)
Protectorate of the French Fourth Republic
1 Johannes Hoffmann
(1890–1967) 		20 December 1947 29 October 1955 2870 Christian People's Party
2 Heinrich Welsch
(1888–1976) 		29 October 1955 10 January 1956 73 Independent
3 Hubert Ney
(1892–1984) 		10 January 1956 31 December 1956 356 Christian Democratic Union
Saarland (1957–present)
State of the Federal Republic of Germany
(3) Hubert Ney
(1892–1984) 		1 January 1957 4 June 1957 154 Christian Democratic Union
4 Egon Reinert
(1908–1959) 		4 June 1957 23 April 1959
(died in office) 		688 Christian Democratic Union
5 Franz-Josef Röder
(1909–1979) 		23 April 1959 26 June 1979
(died in office) 		7369 Christian Democratic Union
6 Werner Zeyer
(1929–2000) 		5 July 1979 9 April 1985 2105 Christian Democratic Union
7 Oskar Lafontaine
(born 1943) 		9 April 1985 9 November 1998
(resigned) 		4963 Social Democratic Party
8 Reinhard Klimmt
(born 1942) 		10 November 1998 29 September 1999 323 Social Democratic Party
9 Peter Müller
(born 1955) 		29 September 1999 10 August 2011
(resigned) 		4333 Christian Democratic Union
10 Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer
(born 1962) 		10 August 2011 28 February 2018
(resigned) 		2394 Christian Democratic Union
11 Tobias Hans
(born 1978) 		1 March 2018 25 April 2022 1516 Christian Democratic Union
12 Anke Rehlinger
(born 1976) 		25 April 2022 Incumbent 927 Social Democratic Party

See also