This article lists the leaders of the government () in the Kingdom of Saxony from 1831 to 1918 and minister-presidents () of the Free State of Saxony since 1918.
List of minister-presidents
Kingdom of Saxony (until 1918) Political party:
PortraitNameTerm of officePolitical party Took office Left office Time in office Kingdom of Saxony (until 1871) Independent member state of the German Confederation and the North German Confederation. Bernhard August von Lindenau 1 December 1831 September 1843 Non-partisan Julius Traugott Jakob von Könneritz September 1843 13 March 1848 Non-partisan Alexander Karl Hermann Braun 16 March 1848 24 February 1849 Non-partisan Gustav Friedrich Held 24 February 1849 2 May 1849 Non-partisan Ferdinand von Zschinsky 2 May 1849 28 October 1858 Non-partisan Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust 28 October 1858 15 August 1866 Non-partisan Johann Paul von Falkenstein October 1866 18 January 1871 Non-partisan Kingdom of Saxony (1871–1918) State of the German Reich during the period of the German Empire. Johann Paul von Falkenstein 18 January 1871 1 October 1871 Non-partisan Richard Freiherr von Friesen 1 October 1871 1 November 1876 Non-partisan Georg Friedrich Alfred Graf von Fabrice 1 November 1876 25 March 1891 Non-partisan Carl Friedrich Wilhelm von Gerber 25 March 1891 23 December 1891 Non-partisan Hans von Thümmel December 1891 12 February 1895 Non-partisan Heinrich Rudolf Schurig 12 February 1895 15 June 1901 Non-partisan Karl Georg Levin von Metzsch-Reichenbach 15 June 1901 30 April 1906 Non-partisan Konrad Wilhelm von Rüger 30 April 1906 1 December 1910 Non-partisan Victor Alexander von Otto 1 December 1910 21 May 1912 Non-partisan Max Clemens Lothar Freiherr von Hausen 26 July 1912 21 May 1914 Non-partisan Heinrich Gustav Beck 21 May 1914 26 October 1918 Non-partisan Rudolf Heinze 26 October 1918 13 November 1918 German People's Party
Free State of Saxony (1918–1952) Political party:
PortraitNameTerm of officePolitical partyCabinetLandtag Took office Left office Time in office Free State of Saxony (1918–1933) State of the German Reich during the period of the Weimar Republic. Richard Lipinski 15 November 1918 21 January 1919 Independent Social Democratic Party – Georg Gradnauer 21 January 1919 4 May 1920 Social Democratic Party Wilhelm Buck 4 May 1920 21 March 1923 Social Democratic Party Erich Zeigner 21 March 1923 29 October 1923 Social Democratic Party Rudolf HeinzeGerman People's Party– 29 October 1923 31 October 1923 Alfred Fellisch 31 October 1923 4 January 1924 Social Democratic Party Max Heldt4 January 192426 June 1929 Social Democratic Party Non-partisan Old Social Democratic Party Wilhelm Bünger 26 June 1929 18 February 1930 German People's Party Walther Schieck 6 May 1930 30 January 1933 German People's Party Free State of Saxony (1933–1945) State of the German Reich during the period of Nazi Germany. Walther Schieck 30 January 1933 10 March 1933 German People's PartyManfred Freiherr von KillingerNazi Party– 10 March 1933 5 May 1933 5 May 1933 28 February 1935Martin MutschmannNazi Party– 5 May 1933 8 May 1945 28 February 1935 8 May 1945 State of Saxony (1945–1952) Soviet occupation zone in GermanyRudolf Friedrichs1 July 194513 June 1947 Social Democratic PartySocialist Unity Party Max Seydewitz 31 July 1947 7 October 1949 Socialist Unity Party State of the German Democratic Republic (1949–1952) Max Seydewitz 7 October 1949 23 July 1952 Socialist Unity Party From 23 July 1952 until 3 October 1990, Free State of Saxony was abolished.
Free State of Saxony (1990–present) Political party:
PortraitNameTerm of officePolitical partyCabinetTook officeLeft officeDays In accordance with the Unification Treaty, the designated state commissioner Rudolf Krause (CDU) served as head of government from 3 to 27 October 1990. 1Kurt Biedenkopf27 October 199018 April 2002CDUIIIIII 2Georg Milbradt18 April 200228 May 2008CDUIII 3Stanislaw Tillich28 May 200813 December 2017CDUIIIIII 4Michael Kretschmer13 December 2017IncumbentCDUIIIIII
See also List of rulers of Saxony