The minister-president of Thuringia, officially the minister-president of the Free State of Thuringia (), is the head of government of the German state of Thuringia. The position was re-established in 1990 after German reunification. The former districts Erfurt, Suhl, Gera and some adjacent areas of the Halle were incorporated into the new and re-established federal state of Thuringia.
The current minister-president is Mario Voigt, heading a minority government between the Christian Democratic Union, BSW and the Social Democrats.
The office of the minister-president is known as the state chancellery (), and is located in the capital of Erfurt, along with the rest of the cabinet departments.
Title The German title Ministerpräsident may be translated literally as minister-president, although the state government sometimes uses the title prime minister in English.Premier of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
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Minister-President of the Free State of Thuringia Political party:
PortraitName(Born–Died)Term of officePolitical partyCabinetTook officeLeft officeDays In accordance with the Unification Treaty, the designated state representative Josef Duchac (CDU) served as head of government from 3 October to 8 November 1990. 1Josef Duchac(born 1938)8 November 19905 February 1992resigned CDUI 2Bernhard Vogel(1932–2025)5 February 19925 June 2003resignedCDUIIIIII 3Dieter Althaus(born 1958)5 June 200330 October 2009CDU III 4Christine Lieberknecht(born 1958)30 October 20095 December 2014CDUI 5Bodo Ramelow(born 1956)1st term5 December 20145 February 2020The LeftI 6Thomas Kemmerich(born 1965)5 February 20204 March 2020resignedFDPI 7Bodo Ramelow(born 1956)2nd term4 March 202012 December 2024The LeftII 8 Mario Voigt(born 1977)12 December 2024IncumbentCDUI
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