List of Ministers-President of North Rhine-Westphalia
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| Minister-President of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia[1] Ministerpräsident |
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| Residence | State Chancellery |
| Nominator | President of the Landtag |
| Appointer | Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Inaugural holder | Rudolf Amelunxen |
| Formation | 24 July 1946 |
| Deputy | Sylvia Löhrmann |
| Website | www.nrw.de |
The Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia (Ministerpräsident des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen) is the head of state and government of the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW). The current Minister-President is Hannelore Kraft (SPD).
Contents
List
| Minister-presidents of North Rhine-Westphalia | |||||
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| No. | Name | Born-Died | Party affiliation | Begin of Tenure | End of Tenure |
| 1 | Rudolf Amelunxen | 1888–1969 | Centre[2] | 1946 | 1947 |
| 2 | Karl Arnold | 1901–1958 | CDU | 1947 | 1956 |
| 3 | Fritz Steinhoff | 1897–1969 | SPD | 1956 | 1958 |
| 4 | Franz Meyers | 1908–2002 | CDU | 1958 | 1966 |
| 5 | Heinz Kühn | 1912–1992 | SPD | 1966 | 1978 |
| 6 | Johannes Rau | 1931–2006 | SPD | 1978 | 1998 |
| 7 | Wolfgang Clement | *1940 | SPD | 1998 | 2002 |
| 8 | Peer Steinbrück | *1947 | SPD | 2002 | 2005 |
| 9 | Jürgen Rüttgers | *1951 | CDU | 2005 | 2010 |
| 10 | Hannelore Kraft | *1961 | SPD | 2010 | incumbent |
See also
References
- ↑ Premier of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
- ↑ initially Amelunxen was an independent politician. Only in 1947 he joined the party he was part of before 1933.
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