The minister-president of Hesse (german: Ministerpräsident des Landes Hessen), also referred to as the premier or minister-president (also translated into English as the prime minister of Hessen), is the head of government of the German state of Hesse. The position in its current form was created in 1946, when the provisional state of Greater Hesse was renamed. Greater Hesse had been formed in 1945 after the Second World War from the Prussian Provinces of Kurhessen and

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(formed from the Prussian Province of Hesse-Nassau in 1944) and the People's State of Hesse. The current minister-president is

Volker Bouffier Volker Bouffier (born 18 December 1951) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as Minister President of the German state of Hessen from 31 August 2010 to 31 May 2022. From 1 November 2014 until 31 October 2015 ...

, heading a coalition government between the Christian Democrats and the

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. Bouffier succeeded Roland Koch following his departure from active politics. The office of the minister-president is known as the State Chancellery (german: Hessische Staatskanzlei) and is located in the capital of Wiesbaden, along with the rest of the cabinet departments. The state of Hesse sees itself in the tradition notably of the

Grand Duchy of Hesse The Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine (german: link=no, Großherzogtum Hessen und bei Rhein) was a grand duchy in western Germany that existed from 1806 to 1918. The Grand Duchy originally formed from the Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt in 1806 ...

and the People's State of Hesse (colloquially known as "Hesse-Darmstadt"), having adopted many of its symbols.

List

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(1819–1918)

; Ministers-president of the

*1819–1829:

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*1829–1848:

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*1848: Heinrich von Gagern *1848–1850:

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*1852–1871:

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*1871–1872:

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*1872–1876: Karl von Hofmann *1876–1884:

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*1884–1898:

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*1898–1906:

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*1906–1918: Christian Wilhelm Karl Ewald

People's State of Hesse (1919–1945)

Political party:

Hesse (1945–present)

; Minister-President of the State of Hesse Political party:

References

External links

State Chancellery
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