This is a list of the men who have served in the capacity of

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or equivalent office in the states within the region of

Mecklenburg Mecklenburg (; nds, label= Low German, Mękel(n)borg ) is a historical region in northern Germany comprising the western and larger part of the federal-state Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The largest cities of the region are Rostock, Schweri ...

from the 18th century to 1952. The states in question were Duchy and

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of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Duchy and

of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Free States of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and

Mecklenburg-Strelitz The Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was a duchy in northern Germany consisting of the eastern fifth of the historic Mecklenburg region, roughly corresponding with the present-day Mecklenburg-Strelitz district (the former Lordship of Stargard), ...

and unified state of Mecklenburg. In 1990, with German reunification, the state was re-established as

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (MV; ; nds, Mäkelborg-Vörpommern), also known by its anglicized name Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania, is a state in the north-east of Germany. Of the country's sixteen states, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ranks 14th in po ...

Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Duchy

;Prime Ministers *1783–1784: Carl Friedrich Graf von Bassewitz *1784–1800: Stephan Werner von Dewitz auf Cölpin *1800–1808: Bernhard Friedrich Graf von Bassewitz *1808–1815:

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Grand Duchy

;Prime Ministers *1815–1836:

*1836–1837: Leopold Engelke von Plessen *1837–1840: Christian Friedrich Krüger *1840–1850: Ludwig von Lützow ;Presidents of the State Ministry *1850–1858: Hans Adolf Karl Graf von Bülow *1858–1869:

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*1869–1885: Henning Carl Friedrich Graf von Bassewitz *1886–1901: Alexander Friedrich Wilhelm von Bülow *1901–1914: Karl Heinrich Ludwig Graf von Bassewitz-Levetzow *1914–1918:

Adolf Ferdinand Helmut August Wilhelm Langfeld Adolf (also spelt Adolph or Adolphe, Adolfo and when Latinised Adolphus) is a given name used in German-speaking countries, Scandinavia, the Netherlands and Flanders, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Latin America and to a lesser extent in vari ...

Free State

Political Party:

Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Duchy (1769–1815)

;Ministers of State (''Staatsminister'') *1769–1784: Stephan Werner von Dewitz auf Cöpin *1784–1795: Christoph Otto von Gamm *1795–1800: Otto Ulrich von Dewitz *1800–1815:

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich David von Pentz Karl may refer to: People * Karl (given name), including a list of people and characters with the name * Karl der Große, commonly known in English as Charlemagne * Karl Marx, German philosopher and political writer * Karl of Austria, last Austrian ...

Grand Duchy (1815–1918)

*1815–1827:

*1827–1836: August Otto Ernst Freiherr von Örtzen auf Klokow *1837–1848: Otto Ludwig Christian von Dewitz auf Sallnow *1848–1850: ''Vacant'' *1850–1861: August Ludwig Wilhelm von Bernstorff *1862–1868: Bernhard Ernst von Bülow *1868–1872:

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*1872–1885: Anton von Piper (acting) *1885–1907:

Friedrich Wilhelm Otto Ulrich Karl Helmut von Dewitz Friedrich may refer to: Names *Friedrich (surname), people with the surname ''Friedrich'' *Friedrich (given name), people with the given name ''Friedrich'' Other *Friedrich (board game), a board game about Frederick the Great and the Seven Years' ...

*1907–1918: Heinrich Bossart

Free State (1918-1933)

Political Party:

Mecklenburg (1933–1952)

Nazi Germany (1933–1945)

; Reichsstatthalter of the State of Mecklenburg ; Minister-President of the State of Mecklenburg

Soviet control / GDR (1945–1952)

; Minister-President of the State of Mecklenburg Political Party:

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (1990–present)

The Minister-President of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (german: Ministerpräsidentin des Landes Mecklenburg-Vorpommern), is the

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of the

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state State may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Literature * ''State Magazine'', a monthly magazine published by the U.S. Department of State * ''The State'' (newspaper), a daily newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina, United States * ''Our S ...

. The position was created in 1990 after German reunification. The former districts

Rostock Rostock (), officially the Hanseatic and University City of Rostock (german: link=no, Hanse- und Universitätsstadt Rostock), is the largest city in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and lies in the Mecklenburgian part of the state, ...

Schwerin Schwerin (; Mecklenburgian Low German: ''Swerin''; Latin: ''Suerina'', ''Suerinum'') is the capital and second-largest city of the northeastern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern as well as of the region of Mecklenburg, after Rostock. It ...

Neubrandenburg Neubrandenburg (lit. ''New Brandenburg'', ) is a city in the southeast of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is located on the shore of a lake called Tollensesee and forms the urban centre of the Mecklenburg Lakeland. The city is famous for its ...

and the northern part of

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were merged into the new federal state of ''Mecklenburg-Vorpommern'' and the borders was redrawn. The current and first female Minister-President is

Manuela Schwesig Manuela Schwesig (' Frenzel, born 23 May 1974) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party serving as Minister President of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern since 4 July 2017. She is the first woman to serve as head of government of this state. P ...

, since 2021 heading a coalition government between the

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and The Left.SPD und Linke unterzeichnen Koalitionsvertrag
13 November 2021 Schwesig succeeded

Erwin Sellering Erwin Sellering (born 18 October 1949) is a German politician. He served as the 4th Minister President of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern from 2008 to 2017. Early life and career Sellering studied law and has lived in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern since 1994, ...

in July 2017. The office of the Minister-President is known as the State Chancellery (german: Staatskanzlei), and is located in the capital of

, along with the rest of the cabinet departments. ; Minister-President of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Political Party:

References

External links

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