This article lists the leaders of the Government (German : Vorsitzende des Gesamtministeriums ) in the Kingdom of Saxony from 1831 to 1918 and minister-presidents (German : Ministerpräsidenten ) of the Free State of Saxony since 1918.
List of ministers-president
Kingdom of Saxony (until 1918)
Political party:
DVP
None
Portrait
Name(Birth–Death)
Term of office
Political 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 (1779–1854)
1 December 1831
September 1843
11 years, 9 months
Non-partisan
Julius Traugott Jakob von Könneritz (1792–1866)
September 1843
13 March 1848
4 years, 6 months
Non-partisan
Alexander Karl Hermann Braun (1807–1868)
16 March 1848
24 February 1849
345 days
Non-partisan
Gustav Friedrich Held (1804–1857)
24 February 1849
2 May 1849
67 days
Non-partisan
Ferdinand von Zschinsky (1797–1858)
2 May 1849
28 October 1858
9 years, 179 days
Non-partisan
Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust (1809–1886)
28 October 1858
15 August 1866
7 years, 291 days
Non-partisan
Johann Paul von Falkenstein (1801–1882)
October 1866
18 January 1871
4 years, 3 months
Non-partisan
Kingdom of Saxony (1871–1918)
State of the German Reich during the period of the German Empire .
Johann Paul von Falkenstein (1801–1882)
18 January 1871
1 October 1871
256 days
Non-partisan
Richard Freiherr von Friesen (1808–1884)
1 October 1871
1 November 1876
5 years, 31 days
Non-partisan
Georg Friedrich Alfred Graf von Fabrice (1818–1891)
1 November 1876
25 March 1891
14 years, 144 days
Non-partisan
Carl Friedrich Wilhelm von Gerber (1823–1891)
25 March 1891
23 December 1891
273 days
Non-partisan
Hans von Thümmel (1824–1895)
December 1891
12 February 1895
3 years, 2 months
Non-partisan
Heinrich Rudolf Schurig (1835–1901)
12 February 1895
15 June 1901
6 years, 123 days
Non-partisan
Karl Georg Levin von Metzsch-Reichenbach (1836–1927)
15 June 1901
30 April 1906
4 years, 319 days
Non-partisan
Konrad Wilhelm von Rüger (1837–1916)
30 April 1906
1 December 1910
4 years, 215 days
Non-partisan
Victor Alexander von Otto (1852–1912)
1 December 1910
21 May 1912
1 year, 172 days
Non-partisan
Max Clemens Lothar Freiherr von Hausen (1846–1922)
26 July 1912
21 May 1914
1 year, 299 days
Non-partisan
Heinrich Gustav Beck (1854–1933)
21 May 1914
26 October 1918
4 years, 158 days
Non-partisan
Rudolf Heinze (1865–1928)
26 October 1918
13 November 1918
18 days
German People's Party
Free State of Saxony (1918–1952)
Political party:
USPD
SPD / ASPD
DVP
NSDAP
SED
Portrait
Name(Birth–Death)
Term of office
Political party
Cabinet
Landtag
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 (1867–1936)
15 November 1918
21 January 1919
67 days
Independent Social Democratic Party
Council of People's Deputies SPD –USPD
–
Georg Gradnauer (1866–1946)
21 January 1919
4 May 1920
1 year, 104 days
Social Democratic Party
Council of People's DeputiesSPD
GradnauerSPD –DDP
People's ChamberFeb. 1919
Wilhelm Buck (1869–1945)
4 May 1920
21 March 1923
2 years, 321 days
Social Democratic Party
Buck ISPD –DDP
Buck IISPD –USPD
1 Nov. 1920
Buck IIISPD
2 Nov. 1922
Erich Zeigner (1886–1949)
21 March 1923
29 October 1923
222 days
Social Democratic Party
ZeignerSPD From 12 Oct. 1923: SPD –KPD
Rudolf Heinze (1865–1928)
Reichskommissar
2 days
German People's Party
–
29 October 1923
31 October 1923
Alfred Fellisch (1884–1973)
31 October 1923
4 January 1924
65 days
Social Democratic Party
FellischSPD
Max Heldt (1872–1933)
4 January 1924
26 June 1929
5 years, 173 days
Social Democratic Party
Heldt ISPD –DVP –DDP From 25 Mar. 1926: ASPD –DVP –DDP
After 25 Mar. 1926: Non-partisan
After 6 Jun. 1926: Old Social Democratic Party
Heldt IIDVP –WP –DDP –ASPD
3 Oct. 1926
Heldt IIIDNVP –DVP –WP –DDP –VRP –ASPD
Wilhelm Bünger (1870–1937)
26 June 1929
18 February 1930
237 days
German People's Party
BüngerDVP –WP –DNVP –ASPD
4 May 1929
Walther Schieck (1874–1946)
6 May 1930
30 January 1933
2 years, 269 days
German People's Party
SchieckDVP –DDP
5 Jun. 1930
Free State of Saxony (1933–1945)
State of the German Reich during the period of Nazi Germany .
Walther Schieck (1874–1946)
30 January 1933
10 March 1933
39 days
German People's Party
Manfred Freiherr von Killinger (1886–1944)
Reichkomissar
56 days
Nazi Party
–
10 March 1933
5 May 1933
Ministerpräsident
1 year, 299 days
5 May 1933
28 February 1935
Martin Mutschmann (1879–1947)
Reichsstatthalter
12 years, 3 days
Nazi Party
–
5 May 1933
8 May 1945
Ministerpräsident
10 years, 69 days
28 February 1935
8 May 1945
Saxony (1945–1949)
Soviet occupation zone of Germany
Rudolf Friedrichs (1892–1947)
1 July 1945
13 June 1947
1 year, 347 days
Social Democratic Party
Friedrichs ISPD –KPD –LDP –CDU From 22 Apr. 1946: SED –LDP –CDU
Consultative Assembly
After 22 April 1946: Socialist Unity Party
Friedrichs IISED –LDP –CDU
1 Oct. 1946
Max Seydewitz (1892–1987)
31 July 1947
7 October 1949
2 years, 68 days
Socialist Unity Party
Seydewitz ISED –LDP –CDU –DBD
Saxony (1949–1952)
State of the German Democratic Republic (1949–1952)
Max Seydewitz (1892–1987)
7 October 1949
23 July 1952
2 years, 290 days
Socialist Unity Party
Seydewitz IISED –CDU –LDP –DBD –NDPD –FDGB
2 Oct. 1950
From 23 July 1952 until 3 October 1990, Free State of Saxony was abolished .
Free State of Saxony (1990–present)
Political party:
CDU
See also
Minister-presidents
Mayors