Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia | |
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Ministerpräsident des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
Status | |
Member of |
Cabinet Landtag |
Residence | State Chancellery |
Nominator | President of the Landtag |
Appointer | Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia |
Inaugural holder | Rudolf Amelunxen |
Formation | 24 July 1946 |
Deputy | Mona Neubaur |
Salary | €210,000 per annum |
Website | Official website |
The Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia ( German: Ministerpräsident des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen), also referred to as Premier or Prime Minister, is the head of government of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW). The position was created in 1946, when the British administration merged the Prussian province of Westphalia and the northern part of the Prussian province of the Rhine ( North Rhine) to form the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. In 1947 the state was expanded with including of the state of Lippe.
The current Minister-President is Hendrik Wüst, heading a coalition government between the Christian Democratic Union and Alliance 90/The Greens. Wüst succeeded Armin Laschet following his resignation in 2021. [1]
The office of the Minister President is known as the State Chancellery ( German: Staatskanzlei), and is located in the capital of Düsseldorf, along with the rest of the cabinet departments.
The German title Ministerpräsident may be translated literally as Minister-President, although the state government sometimes uses the title Prime Minister in English. [2]
After the Second World War, the Prussian province of Westphalia and the northern part of the Prussian province of the Rhine ( North Rhine) were administered as part of the zone allocated to the British military administration and were merged to form the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. In 1947 the state was expanded with including of the state of Lippe. The British government began to back the advocates of a merger of the states.
Political party: CDU SPD Green
Portrait | Name (Born–Died) |
Term of office | Political party | ||||
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Took office | Left office | Days | |||||
North Rhine-Westphalia (1946–present) | |||||||
British occupation zone in Allied-occupied Germany (1946–1949) | |||||||
State of the Federal Republic of Germany (as of 23 May 1949) | |||||||
1 |
Rudolf Amelunxen (1888–1969) |
23 August 1946 | 16 June 1947 | 297 | Non-partisan (until 1947) Centre Party (from 1947) | ||
2 |
Karl Arnold (1901–1958) |
17 June 1947 | 20 February 1956 (replaced by a Constructive vote of no confidence) |
3170 | Christian Democratic Union | ||
3 |
Fritz Steinhoff (1897–1969) |
20 February 1956 | 21 July 1958 | 882 | Social Democratic Party | ||
4 |
Franz Meyers (1908–2002) |
21 July 1958 | 8 December 1966 (replaced by a Constructive vote of no confidence) |
3062 | Christian Democratic Union | ||
5 |
Heinz Kühn (1912–1992) |
8 December 1966 | 20 September 1978 | 4304 | Social Democratic Party | ||
6 |
Johannes Rau (1931–2006) |
20 September 1978 | 27 May 1998 | 7189 | Social Democratic Party | ||
7 |
Wolfgang Clement (1940–2020) |
27 May 1998 | 22 October 2002 (resigned) |
1609 | Social Democratic Party | ||
8 |
Peer Steinbrück (born 1947) |
6 November 2002 | 22 June 2005 | 959 | Social Democratic Party | ||
9 |
Jürgen Rüttgers (born 1951) |
22 June 2005 | 14 July 2010 | 1848 | Christian Democratic Union | ||
10 |
Hannelore Kraft (born 1961) |
14 July 2010 | 27 June 2017 | 2540 | Social Democratic Party | ||
11 |
Armin Laschet (born 1961) |
27 June 2017 | 26 October 2021 (resigned) |
1582 | Christian Democratic Union | ||
12 |
Hendrik Wüst (born 1975) |
27 October 2021 | Incumbent | 997 | Christian Democratic Union |