List of Ministers-President of North Rhine-Westphalia

Minister-President of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia[1] Ministerpräsident
Coat of arms
Incumbent Hannelore Kraft since 14 July 2010
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 government of the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW). The current Minister-President is Hannelore Kraft (SPD).

List

Political Party:   Zentrum   CDU   SPD   None

Portrait		Name (Born–Died)	Term of Office			Political Party
			Took Office	Left Office	Days
		Rudolf Amelunxen (1888–1969)	23 August 1946	16 June 1947	297	Non-partisan (until 1947)
						Centre Party (from 1947)
		Karl Arnold (1901–1958)	17 June 1947	20 February 1956	3170	Christian Democratic Union
		Fritz Steinhoff (1897–1969)	20 February 1956	21 July 1958	882	Social Democratic Party of Germany
		Franz Meyers (1908–2002)	21 July 1958	8 December 1966	3062	Christian Democratic Union
		Heinz Kühn (1912–1992)	8 December 1966	20 September 1978	4304	Social Democratic Party of Germany
		Johannes Rau (1931–2006)	20 September 1978	27 May 1998	7189	Social Democratic Party of Germany
		Wolfgang Clement (born 1940)	27 May 1998	22 October 2002	1609	Social Democratic Party of Germany
		Peer Steinbrück (born 1947)	6 November 2002	22 June 2005	959	Social Democratic Party of Germany
		Jürgen Rüttgers (born 1951)	22 June 2005	14 July 2010	1848	Christian Democratic Union
		Hannelore Kraft (born 1961)	14 July 2010	Incumbent	2339	Social Democratic Party of Germany

See also

• North Rhine-Westphalia
• Politics of North Rhine-Westphalia
• Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia

References

1. ↑ Premier of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Prime ministers of North Rhine-Westphalia.

• http://www.nrw.de/en/state-government/prime-minister/ (English)

Ministers-President of North Rhine-Westphalia
Rudolf Amelunxen Karl Arnold Fritz Steinhoff Franz Meyers Heinz Kühn Johannes Rau Wolfgang Clement Peer Steinbrück Jürgen Rüttgers Hannelore Kraft

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