List of Minister-Presidents of the Saarland

Minister-President of the Saarland
Ministerpräsident des Saarlandes
Coat of arms of the Saarland
Incumbent Anke Rehlinger since 25 April 2022
Residence	Saarbrücken
Appointer	Landtag of Saarland
Term length	Pending resignation or the election of a successor
Inaugural holder	Johannes Hoffmann
Formation	15 December 1947
Salary	regulated by legislation
Website	www.saarland.de/EN/politics/the-state-government/the-state-government_node.html

The Minister-President of the Saarland (German: Ministerpräsident des Saarlandes), is the head of government of the German state of the Saarland. The position was created in 1946. The current Minister President is Anke Rehlinger, heading a Social Democratic Party government. Rehlinger succeeded Tobias Hans following the 2022 Saarland state election.

After World War II, the Saarland became a French protectorate. With the negative result of the 1955 Saar Statute referendum, the Saarland joined the Federal Republic of Germany as a state on 1 January 1957. Saarland used its own currency, the Saar franc, and postage stamps issued specially for the territory until 1959.

The office of the Minister President is known as the State Chancellery (German: Staatskanzlei), and is located in the capital of Saarbrücken, along with the rest of the cabinet departments.

List

Political party:   CVP / CDU   SPD   None

Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party
			Took office	Left office	Days
Saar Protectorate (1947–1956)
Protectorate of the French Fourth Republic
1		Johannes Hoffmann (1890–1967)	20 December 1947	29 October 1955	2870	Christian People's Party
2		Heinrich Welsch (1888–1976)	29 October 1955	10 January 1956	73	Independent
3		Hubert Ney (1892–1984)	10 January 1956	31 December 1956	356	Christian Democratic Union
Saarland (1957–present)
State of the Federal Republic of Germany
(3)		Hubert Ney (1892–1984)	1 January 1957	4 June 1957	154	Christian Democratic Union
4		Egon Reinert (1908–1959)	4 June 1957	23 April 1959 (died in office)	688	Christian Democratic Union
5		Franz-Josef Röder (1909–1979)	23 April 1959	26 June 1979 (died in office)	7369	Christian Democratic Union
6		Werner Zeyer (1929–2000)	5 July 1979	9 April 1985	2105	Christian Democratic Union
7		Oskar Lafontaine (born 1943)	9 April 1985	9 November 1998 (resigned)	4963	Social Democratic Party
8		Reinhard Klimmt (born 1942)	10 November 1998	29 September 1999	323	Social Democratic Party
9		Peter Müller (born 1955)	29 September 1999	10 August 2011 (resigned)	4333	Christian Democratic Union
10		Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (born 1962)	10 August 2011	28 February 2018 (resigned)	2394	Christian Democratic Union
11		Tobias Hans (born 1978)	1 March 2018	25 April 2022	1516	Christian Democratic Union
12		Anke Rehlinger (born 1976)	25 April 2022	Incumbent	542	Social Democratic Party

See also

• Saarland
• Politics of Saarland
• Landtag of Saarland