| Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia | |
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| Ministerpräsident des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
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| 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 |
Theminister-president of North Rhine-Westphalia (German:Ministerpräsident des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen), also referred to as thepremier orprime minister, is thehead of government of theGermanstate ofNorth Rhine-Westphalia (NRW). The position was created in 1946, when theBritish administration merged thePrussian provinces ofWestphalia and the northern part of the Prussian province of theRhine (North Rhine) to form the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. In 1947, the state was expanded by the inclusion of the state of Lippe.
The current minister-president isHendrik Wüst, heading acoalition government between theChristian Democratic Union andAlliance 90/The Greens. Wüst succeededArmin 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 ofDüsseldorf, along with the rest of the cabinet departments.
The German titleMinisterpräsident can be translated literally asminister-president, although the state government sometimes uses the English titleprime minister.[2]
After theSecond World War, thePrussian province ofWestphalia and the northern part of the Prussian province of theRhine (North Rhine) were administered as part of the zone allocated to theBritish military administration, and were merged to form the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. In 1947, the state was expanded to include 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 inAllied-occupied Germany (1946–1949) | |||||||
| State of theFederal 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 | .jpg) | 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 | .jpg) | Armin Laschet (born 1961) | 27 June 2017 | 26 October 2021 (resigned) | 1582 | Christian Democratic Union | |
| 12 | | Hendrik Wüst (born 1975) | 27 October 2021 | Incumbent | 1491 | Christian Democratic Union | |
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