The office of Minister-President of Thuringia was established at the state's first formation in 1920. On 23 July 1952 the state, then part of the socialist German Democratic Republic (East Germany), was abolished. On 3 October 1990, the state was re-established and joined the Federal Republic of Germany; since then it has been one of the country's sixteen constituent states (Länder).

Minister-President of the State of Thuringia

Political Party:   SPD   DDP   Military   DVP   Landbund   NSDAP

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Portrait		Name (Born–Died)	Term of office			Political party
			Took office	Left office	Days
State of the German Reich
1		August Frölich (1867–1964) First term	1 May 1920	11 November 1920	194	Social Democratic Party
2		Arnold Paulssen (1864–1942) First term	11 November 1920	6 October 1921	329	German Democratic Party
3 (1)		August Frölich (1867–1964) Second term	7 October 1921	21 February 1924	867	Social Democratic Party
–		Paul Hasse (1864–1945) as Military Administrator	8 November 1923	24 February 1924	108	Martial law enforced by Reichswehr
4		Richard Leutheußer (1867–1942)	21 February 1924	6 November 1928	1720	German People's Party
5 (2)		Arnold Paulssen (1864–1942) Second term	6 November 1928	22 January 1930	442	German Democratic Party
6		Erwin Baum (1868–1950)	23 January 1930	26 August 1932	946	Landbund
7		Fritz Sauckel (1894–1946)	26 August 1932	8 May 1933	255	National Socialist German Workers' Party
8		Willy Marschler (1893–1952)	8 May 1933	12 April 1945	4357	National Socialist German Workers' Party

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Political Party:   SPD   SED

Minister-President of the Free State of Thuringia

Political Party:   CDU   The Left   FDP

• Thuringia
• Landtag of Thuringia