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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 125%;">Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="font-size: 125%; font-weight: normal;"><i>Ministerpräsident des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen</i></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="padding-bottom:0.4em; border-bottom:solid 1px #ccd2d9;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_North_Rhine-Westphalia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Coat_of_arms_of_North_Rhine-Westphalia.svg/120px-Coat_of_arms_of_North_Rhine-Westphalia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="138" class="mw-file-element" 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scope="row" class="infobox-label">Status</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Head_of_state" title="Head of state">Head of state</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Head_of_government" title="Head of government">Head of government</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Member of</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_North_Rhine-Westphalia#The_executive_branch" title="Politics of North Rhine-Westphalia">Cabinet</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Landtag_of_North_Rhine-Westphalia" title="Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia">Landtag</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Official_residence" title="Official residence">Residence</a></th><td class="infobox-data">State Chancellery</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nominator</th><td class="infobox-data">President of the Landtag</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Appointer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Landtag_of_North_Rhine-Westphalia" title="Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia">Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Inaugural holder</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rudolf_Amelunxen" title="Rudolf Amelunxen">Rudolf Amelunxen</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formation</th><td class="infobox-data">24 July 1946</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Deputy</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mona_Neubaur" title="Mona Neubaur">Mona Neubaur</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Salary</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Euro" title="Euro">€</a>210,000 per annum</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.land.nrw/de/landesregierung/ministerpraesident/%20land.nrw">Official website</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia</b> (<a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>: <i lang="de">Ministerpräsident des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen</i>), also referred to as <b>Premier</b> or <b>Prime Minister</b>, is the <a href="/wiki/Head_of_government" title="Head of government">head of government</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">German</a> <a href="/wiki/States_of_Germany" title="States of Germany">state</a> of <a href="/wiki/North_Rhine-Westphalia" title="North Rhine-Westphalia">North Rhine-Westphalia</a> (<i>NRW</i>). The position was created in 1946, when the <a href="/wiki/British_occupation_zone_in_Germany" title="British occupation zone in Germany">British administration</a> merged the <a href="/wiki/Prussia" title="Prussia">Prussian</a> province of <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Westphalia" title="Province of Westphalia">Westphalia</a> and the northern part of the Prussian province of the <a href="/wiki/Rhine_Province" title="Rhine Province">Rhine</a> (<a href="/wiki/North_Rhine" title="North Rhine">North Rhine</a>) to form the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. In 1947 the state was expanded with including of the state of Lippe. </p><p>The current Minister-President is <a href="/wiki/Hendrik_W%C3%BCst" title="Hendrik Wüst">Hendrik Wüst</a>, heading a <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_W%C3%BCst" class="mw-redirect" title="Cabinet Wüst">coalition government</a> between the <a href="/wiki/Christian_Democratic_Union_of_Germany" title="Christian Democratic Union of Germany">Christian Democratic Union</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alliance_90/The_Greens" title="Alliance 90/The Greens">Alliance 90/The Greens</a>. Wüst succeeded <a href="/wiki/Armin_Laschet" title="Armin Laschet">Armin Laschet</a> following his resignation in 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The office of the Minister President is known as the State Chancellery (<a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>: <i lang="de">Staatskanzlei</i>), and is located in the capital of <a href="/wiki/D%C3%BCsseldorf" title="Düsseldorf">Düsseldorf</a>, along with the rest of the cabinet departments. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Title">Title</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minister-President_of_North_Rhine-Westphalia&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Title"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The German title <i>Ministerpräsident</i> may be translated literally as <a href="/wiki/Minister-President" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister-President">Minister-President</a>, although the state government sometimes uses the title <i>Prime Minister</i> in English.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Origin_of_the_office">Origin of the office</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minister-President_of_North_Rhine-Westphalia&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Origin of the office"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Prussia" title="Prussia">Prussian</a> province of <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Westphalia" title="Province of Westphalia">Westphalia</a> and the northern part of the Prussian province of the <a href="/wiki/Rhine_Province" title="Rhine Province">Rhine</a> (<a href="/wiki/North_Rhine" title="North Rhine">North Rhine</a>) were administered as part of the zone allocated to the <a href="/wiki/British-occupied_Germany" class="mw-redirect" title="British-occupied Germany">British military administration</a> 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. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List">List</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minister-President_of_North_Rhine-Westphalia&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: List"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Political party:</b> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#151518; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Christian_Democratic_Union_of_Germany" title="Christian Democratic Union of Germany">CDU</a></span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#E3000F; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Germany" title="Social Democratic Party of Germany">SPD</a></span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#409A3C; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Alliance_90/The_Greens" title="Alliance 90/The Greens">Green</a></span> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%; border:1px #AAAAFF solid"> <tbody><tr> <th width="80px" rowspan="2" colspan="2">Portrait </th> <th width="30%" rowspan="2">Name<br /><small>(Born–Died)</small> </th> <th width="35%" colspan="3">Term of office </th> <th width="28%" rowspan="2">Political party </th></tr> <tr> <th>Took office </th> <th>Left office </th> <th>Days </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="7"><a href="/wiki/North_Rhine-Westphalia" title="North Rhine-Westphalia">North Rhine-Westphalia</a> (1946–present) </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#EEEEEE" colspan="8"><a href="/wiki/British_occupation_zone_in_Germany" title="British occupation zone in Germany">British occupation zone</a> in <a href="/wiki/Allied-occupied_Germany" title="Allied-occupied Germany">Allied-occupied Germany</a> (1946–1949) </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#EEEEEE" colspan="8"><a href="/wiki/States_of_Germany" title="States of Germany">State</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Republic_of_Germany" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Republic of Germany">Federal Republic of Germany</a> (as of 23 May 1949) </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="background:#DCDCDC;">1 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rudolf_Amelunxen_-_Ausschnitt_aus_Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-F001946-0009,_Berlin,_Bundesversammlung_w%C3%A4hlt_Bundespr%C3%A4sident.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Rudolf_Amelunxen_-_Ausschnitt_aus_Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-F001946-0009%2C_Berlin%2C_Bundesversammlung_w%C3%A4hlt_Bundespr%C3%A4sident.jpg/80px-Rudolf_Amelunxen_-_Ausschnitt_aus_Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-F001946-0009%2C_Berlin%2C_Bundesversammlung_w%C3%A4hlt_Bundespr%C3%A4sident.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="108" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Rudolf_Amelunxen_-_Ausschnitt_aus_Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-F001946-0009%2C_Berlin%2C_Bundesversammlung_w%C3%A4hlt_Bundespr%C3%A4sident.jpg/120px-Rudolf_Amelunxen_-_Ausschnitt_aus_Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-F001946-0009%2C_Berlin%2C_Bundesversammlung_w%C3%A4hlt_Bundespr%C3%A4sident.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Rudolf_Amelunxen_-_Ausschnitt_aus_Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-F001946-0009%2C_Berlin%2C_Bundesversammlung_w%C3%A4hlt_Bundespr%C3%A4sident.jpg/160px-Rudolf_Amelunxen_-_Ausschnitt_aus_Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-F001946-0009%2C_Berlin%2C_Bundesversammlung_w%C3%A4hlt_Bundespr%C3%A4sident.jpg 2x" data-file-width="271" data-file-height="366" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Rudolf_Amelunxen" title="Rudolf Amelunxen">Rudolf Amelunxen</a></b><br /><small>(1888–1969)</small> </td> <td>23 August 1946 </td> <td>16 June 1947 </td> <td>297 </td> <td>Non-partisan <small>(until 1947)</small><br /><a href="/wiki/Centre_Party_(Germany)" title="Centre Party (Germany)">Centre Party</a> <small>(from 1947)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#151518; color:white;">2 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:KAS-Arnold,_Karl-Bild-6100-1_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/KAS-Arnold%2C_Karl-Bild-6100-1_%28cropped%29.jpg/80px-KAS-Arnold%2C_Karl-Bild-6100-1_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/KAS-Arnold%2C_Karl-Bild-6100-1_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-KAS-Arnold%2C_Karl-Bild-6100-1_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/KAS-Arnold%2C_Karl-Bild-6100-1_%28cropped%29.jpg/160px-KAS-Arnold%2C_Karl-Bild-6100-1_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="748" data-file-height="895" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Karl_Arnold" title="Karl Arnold">Karl Arnold</a></b><br /><small>(1901–1958)</small> </td> <td>17 June 1947 </td> <td>20 February 1956<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<i>replaced by a<br /><a href="/wiki/Constructive_vote_of_no_confidence" title="Constructive vote of no confidence">Constructive vote<br />of no confidence</a></i>)</span> </td> <td>3170 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Christian_Democratic_Union_of_Germany" title="Christian Democratic Union of Germany">Christian Democratic Union</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#E3000F; color:white;">3 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Fritz_Steinhoff.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Bundesarchiv_Fritz_Steinhoff.jpg/80px-Bundesarchiv_Fritz_Steinhoff.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="111" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Bundesarchiv_Fritz_Steinhoff.jpg/120px-Bundesarchiv_Fritz_Steinhoff.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Bundesarchiv_Fritz_Steinhoff.jpg 2x" data-file-width="153" data-file-height="212" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Fritz_Steinhoff" title="Fritz Steinhoff">Fritz Steinhoff</a></b><br /><small>(1897–1969)</small> </td> <td>20 February 1956 </td> <td>21 July 1958 </td> <td>882 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Germany" title="Social Democratic Party of Germany">Social Democratic Party</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#151518; color:white;">4 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Franz_Meyers_ex_Ludwig_Erhard_1965_FdG_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Franz_Meyers_ex_Ludwig_Erhard_1965_FdG_1.jpg/80px-Franz_Meyers_ex_Ludwig_Erhard_1965_FdG_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Franz_Meyers_ex_Ludwig_Erhard_1965_FdG_1.jpg/120px-Franz_Meyers_ex_Ludwig_Erhard_1965_FdG_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Franz_Meyers_ex_Ludwig_Erhard_1965_FdG_1.jpg/160px-Franz_Meyers_ex_Ludwig_Erhard_1965_FdG_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="734" data-file-height="984" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Franz_Meyers" title="Franz Meyers">Franz Meyers</a></b><br /><small>(1908–2002)</small> </td> <td>21 July 1958 </td> <td>8 December 1966<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<i>replaced by a<br /><a href="/wiki/Constructive_vote_of_no_confidence" title="Constructive vote of no confidence">Constructive vote<br />of no confidence</a></i>)</span> </td> <td>3062 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Christian_Democratic_Union_of_Germany" title="Christian Democratic Union of Germany">Christian Democratic Union</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#E3000F; color:white;">5 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-F023752-0007_Heinz_K%C3%BChn_cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-F023752-0007_Heinz_K%C3%BChn_cropped.jpg/80px-Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-F023752-0007_Heinz_K%C3%BChn_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-F023752-0007_Heinz_K%C3%BChn_cropped.jpg/120px-Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-F023752-0007_Heinz_K%C3%BChn_cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-F023752-0007_Heinz_K%C3%BChn_cropped.jpg/160px-Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-F023752-0007_Heinz_K%C3%BChn_cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="535" data-file-height="735" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Heinz_K%C3%BChn" title="Heinz Kühn">Heinz Kühn</a></b><br /><small>(1912–1992)</small> </td> <td>8 December 1966 </td> <td>20 September 1978 </td> <td>4304 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Germany" title="Social Democratic Party of Germany">Social Democratic Party</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#E3000F; color:white;">6 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-F073494-0025,_Bundespressekonferenz,_Bundestagswahlkampf,_Rau.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-F073494-0025%2C_Bundespressekonferenz%2C_Bundestagswahlkampf%2C_Rau.jpg/80px-Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-F073494-0025%2C_Bundespressekonferenz%2C_Bundestagswahlkampf%2C_Rau.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-F073494-0025%2C_Bundespressekonferenz%2C_Bundestagswahlkampf%2C_Rau.jpg/120px-Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-F073494-0025%2C_Bundespressekonferenz%2C_Bundestagswahlkampf%2C_Rau.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-F073494-0025%2C_Bundespressekonferenz%2C_Bundestagswahlkampf%2C_Rau.jpg/160px-Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-F073494-0025%2C_Bundespressekonferenz%2C_Bundestagswahlkampf%2C_Rau.jpg 2x" data-file-width="496" data-file-height="790" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Johannes_Rau" title="Johannes Rau">Johannes Rau</a></b><br /><small>(1931–2006)</small> </td> <td>20 September 1978 </td> <td>27 May 1998 </td> <td>7189 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Germany" title="Social Democratic Party of Germany">Social Democratic Party</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#E3000F; color:white;">7 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wolfgang_Clement.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Wolfgang_Clement.jpg/80px-Wolfgang_Clement.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Wolfgang_Clement.jpg/120px-Wolfgang_Clement.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Wolfgang_Clement.jpg/160px-Wolfgang_Clement.jpg 2x" data-file-width="406" data-file-height="473" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Wolfgang_Clement" title="Wolfgang Clement">Wolfgang Clement</a></b><br /><small>(1940–2020)</small> </td> <td>27 May 1998 </td> <td>22 October 2002<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<i>resigned</i>)</span> </td> <td>1609 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Germany" title="Social Democratic Party of Germany">Social Democratic Party</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#E3000F; color:white;">8 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dts_news_streinbrueck_wikipedia.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Dts_news_streinbrueck_wikipedia.JPG/80px-Dts_news_streinbrueck_wikipedia.JPG" decoding="async" width="80" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Dts_news_streinbrueck_wikipedia.JPG/120px-Dts_news_streinbrueck_wikipedia.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Dts_news_streinbrueck_wikipedia.JPG/160px-Dts_news_streinbrueck_wikipedia.JPG 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="500" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Peer_Steinbr%C3%BCck" title="Peer Steinbrück">Peer Steinbrück</a></b><br /><small>(born 1947)</small> </td> <td>6 November 2002 </td> <td>22 June 2005 </td> <td>959 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Germany" title="Social Democratic Party of Germany">Social Democratic Party</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#151518; color:white;">9 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Juergen_Ruettgers.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Juergen_Ruettgers.jpg/80px-Juergen_Ruettgers.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Juergen_Ruettgers.jpg/120px-Juergen_Ruettgers.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Juergen_Ruettgers.jpg/160px-Juergen_Ruettgers.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1170" data-file-height="1755" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/J%C3%BCrgen_R%C3%BCttgers" title="Jürgen Rüttgers">Jürgen Rüttgers</a></b><br /><small>(born 1951)</small> </td> <td>22 June 2005 </td> <td>14 July 2010 </td> <td>1848 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Christian_Democratic_Union_of_Germany" title="Christian Democratic Union of Germany">Christian Democratic Union</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#E3000F; color:white;">10 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hannelorekraft.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Hannelorekraft.jpg/80px-Hannelorekraft.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Hannelorekraft.jpg/120px-Hannelorekraft.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Hannelorekraft.jpg/160px-Hannelorekraft.jpg 2x" data-file-width="683" data-file-height="1024" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Hannelore_Kraft" title="Hannelore Kraft">Hannelore Kraft</a></b><br /><small>(born 1961)</small> </td> <td>14 July 2010 </td> <td>27 June 2017 </td> <td>2540 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Germany" title="Social Democratic Party of Germany">Social Democratic Party</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#151518; color:white;">11 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Armin_Laschet_2021_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Armin_Laschet_2021_%28cropped%29.jpg/80px-Armin_Laschet_2021_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="111" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Armin_Laschet_2021_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-Armin_Laschet_2021_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Armin_Laschet_2021_%28cropped%29.jpg/160px-Armin_Laschet_2021_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="426" data-file-height="592" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Armin_Laschet" title="Armin Laschet">Armin Laschet</a></b><br /><small>(born 1961)</small> </td> <td>27 June 2017 </td> <td>26 October 2021<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<i>resigned</i>)</span> </td> <td>1582 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Christian_Democratic_Union_of_Germany" title="Christian Democratic Union of Germany">Christian Democratic Union</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#151518; color:white;">12 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Er%C3%B6ffnung_ICE-Instandhaltungswerk_K%C3%B6ln-Nippes-9251_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Er%C3%B6ffnung_ICE-Instandhaltungswerk_K%C3%B6ln-Nippes-9251_%28cropped%29.jpg/80px-Er%C3%B6ffnung_ICE-Instandhaltungswerk_K%C3%B6ln-Nippes-9251_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Er%C3%B6ffnung_ICE-Instandhaltungswerk_K%C3%B6ln-Nippes-9251_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-Er%C3%B6ffnung_ICE-Instandhaltungswerk_K%C3%B6ln-Nippes-9251_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Er%C3%B6ffnung_ICE-Instandhaltungswerk_K%C3%B6ln-Nippes-9251_%28cropped%29.jpg/160px-Er%C3%B6ffnung_ICE-Instandhaltungswerk_K%C3%B6ln-Nippes-9251_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2626" data-file-height="2796" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Hendrik_W%C3%BCst" title="Hendrik Wüst">Hendrik Wüst</a></b><br /><small>(born 1975)</small> </td> <td>27 October 2021 </td> <td><i>Incumbent</i> </td> <td>1208 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Christian_Democratic_Union_of_Germany" title="Christian Democratic Union of Germany">Christian Democratic Union</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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