| Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate | |
|---|---|
| Ministerpräsident des Landes Rheinland-Pfalz | |
 Coat of arms of Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| Residence | Mainz |
| Appointer | Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate |
| Term length | congruous with the legislative term of the Landtag |
| Inaugural holder | Wilhelm Boden |
| Formation | 18 May 1947 |
| Salary | regulated by legislation |
The minister-president of Rhineland-Palatinate (German: Ministerpräsident des Landes Rheinland-Pfalz), is the head of government of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The position was created in 1946, through the unification of the southern part of the Prussian Rhine Province, the Bavarian administrative district Circle of the Rhine and western parts of Hesse like Rheinhessen to form the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The current minister-president is Alexander Schweitzer, heading a coalition government between the Social Democrats, Greens and the FDP. Schweitzer succeeded Malu Dreyer in 2024.
The office of the minister-president is known as the state chancellery (German: Staatskanzlei) and is located in the capital of Mainz, along with the rest of the cabinet departments.
List
| Portrait | Name (Born–Died) |
Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Days | |||||
| 1 | Wilhelm Boden (1890–1961) |
1 December 1946 | 9 July 1947 | 220 days | CDU | I II | |
| 2 | .jpg) |
Peter Altmeier (1899–1977) |
9 July 1947 | 19 May 1969 | 21 years, 314 days | CDU | I II III IV V VI |
| 3 | .jpg) |
Helmut Kohl (1930–2017) |
19 May 1969 | 2 December 1976 resigned |
7 years, 197 days | CDU | I II III |
| 4 |  |
Bernhard Vogel (1932–2025) |
2 December 1976 | 8 December 1988 resigned |
12 years, 6 days | CDU | I II III IV |
| 5 | .jpg) |
Carl-Ludwig Wagner (1930–2012) |
8 December 1988 | 21 May 1991 | 2 years, 164 days | CDU | I |
| 6 |  |
Rudolf Scharping (born 1947) |
21 May 1991 | 26 October 1994 resigned elected to the Bundestag |
3 years, 158 days | SPD | I |
| 7 | _cropped.jpg) |
Kurt Beck (born 1949) |
26 October 1994 | 16 January 2013 resigned |
18 years, 82 days | SPD | I II III IV V |
| 8 |  |
Malu Dreyer (born 1961) |
16 January 2013 | 10 July 2024 | 11 years, 176 days | SPD | I II III |
| 9 |  |
Alexander Schweitzer (born 1973) |
10 July 2024 | 18 May 2026 | 1 year, 312 days | SPD | I |
| 10 |  |
Gordon Schnieder (born 1975) |
18 May 2026 | Incumbent | 48 days | SPD | I |