List of minister-presidents of Rhineland-Palatinate

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Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate
Ministerpräsidentin des Landes Rheinland-Pfalz
Coat of arms of Rhineland-Palatinate
Incumbent Alexander Schweitzer since 10 July 2024
Residence	Mainz
Appointer	Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate
Term length	Pending resignation or the election of a successor
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.

Political party:   CDU   SPD

Portrait		Name (Born–Died)	Term of office			Political party
			Took office	Left office	Days
Rhineland-Palatinate (1946–present)
French occupation zone in Allied-occupied Germany (1946–1949)
State of the Federal Republic of Germany (as of 23 May 1949)
1		Wilhelm Boden (1890–1961)	1 December 1946	9 July 1947	220	Christian Democratic Union
2		Peter Altmeier (1899–1977)	9 July 1947	19 May 1969	7985	Christian Democratic Union
3		Helmut Kohl (1930–2017)	19 May 1969	2 December 1976 (resigned)	2754	Christian Democratic Union
4		Bernhard Vogel (born 1932)	2 December 1976	8 December 1988 (resigned)	4389	Christian Democratic Union
5		Carl-Ludwig Wagner (1930–2012)	8 December 1988	21 May 1991	894	Christian Democratic Union
6		Rudolf Scharping (born 1947)	21 May 1991	26 October 1994 (resigned)	1254	Social Democratic Party
7		Kurt Beck (born 1949)	26 October 1994	16 January 2013 (resigned)	6657	Social Democratic Party
8		Malu Dreyer (born 1961)	16 January 2013	10 July 2024 (resigned)	4193	Social Democratic Party
9		Alexander Schweitzer (born 1973)	10 July 2024	Incumbent	159	Social Democratic Party

• Rhineland-Palatinate
• Politics of Rhineland-Palatinate
• Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate