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The minister-president of the Saarland (German: Ministerpräsident des Saarlandes), is the head of government of the German state of the Saarland. The position was created in 1946. The current minister president is Anke Rehlinger, heading a Social Democratic Party government. Rehlinger succeeded Tobias Hans following the 2022 Saarland state ...
He served as Minister-President of the state of Saarland from 1985 to 1998 and was federal leader of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 1995 to 1999. He was the lead candidate for the SPD in the 1990 German federal election , but lost by a wide margin.
The presidents of the Landesrat (Regional Council) were not elected by the Regional Council of the Saar Territory, but deliberately determined by the Governing Commission, which again was appointed by the League of Nations. [1] The first president appointed was not even elected as a representative of the Regional Council. [1]
Saarland (German: [ˈzaːʁ̞lant] ⓘ, Luxembourgish: [ˈzaːlɑnt]; French: Sarre) is a state of Germany in the southwest of the country. With an area of 2,570 km 2 (990 sq mi) and population of 990,509 in 2018, it is the smallest German state in area apart from the city-states of Berlin, Bremen, and Hamburg, and the smallest in population apart from Bremen. [3]
From 1951 to 1952 Welsch was the director of the Ministry of Labour and Welfare, and after the resignation of the Saarland Prime Minister Johannes Hoffmann, who thus drew the consequences of the rejection of the favoured him Saar Statute, he was, although he belonged to no party, on 29 October 1955 his successor as prime minister and at the same time Minister of Justice and Minister of Labour ...
From 1947 to 1956, Saarland was controlled by France as a protectorate. Elections were held but pro-German parties were banned. Minister-Presidents in this time were: 1945 - 1946: Hans Neureuther, Leader of the Government under French administration; 1946 - 1947: Erwin Müller, Chairman of the Administrative Commission
Johann Viktor (23 December 1890 – 21 September 1967), known professionally as Johannes "Joho" Hoffmann, was a German politician.A founding member and chairman of the Christian People's Party of Saarland (Christliche Volkspartei or CVP), Hoffman served as Minister-President of the French Saar Protectorate from 1947 to 1955.
Anke Gabriele Rehlinger (née Moos; born 6 April 1976) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been the minister-president of Saarland since 25 April 2022. After her party won the 2022 state elections in Saarland, she became the second female minister-president after Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer and the first from her ...