State or region
Minister-President
- German: Ministerpräsident
How it's filled
- In plain words
- Elected by the Bavarian Landtag
- Exact method
- Elected by the Bavarian Landtag (state parliament) by majority vote; the state constitution sets the exact procedure. Not elected directly by voters.
- Chosen by
- Bavarian Landtag
- Seats
- 1
Who holds it now
Markus Söder CSU since March 2018
Report Source: bayern.de,
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Sources
- wikidata.org · checked Wikidata Q50664 (head of government P6, start date, party P102), read 2026-10-12: office exists; election by the Landtag per general German state constitutional practice, English Wikipedia. Fallback: Wikidata, because official state government pages were not consulted for this check; cross-checked against English Wikipedia. For: Minister-President
- bayern.de · checked Bayerische Staatsregierung, Ministerpräsident page, read 2026-10-12: Söder "erstmals am 16. März 2018 ... vereidigt"; start date corrected from 2018-03-15 to 2018-03-16. For: Markus Söder, current term
- wikidata.org · checked Wikidata Q50664 (head of government P6, start date, party P102), read 2026-10-12: current head of government, start date. Fallback: Wikidata, because official state government pages were not consulted for this check; cross-checked against English Wikipedia. For: Markus Söder, current term
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